TY - BOOK TI - Waldo L. Schmitt Papers : station notes, Tortugas, 1931 UR - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/241053 PY - 1931 N1 - This field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship "for the study of the fauna of countries other than the United States." The scholarship enabled him to collect marine invertebrates along the east coast of South America from August to December, 1925, and on the west coast from August 1926 to May 1927. From August 1925 to February 1926, he collected along eastern South America from Brazil south of Buenos Aires. Locations included sites in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. He also participated in field work at Tortugas during the summers of 1930, 1931, and 1932.This folder includes 32 cards providing printed and handwritten notes on stations from a field trip conducted in 1931 at the Tortugas. The notes' dates range from June 17 to August 7, 1931. AU - Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), KW - (Waldo Lasalle), KW - 1887-1977 KW - Carnegie Institution of Washington KW - Crustaceans KW - Dry Tortugas KW - Field notes KW - Florida KW - Marine biology KW - Natural history KW - Schmitt, Waldo L KW - Tortugas Laboratoryā€¸ KW - Zoology ER -