Collecting records, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas, April-June 1960

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Abstract

This item consists of worksheets recording the collecting of earthworm specimens from 30 April to 28 June 1960 in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Some specific locations visited include Mercer (Pennsylvania), Warren County (Indiana), Lincoln County (Missouri), Cass (Nebraska), Leavenworth (Kansas), Tulsa (Oklahoma), and Brazos (Texas). Worksheets record the following information: Bottle numbers, Lot numbers, Local, County, State, Date, Locus, Time, Air Temp, PPT, Collecting method, Collector, Disposition, Habitat type, Vegetation tree, shrub, Ground, Edaphic factors (Soil type, Slope, Soil temp and pH, Drainage, Color, shade, Litter, Moisture), Populations analysis (abundance, activities, location, associates, reproductives, oothecae, notes).

Date Range

1960

Start Date

Apr 30, 1960

End Date

Jun 28, 1960

Access Information

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Topic

  • Helminthology
  • Worms
  • Earthworms

Place

  • Indiana
  • United States
  • Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • Missouri
  • Ohio
  • Kansas
  • Pennsylvania
  • Nebraska

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007266

Collection name

William Roger Murchie Papers, 1954-1967 and undated : series 2, collecting records, 1954-1967

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 3 Folder 7