Details - Results of the Puritan-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to Western Mexico

Results of the Puritan-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to Western Mexico

Title

Results of the Puritan-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to Western Mexico 1 General account

Title Variants

Alternative: Puritan Expedition

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1894

By

Emerson, William K.

Puritan-American Museum Of Natural History Expedition To Western Mexico 1957-

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1958]

Notes

Title from caption.

"July 22, 1958."

"The schooner 'Puritan' ... sailed ... for points along the west coast of Baja California, the Tres Marías Islands off San Blas, and in the Gulf of California ... primary objectives ... were to study the effects of insular isolation on populations of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians and to compare the present and past distribution of the littoral marine invertebrate faunas, particularly the mollusks, stony corals, and bryozoans."

"The 'Puritan' left Newport, California, on March 5 and returned, after logging 4032 miles, on June 6, 1957. During this three-month period, 50 different collecting localities were visited, with the result that 183 marine stations ... 31 fossil invertebrate stations, and 81 sediment stations were established. In addition to the large collections of Recent and fossil invertebrates procured, more than 450 mammal specimens and over 400 herpetological specimens were taken ..."--P. 14.