Object Details
- Author
- Farrar, Richard
- Subject
- Adey, Walter H
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- United States National Museum Dept. of Biology
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Smithsonian Institution Research Reports Spring 1979
- Summary
- In the dim recesses of the basement of the National Museum of Natural History, marine researcher Walter H. Adey and a team of co-workers succeeded in developing a functioning, growing coral reef. More than 130 species of Caribbean reef plants and animals have been transplanted into an 1,800-gallon tank with a balanced reef ecosystem whose functions and processes mirror the natural habitat. Adey is holding a magnifying glass to inspect the new ecosystem.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports Spring 1979
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1979
- Standard number
- SIA2009-2204
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Caribbean Sea
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Aquariums
- Coral reef ecology
- Marine biology
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Invertebrates
- Corals
- Zoology
- Record ID
- siris_sic_7411
