Survey Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey
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1966-1971
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13 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 435
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of raw and synthesized bird-banding data compiled by the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey. The usual data given includes species, sex, weight, and fat content. Also included is correspondence of Watson, mostly concerning banding work; reports; and administrative records. Many of the materials in this collection...
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National Museum of Natural History. Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey
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1966-1973
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-361
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS) was a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites, and the viruses they carry that was conducted mainly in the eastern Mediterranean region. This accession includes specimen and banding information from surveys conducted in Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and Uganda. Materials include field notes and a...
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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1961-1973
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 83-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of historical information, background material, and specimen reports on the islands and their flora and fauna. Records include field notes, maps, correspondence, printed items, photographs, and annotated lists. Many of the materials in this collection have been digitized. View Digitized Materials.
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
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122.58 cu. ft. (234 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (5 3x5 boxes) (4 5x8 boxes) (14 oversize folders) (20 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 245
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration, field work, and research activities of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, especially its bird banding, island survey, and pelagic survey programs. Included are reports, correspondence, field records, office records, contracts, data, notes, manuscripts, maps, and photographs. The records also...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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1860-1961
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66 cu. ft. (132 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of reports, notebooks, notes, photographs, maps, and related materials documenting field research conducted by staff naturalists of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its predecessor, the Bureau of Biological Survey. The reports, which primarily concern biological surveys conducted in the Un...
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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1964-1999
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-003
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the research records of zoologist James Francis Lynch (1942-1998). In 1974, Lynch became the first staff scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES) which was renamed the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in 1985. Lynch administered or participated in several project...
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National Ecology Research Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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1963-1975, 1988-1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-027
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes, research, and catalogue records created or maintained by Roger B. Clapp. Clapp worked in the Biological Survey Unit, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey from 1970 until his retirement in December of 2011. (In 1989, the Biological Survey Unit was called the Biological S...
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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Biological Survey Unit
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1933-1999
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-028
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Biological Survey Unit of the United States Geological Survey (formerly the Bird Section of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bird and Mammal Laboratories). Correspondence concerns specimens, donations, loans, research, papers, conferences, fiel...
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National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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circa 1961-1973
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-039
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists mostly of bird banding reports submitted by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) personnel. Materials also include publications of the program. Philip Strong Humphrey was the Program's Principal Investigator.
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
- Dates:
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1965-1966
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) consisted of biological surveys of an area of the Pacific Ocean that was 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 ...