Title
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program field research records, 1961-1973 : Gardner Pinnacle, photos
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Contained In:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program field research records, 1961-1973
Series:
SIA Acc. 83-126
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
Marshall, David B., 1926-2011
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1962-1964
Notes
The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) was initiated in 1962 when the Smithsonian Institution entered into a grant agreement with the Department of Defense. From January 1963 through June 1969 Smithsonian Institution employees undertook biological surveys in an area of the Pacific Ocean spanning the equator and extending from latitude 30 degrees north to 10 degrees south and from longitude 150 degrees east to 180 degrees west, an area dotted with clusters of islands and atolls. The major goals of the program were to learn what plants and animals occurred on the islands, the seasonal variations in their numbers and reproductive activities, and the distribution and population of the pelagic birds of that area. Emphasis was placed on the banding of birds in an effort to determine migration, distribution, and abundance of pelagic sea birds. During the six and a half years of field work 1,800,000 birds were banded; approximately 150,000 observations of pelagic birds at sea were made; and biological surveys of varying intensity were made on several islands.The present folder contains black-and-white photography of birds and of Hawaiian landscapes, with a contact sheet. The photos are mostly undated. One is labeled as taken by David B. Marshall on June 13, 1962, at Gardner Pinnacle. A few more are dated from 1964.
Subjects
1926-2011
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Birds--Israel
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Black-and-white photographs
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Field notes
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Gardner Pinnacles
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Hawaii
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Marshall, David B.,
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
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Nature photography
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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Ornithology
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Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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Sea birds--Hawaii
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.143186
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