National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1961-1973 : Baker, fish.
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The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) was initiated in 1962 when the Smithsonian Institution entered into a grant agreement with the Department of Defense. From January 1963 through June 1969 Smithsonian Institution employees undertook biological surveys in an area of the Pacific Ocean spanning the equator and extending from latitude 30 degrees north to 10 degrees south and from longitude 150 degrees east to 180 degrees west, an area dotted with clusters of islands and atolls. The major goals of the program were to learn what plants and animals occurred on the islands, the seasonal variations in their numbers and reproductive activities, and the distribution and population of the pelagic birds of that area. Emphasis was placed on the banding of birds in an effort to determine migration, distribution, and abundance of pelagic sea birds. During the six and a half years of field work 1,800,000 birds were banded; approximately 150,000 observations of pelagic birds at sea were made; and biological surveys of varying intensity were made on several islands. The present folder includes a copy of a fish catalog by F. Sibley, with field notes and drawings of fish collected on Baker Island from October 15 to November 15, 1963. The notes are accompanied by a list of fish species collected on Baker Island prior to 1963, dated as valid to 1949, taken from Fowler.
1949-1963
1949
Nov 15, 1963
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SIA Acc. 83-126
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program field research records, 1961-1973
1 folder
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 2, folder 27