1954 Chatham Islands expedition

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1954 Chatham Islands expedition
Funder
Country
  • New Zealand Edit this on Wikidata
Organiser
  • George Alexander Knox Edit this on Wikidata
Country of origin
  • New Zealand Edit this on Wikidata
StartLyttelton Edit this on Wikidata
22 January 1954 Edit this on Wikidata
EndLyttelton Edit this on Wikidata
12 February 1954 Edit this on Wikidata
Vessels
  • MV Alert Edit this on Wikidata
Participants

The 1954 Chatham Islands expedition was a research expedition organised by George Knox of the University of Canterbury to explore the distribution of benthic and pelagic marine fauna living between the Chatham Islands / Rēkohu and the eastern coast of New Zealand. The expedition took place in January and February 1954.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ G A (Ed) Knox (1957). "General account of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition" (PDF). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 2: 1–37. ISSN 0083-7903. Wikidata Q66412141.
  2. ^ G H Uttley; J S Bullivant (1971). "Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 7. Bryozoa Cheilostomata" (PDF). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 57: 1–59. ISSN 0083-7903. Wikidata Q66412054.