An Interactive Expert Systems Key and Database for the Euphausiids of the World Ocean

小行星9400770 将为磷虾类甲壳动物发展一个以微型计算机为基础的交互式专家系统，磷虾类甲壳动物是世界海洋中一个具有重要生态意义的分类。 该专家系统将包括几条途径，以达到所有已知物种的识别和信息库。 这些途径将包括：（1）一个视觉导向的交互式图形检索，（2）一个结构化的数据库路径，允许根据选定的特征状态进行快速检索，（3）按分类单元名称进行检索。 将有分离的模块来区分磷虾类从更高的类群，并确定成年磷虾类的物种。 该专家系统将包括每一物种的全世界地理分布图;电子和光学显微照片，包括可能的原始彩色显微照片;线条图;以及以QuickTime电影形式呈现的行为序列。 它将包括一份附有插图的词汇表和一份按物种编制索引的书目。 将以光盘形式提供给所有主要的微型计算机操作系统，因此可在外地或偏远的外地站使用。 该专家系统将是未发表和已发表信息的原创综合。它将包括磷虾的形态学，分类学，以及磷虾的行为方面，包括游泳，进食和生物发光显示。 它将立即用于海洋生物多样性研究。 这对于全球海洋生态系统动力学（GLOBEC）研究很重要，因为多个研究人员必须确保他们使用共同的（和当前的）来源进行识别。 这将是有用的研究人员谁没有全面的图书馆。 它将包含由3位磷虾专家收集的30多年来未发表的信息。 该专家系统将利用斯克里普斯研究所浮游无脊椎动物收藏的标本和资源。 将与阿姆斯特丹大学分类鉴定专家中心合作制作光盘。

9400770 Brinton An interactive, microcomputer-based expert system will be developed for the euphausiid crustaceans, an ecologically important taxon throughout the world ocean. The expert system will include several pathways to arrive at identifications and the information base for all of the known species. These pathways will include: (1) a visually oriented, interactive pictorial key, (2) a structured database pathway, permitting rapid searches based on selected character states, and (3) searches by taxon name. There will be separated modules to differentiate Euphausiids from higher taxa and to identify species of adult Euphausiids. The expert system will include worldwide biogeographic distribution maps for each species; electron and light micrographs, including original color micrographs wherever possible; line drawings; and behavioral sequences in the form of QuickTime movies. It will include an illustrated glossary and a bibliography indexed by species. It will be made available on CD-ROM for all major microcomputer operating systems, hence usable in the field or at remote field stations. The expert system will be an original synthesis of information both unpublished and published. It will include euphausiid morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography, as well as aspects of euphausiid behavior including swimming, feeding, and bioluminescent displays. It will be immediately useful in studies of marine biodiversity. It will be important for GLOBEC ( Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics) studies, where multiple investigators must ensure that they are using common (and current) sources for identifications. It will be useful to researchers who do not have comprehensive libraries. It will incorporate unpublished information gleaned over 3 decades by 3 euphausiid experts. The expert system will draw on the specimens and resources of Scripps Institutes Planktonic Invertebrates Collection. Production of CD-ROM's will be done in cooperation with Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI ), University of Amsterdam.