RAMHSS: Conservation, Processing and Computerization of the Diatom Collection of the California Academy of Sciences

加州科学院硅藻标本馆 是世界上最大的系统性参考文献收藏， 北美洲西部 它包括超过37，000准备 载玻片和数百个模式标本。 海洋、淡水和 来自美国西部和太平洋的硅藻化石样本 保证金使这一系列国际重要 resource. 博士约翰P. Kociolek，硅藻馆长，有 发起了一个多方面的计划，旨在改善 收集的可访问性，并增加其对 系统的、进化的和生态的研究。 捐赠的 大型馆藏中的收藏品将被整合， 输入到计算机数据库中，未经准备的样本将被 加工成可用的标本载玻片。 像这样的自然历史收藏是 各种生物学研究的基础。 生态学， 进化生物学和地理学只是众多 依赖于系统收集的科学学科。 支持这些收藏品的增长和改进， 为未来的研究人员提供必要的 生物学研究的工具。

The Diatom Collection of the California Academy of Sciences is the largest systematic reference collection of its type in western North America. It includes more than 37,000 prepared slides and hundreds of type specimens. Marine, freshwater, and fossil diatom samples from the western U.S. and the Pacific margin make this collection an internationally important resource. Dr. John P. Kociolek, Curator of Diatoms, has initiated a multifaceted program aimed at improving the accessibility of the collection, and increasing its impact on systematic, evolutionary, and ecological research. The donated collections within the larger holdings will be integrated and entered into a computer database, and unprepared samples will be processed into usable specimen slides. Natural history collections such as this are the foundations on which diverse biological research is based. Ecology, evolutionary biology, and biogeography are but three of the many scientific disciplines that rely on systematic collections. Supporting the growth and improvement of these collections will provide future generations of investigators with the essential tools of biological research.