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EAC 6, Shearwater, April 1967

by: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Publication date: 1967

Topics: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology

Collection: biodiversity; fieldnotesclir2016

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, on the Eastern Area Cruise 6, aboard the USS Shearwater, 1967. Materials include: fix data, bird observation sheets (At Sea Daily Log E) and fix data sheets. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., specimen or band no., and remarks. Remarks include physical descriptions of birds (colors, size, maturity), flock size, and behavior (sitting on water, feeding, calling, etc.). Fix data sheets include: date, ship, cruise no., sunset, position (lat and long), miles traveled from sunrise to sunset, hourly positions (latitude, longitude, wind dir., wind sp., wave dir., wave hgt.). A typed preliminary report can also be found

Abstract: This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, on the Eastern Area Cruise 6, aboard the USS Shearwater, 1967. Materials include: fix data, bird observation sheets (At Sea Daily Log E) and fix data sheets. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., specimen or band no., and remarks. Remarks include physical descriptions of birds (colors, size, maturity), flock size, and behavior (sitting on water, feeding, calling, etc.). Fix data sheets include: date, ship, cruise no., sunset, position (lat and long), miles traveled from sunrise to sunset, hourly positions (latitude, longitude, wind dir., wind sp., wave dir., wave hgt.). A typed preliminary report can also be found.