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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers : field notes, Bahamas, 1961 (2)

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

Publication date: 1961

Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Pederson, Harry, United States.‏ Office of Naval Research‏, Crustaceans, Marine biology, Natural history, Zoology, Marine photography

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

This field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. He participated in many field trips and expeditions to observe crustaceans in the USA and around the world. Sponsored by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, Schmitt spent the summers of 1961 and 1962 with Harry Pederson photographing the coral reef fauna of the Bahamas.The field book is the second of a set of two on that summer trip. The stations of the field trip are mainly in the Clifton Bay area and Lyford Cay, Nassau, Bahamas. Dates range from July 24 to August 17, 1961

Abstract: This field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. He participated in many field trips and expeditions to observe crustaceans in the USA and around the world. Sponsored by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, Schmitt spent the summers of 1961 and 1962 with Harry Pederson photographing the coral reef fauna of the Bahamas.The field book is the second of a set of two on that summer trip. The stations of the field trip are mainly in the Clifton Bay area and Lyford Cay, Nassau, Bahamas. Dates range from July 24 to August 17, 1961.