Accession Number:

AD0701440

Title:

STUDIES OF AIR-BORNE ORGANISMS RETRIEVED BY LARGE AIRCRAFT

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 1 Feb 1967-31 Jul 1969

Corporate Author:

BERNICE P BISHOP MUSEUM HONOLULU HI

Personal Author(s):

• Gressitt, J. L.
• Holzapfel, Eugene

Report Date:

1969-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The main objective of the studies was to operate a trapping program, utilizing an air plankton retriever and other special collecting devices installed in a WV-2 aircraft of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, based at Pt. Mugu, California, for the purpose of collecting all types of air-borne organisms and particles in the Pacific area. The primary interest was trapping air-borne arthropods to further test the theory of natural air dispersal of arthropods to oceanic islands.

Descriptors:

• *SAMPLERS
• *ARTHROPODA
• *AEROBIOLOGY
• DISTRIBUTION
• COLLECTING METHODS
• PLANKTON
• PACIFIC OCEAN ISLANDS

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE