Reports, include notes, specimen tables, and clippings, 1946-1947

Related Titles

Contained In: Leonard Peter Schultz Papers, circa 1915-1970, with related papers from 1899

Series: SIA RU007222

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Schultz, Leonard P. (Leonard Peter), 1901-1986

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1946-1947

Notes

This item refers to a folder of notes and data compiled by Leonard P. Schultz during Operation Crossroads, on Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) in 1946 and 1947. Survey data, including abundance of fish, is included. Data includes atoll names, habitat type, number of stations, total fish recovered, area searched, and average index of relative abundance before and after atomic bomb test on "Able Day". Localities include: Bikini, Rongelap, Eniwetok [Enewetak], Kwajalein, and possibly others. Also included is a typed report "Preliminary Report on the Reef Fishes of the Crossroads Project" by Schultz and Capt. Earl S. Herald.

Subjects

Atomic bomb , Bikini , Enewetak , Field notes , Ichthyology , Kwajalein , Marshall Islands , Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946 , Rongelap

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English