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A LARGE expedition is leaving the University of Cambridge for Jamaica this summer. It is financed by the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. J. A. Steers, Gonville and Caius and St. Catharine's Colleges, Cambridge, and the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Sheffield. The members of the expedition are Dr. V. J. Chapman, the leader, university demonstrator in botany; Cambridge; Dr. H. Hamshaw The mas, reader in plant morphology, Cambridge; Mr. J. A. Steers, lecturer in geography, Cambridge; Mr. J. S. Colman, lecturer in zoology in the University of Sheffield; Mr. W. R. Philipson, of the British Museum (botany); Mr. K. R. Sporne, of Downing College; Mr. J. Lofthouse and Mr. D. J. Crisp, both of St. Catharine's College. The main party is proposing to examine shore-line development in relation to the formation of coral reefs and cays and also to the salt ponds, and it is intended to make a comparison of the cays and the mode of their formation with similar structures in the Great Barrier Reef. This will be facilitated by the presence of two members of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition-Mr. Steers and Mr. Colman. Dr. Chapman will examine the botanical side of this problem, and is intending to devote particular attention to the mangroves. A party consisting of Dr. The mas, Mr. Philipson and Mr. Sporno is going to spend a month in the rain forest where each will carry out research on his own problems: Dr. The mas working on the Pteridophyta, Mr. Philipson collecting, because he is one of those appointed to complete the late Dr. Rendlo's “Flora of Jamaica”, and Mr. Sporne investigating flower morphology. The whole expedition will return at the beginning of October with the exception of Mr. Philipson, who will stay on for a few more months.
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Biological Expedition to Jamaica. Nature 144, 17–18 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144017c0
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