Tropical Eastern Pacific Expedition (EASTROPAC Expedition)

• 1970

Located in Series 1) EXPEDITIONS.

This digital file is a surrogate of an item from the SIO Archive Film Collection (Box 2, Folder 1).

1 film reel (26 min., 33 sec.) ; silent, color ; 8mm

Investigation assessing the impact of Acanthaster planci starfish on Eastern Pacific coral reefs, and its likely impact should it get into the Caribbean. Poor to fair quality. Footage includes: Spencer Luke and another man in a small boat with a fish trap; departure from Panama City and return; rocky wave-bound shores and booby birds on the Pacific side; low islands and coral reefs of San Blas Island on the Caribbean side. Participants included Joseph Curry, William Newman, Tom Dana, Perry Crampton, and Spencer Luke.

• EASTROPAC (Expedition) (1967-1968)

• video

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Online finding aid

• SIO Archives Film Collection

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. SIO Archive Film Collection. SMC 42. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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2021-11-29