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Original logbooks of the "Fish Hawk" United States Fish Commission station numbers, 1891, numbers 1639 to 1659

by: United States. Bureau of Fisheries

Publication date: 1891

Topics: Fish Hawk (Steamer), Ichthyology, Aquatic invertebrates

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 14 January to 13 March 1891, station record numbers 1639 to 1659. "Record of dredging, temperature and density" data include station number, date, time of day, time of tide, locality, exact position, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of (drift, distance), temperature of (air, surface water, at depth of, at bottom), density at (surface water, at depth of, at bottom), number of salinometer, barameter reading, state of sky, direction of (wind and force), rain, direction of (surface current and force, bottom and force), name of vessel, service to which attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and notes relating to station number. Notes sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: [S.T.C.] Smith and C. H. Cleaveland. Locality: Charleston Harbor, Cooper River, Winyah Bay, and Calibogue Sound in South Carolina

Abstract: Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 14 January to 13 March 1891, station record numbers 1639 to 1659. "Record of dredging, temperature and density" data include station number, date, time of day, time of tide, locality, exact position, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of (drift, distance), temperature of (air, surface water, at depth of, at bottom), density at (surface water, at depth of, at bottom), number of salinometer, barameter reading, state of sky, direction of (wind and force), rain, direction of (surface current and force, bottom and force), name of vessel, service to which attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and notes relating to station number. Notes sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: [S.T.C.] Smith and C. H. Cleaveland. Locality: Charleston Harbor, Cooper River, Winyah Bay, and Calibogue Sound in South Carolina.