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Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1935 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, 5544 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=discovery_reports released on January 23, 2015. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4739 Contact: Mackay, Kevin Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.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. more 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. Scope Themes: Biology Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, AS, South Atlantic, ISW, South Indian Ocean, New Zealand, PSW, South Georgia Geographical coverage Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula [Marine Regions] AS, South Atlantic [Marine Regions] ISW, South Indian Ocean [Marine Regions] New Zealand [Marine Regions] PSW, South Georgia Temporal coverage 10 October 1925 - 27 April 1935 Parameter Occurrence of biota Contributor National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), more Related datasets Published in: NZOBIS: Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Publication Based on this dataset Heengaard, P. (1951). Antarctic parasitic copepods and an ascothoracid cirriped from brittle-stars. Vidensk. Medd. Dan. Naturhist. Foren. 113: 171-190, II plates, more Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports, XII. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 199-348, plates I-IX pp., more Barnard, K.H. (1932). Amphipoda. Discovery Reports, V. University Press: Cambridge. 326, plate I pp., more Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. Discovery Reports, VI. Cambridge University Press: London. 237-392, Plates XLVIII-LVII pp., more Gordon, I. (1932). Pycnogonida. Discovery Reports, VI. University Press: Cambridge. 1-137 pp., more Graham Cannon, H. (1932). Nebaliacea. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 199-222, plate XXXII pp., more 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., more John, C.C. (1932). Cephalodiscus. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 223-260, plates XXXIII-XXXVIII pp., more Massy, A.L. (1932). Mollusca: Gastropoda Thecosomata and Gymnosomata. Discovery Reports, III. University Press: Cambridge. 267-296, plate XXXIX pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2015-02-23 Information last updated: 2015-02-23 | ||||
