. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. Figure 4. En route to the M/Y Beagle III with a Figure 5. Examining corals at the Urvina Bay skiff full of gear, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, uplift, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands. Left to Galapagos Islands. Fore to aft: John W. Wells, Peter right: Peter W. Glynn, Gerard M. Wellington, and W. Glynn, and Gerard M. Wellington. January 9, John W. Wells. January 15, 1975. (Photo C. 1975. (Photo C. Birkeland) Birkeland) fisherman in his canoe who paddled alongside us. About halfway to the island, the price d
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. Figure 4. En route to the M/Y Beagle III with a Figure 5. Examining corals at the Urvina Bay skiff full of gear, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, uplift, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands. Left to Galapagos Islands. Fore to aft: John W. Wells, Peter right: Peter W. Glynn, Gerard M. Wellington, and W. Glynn, and Gerard M. Wellington. January 9, John W. Wells. January 15, 1975. (Photo C. 1975. (Photo C. Birkeland) Birkeland) fisherman in his canoe who paddled alongside us. About halfway to the island, the price dropped to $30, then to $20, and finally to $10 upon nearing the island and its fringing coral assemblages. By this time the fisherman realized we were serious and proceeded to help us collect corals during the remainder of the dive. By the end of the survey we were on friendly terms, and he told us of other coral formations in the area that he had seen while fishing. It had not escaped me that he was admiring my swim fins. so these remained with him as part of the final payoff. The Sucre Island coral formation turned out to be the first coral reef reported on the Ecuadorean coast and, at that time, the southernmost coral reef in the eastern Pacific. Flying into and out of the Galapagos Islands in the 1970s was sometimes problematical and amusing in retrospect. On one occasion, Jerry and I were bumped from our flight when attempting to leave the islands after a research cruise. This. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History (U. S. ); United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Washington, D. C. : [Smithsonian Press]
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