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Field notes of Harry Pederson, 1961

by: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Publication date: 1961

Topics: Zoology, Reefs

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Typed field notes by Harry Pederson document work completed with Waldo L. Schmitt in the Bahamas on marine life found in reefs during 1961. Details daily activities during the collecting trip, working conditions, participants, types of film used, conditions of coral reefs due to local building activities, interactions between participants and local inhabitants, types of marine life observed (sometimes over a series of days), methods used to film, weather, and details about a flying gurnard, shark, and jawfish (among others)collected for filming

Abstract: Typed field notes by Harry Pederson document work completed with Waldo L. Schmitt in the Bahamas on marine life found in reefs during 1961. Details daily activities during the collecting trip, working conditions, participants, types of film used, conditions of coral reefs due to local building activities, interactions between participants and local inhabitants, types of marine life observed (sometimes over a series of days), methods used to film, weather, and details about a flying gurnard, shark, and jawfish (among others)collected for filming.