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Figure 24

Description

Figure 24. Clarke-Bumpus plankton gathering device. Invented in 1939 byGeorge L. Clarke of Harvard University and Dean F. Bumpus of Woods HoleOceanographic Institution. This device was used on the Atlantis. Top: view ofthe apparatus. Middle: view of the apparatus with net on frame. Lower left:rear view of the device's mouth. Lower right: plankton recovery unit.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Biologic Sampling Apparatus

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments