Computerization of Mollusk Collections at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

9616621罗森博格费城自然科学院最近的软体动物收藏是美国最古老的软体动物收藏，也是世界上第二大编目的软体动物收藏。它目前有超过43万个编目的地段，包含大约1200万个标本。许多陆地和淡水标本代表了现在受到威胁、濒临灭绝或灭绝的物种。为了进一步提高标本收藏的科学价值，该项目将把在美国收集的标本的标签和目录数据计算机化。计算机化对研究系统学、进化论和生物地理学的科学家有明显的好处，但对环境科学也有广泛的好处。这些收藏的计算机化将有助于确定软体动物物种历史分布模式的变化。目前几乎没有这样的信息，但科学家不仅需要对软体动物进行基本的系统和生态研究，而且需要为监测生态系统的健康提供基线数据。该项目由美国国家科学基金会和美国地质勘探局生物资源司合作资助，将为综合分类信息系统做出贡献。

9616621 Rosenberg The Recent mollusk collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is the oldest mollusk collection in the country, and the second largest catalogued one in the world. It currently has more than 430,000 catalogued lots containing about 12 million specimens. Many of the land and freshwater specimens represent species now threatened, endangered or extinct. To further increase the scientific value of the collection, this project will computerize the label and catalog data of those specimens collected in the United States. Computerization has obvious benefits for scientists studying systematics, evolution and biogeography, but there are also broad benefits for environmental sciences. Computerization of the collections will help in determining changes in the historical distribution patterns of mollusk species. Little such information is currently available, but is needed not only by scientists conducting basic systematic and ecological research on mollusks, but to provide baseline data for monitoring the health of ecosystems. This project is funded by a partnership between the NSF and the Biological Resources Division of the USGS, and will contribute to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.