Original logbooks of the "Fish Hawk" United States Fish Commission station records numbers 1123 to 1155

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Abstract

Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 23 August 1883 to 4 September 1886, station record numbers 1156 to 1196. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: G. H. Cleaveland. Locality: Menemsha Bight, Vineyard Sound, Buzzard Bay, and the North Atlantic Ocean off of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

Date Range

1883-1886

Start Date

Aug 23, 1883

End Date

Sep 04, 1886

Access Information

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Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Marine invertebrates
  • Ichthyology
  • Marine biology

Place

  • Menemsha Bight
  • United States
  • Massachusetts
  • Vineyard Sound
  • Buzzards Bay
  • North Atlantic Ocean

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Logbooks

Accession #

SIA RU007184

Collection name

United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 10 Folder 14