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Book no 2, 1880

by: United States. Bureau of Fisheries

Publication date: 1880

Topics: Fish Hawk (Steamer), Marine biology, Marine invertebrates

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 18 August to 1 September 1880, station record numbers 815-858. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks contain lists of scientific and common names of specimens caught. Observer is F. C. Vanvlit, MD. Locality: Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and the North Atlantic Ocean

Abstract: Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 18 August to 1 September 1880, station record numbers 815-858. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks contain lists of scientific and common names of specimens caught. Observer is F. C. Vanvlit, MD. Locality: Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and the North Atlantic Ocean.