Aug. 3, 1964 Monday-Left Fred at 0800 for Japtan (David).
to select sampling stations.
of disturbed habitats.
Drove around island
General appearance of island one
Coconut plantation disrupted by build-
ings and large areas demanded to make room for buildings,
antennas and other equipment throughout most of the island.
Only a few small
"Virgin" forests remain,
these composed of
large Pisonia-Messerschmidia associations and located near
the seaward side next to the deep entrance.
Before
lunch,
made
-
collections of soil and plants and others surveyed reef for fish
collecting.
Raul McClin made gamma surveys with picker lab
monitor at 3 feet--readings variable from 200-600 c/m + 50 c/m
at each reading
(?).
Background not determined yet
Lunch at 11:30 at mess hall here on Japtan.
(?).
After lunch
poisoned at northeast side of island in fast flowing water
about 150 yds. from Nickajack trail.
Welander and Murchison
(U. Hawaii)
Collected 1 1/2 fish!
and Palumbo each placed
1 gallon fish poison in cubitainer on bottom--2 to 4 feet of
water.
Tide and currents too strong-~-Palumbo and Billings to
reef edge for algae collection--footing difficult and tide too
strong to swim--algal population very sparse from shore to reef
edge, a distance of 300 yds.
Collected a few species for identi-