Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1952
Citation
Southwestern Pacific OBIS (2014). Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1935. Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 33337 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=discovery_reports released on January 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.15468/qoqbu7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-06.Description
The Discovery Investigations were a series of expeditions to the Southern Oceans funded out of proceeds from the sale of whaling licenses that took place between 1925 and 1951. The investigations had three main components: a marine laboratory at King Edward Point on South Georgia; the fast-sailing 326-ton RRS William Scoresby; and studies undertaken by the RSS Discovery. In 1929, the Discovery was replaced by the 1000-ton steel-hulled RRS Discovery II when the older ship was found to be simply too slow and cumbersome to carry out all the work required.
A variety of sampling methods were deployed, including otter trawls, beam trawls, dredges, fish traps, and a variety of fine-meshed nets tow in the horizontal, vertical, or oblique.
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Mainly in the South Atlantic and around the Antarctic Peninsula. But also in the Southern Ocean, and the southern Indian and Pacific Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
- Barnard, K.H. (1932). Amphipoda. Discovery Reports, V. University Press: Cambridge. 326, plate I pp -
- Heengaard, P. (1951). Antarctic parasitic copepods and an ascothoracid cirriped from brittle-stars. Vidensk. Medd. Dan. Naturhist. Foren. 113: 171-190, II plates -
- John, C.C. (1932). Cephalodiscus. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 223-260, plates XXXIII-XXXVIII pp. -
- Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports, 12. Cambridge University Press: London. 199-348, plate I-IX pp. -
- Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1932). Foraminifera. Part I. The ice-free area of the Falkland Islands and adjacent seas. Discovery Reports, IV. University Press: Cambridge. 291-460, plates VI-XVII pp -
- Massy, A.L. (1932). Mollusca: Gastropoda Thecosomata and Gymnosomata. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 267-296, plate XXXIX pp -
- Graham Cannon, H. (1932). Nebaliacea. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 199-222, plate XXXII pp -
- Gordon, I. (1932). Pycnogonida. Discovery Reports, VI. University Press: Cambridge. 1-137 pp -
- Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. Discovery Reports, VI. Cambridge University Press: London. 237-392, Plates XLVIII-LVII pp -
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position: Marine Data Manager
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Private Bag 14-901
Wellington
6241
New Zealand
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homepage: http://www.niwa.co.nz