Abstract:
This report is a detailed account by Charles Breder, Jr. of his excursion to Key West to collect tropical fish specimens for the New York Aquarium in 1928. Breder's observations includes data on flying fish, fish species around Key West including relative abundance, sizes and colors of individuals, sizes of schools, stomach contents, an occasional opinion of how they tasted, weather, development and testing of equipment, contamination of the Key West Harbor, and daily life in the town. Also included in this diary, but not transcribed, are accounts of work in North Carolina, Interstate Park and Lakehurst. The diary was transcribed as part of the NOAA, Coastal Estuarine Data/Document Rescue and Archeology effort for South Florida.
Description:
43 p. pdf, divided into two separate pdfs (introduction and diary). Includes table of contents, tables, photographs and diagrams.
