Original logbooks of the "Fish Hawk" United States Fish Commission station numbers, yr 1903, 7396 to 7445

Abstract

Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 5 to 30 January 1903, station record numbers 7396 to 7445. "Record of dredging, temperature and density" data include station number, date, time of day, time of tide, locality, exact position, depth, nature of bottom, dredging instrument used, direction of (drift, distance), temperature of (air, surface water, at depth of, at bottom), density at (surface water, at depth of, at bottom), number of salinometer, barameter reading, state of sky, direction of (wind and force), rain, direction of (surface current and force, bottom and force), name of vessel, service to which attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and notes relating to station number. Notes sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: Vernon C. West. Locality: Bahia Honda Harbor, Pigeon Key Lake, Grassy Key Lake, Florida Bay, Hawk Channel.

Date Range

1903

Start Date

Jan 05, 1903

End Date

Jan 30, 1903

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine Biology
• Marine invertebrates
• Ichthyology
• Marine biology

Place

• United States
• Hawk Channel
• Florida Bay
• Florida

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 29