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Galapagos Storm Petrel
This bird was the dominant one following the ship throughout most
of the trip.
White-faced Storm Petrel
Most of these birds were south of the large concentration at 5°N
and occurred only on the eastern-most leg of the trip.
Fork -tailed Petrel (?)
This is a questionable sighting because of location but Ed Coughran
and I both described the bird separately and felt that we were fairly
sure of our observation.
Sooty Tern
Records for this trip indicate that the Sooty Terns were using the
areas of 5°-10°N and 5°-10°S, and were virtually absent from the remaining
areas. Most flocks that were closely observed contained immatures in-
dicating they were from spring or summer breeding populations.
Mammals and Turtles
Seven hundred five mammals of about eight species, and 12 turtles
of two species were recorded (TABLE 12).
Other Data Collecting Activities
Routine collections of data proceeded as on previous EASTROPAC
trips. Only one of the continuous recording environmental data buoys
that had been anchored by the January EASTROPAC trip was found and
collected. A computer aboard ship made some of the oceanographic data
available, but special programs had to be written depending on the
type of analysis desired. These data can be obtained from BCF or
Scripps. On this trip two special projects were carried out. One was
a current study by Dr. B. A. Taft on the 29th August to 2 September
near the Equator. The other was a vertical distribution study of a
pelagic snail off the southern end of Guadalupe Island, carried out by
Mr. Charles B. Miller.