Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1975
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
9 p. 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34726
Legacy PEIN ID:
74727
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine turtles - Phoenix Islands
Sea turtles - Conservation - Phoenix Islands
Marine resources - Conservation - Phoenix Islands
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Marine resources - Kiribati - Phoenix Islands
Protected areas
Kiribati
Abstract
During the period February 13 to 20, 1973, a visit was made to Canton Island for the purpose of conducting a preliminary survey of marine turtle nesting populations. Although previous investigators have described the sea birds (Buddle, 1938; Murphy G., 1954), insects (Van Zwaluwenburg, 1943, 1955), and vegetation (Hatheway, 1955), very little is known about the marine environment of Canton or the other seven atolls (Enderbury, Birnie, Phoenix, Sydney, Hull, Gardner and McKean) which comprise the Phoenix group. Publications dealing with marine life are limited to a description of fishes collected during the 1939 Bushnell Expedition at Canton, Hull, Enderbury and McKean (Schultz, 1943) and to an identification of some marine algae at Canton Island (Degener and Gillaspy, 1955 Dawson, 1959).
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1975
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
9 p. 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34726
Legacy PEIN ID:
74727
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 05-Jun-2008
Record Modified: 02-Mar-2021