ASU Lichen Collection Improvement

亚利桑那州立大学地衣收藏改进

• 批准号: 9629532
• 负责人: Thomas Nash
• 金额: $ 13万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-15 至 2000-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9629532&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ASU; Lichen; Collection; Improvement

9629532 Nash Over the four-year duration of this project, the Arizona State University lichen collection will be substantially rehoused in new space and cabinetry, 17,000 new and 7,000 backlogged collections will be incorporated, and a gift of 5,000 specimens will be accessioned. The project plan also allows for growth by 12,000-16,000 specimens over the lifetime of the project, and for modest growth thereafter. All of the specimens will be well-identified by the new associate curator, who will be hired on this award. NSF and Arizona State University are partners on this project: each is providing half of the salary of the associate curator during the award period (ASU will assume 100% of the salary when the grant expires), and ASU is also purchasing equipment and providing renovation to allow for the expansion of the lichen collection. With these improvements, the ASU lichen herbarium will be a major scientific resource on Sonoran Desert lichens, and an excellent reference collection for lichens of other parts of the world. It will support a major ongoing research effort on Sonoran Desert lichens, which are important as bioindicators of environmental change.

在这个项目的四年时间里，亚利桑那州立大学的地衣收藏将被重新安置在新的空间和橱柜中，17,000个新的和7,000个积压的收藏将被合并，并将加入5000个标本的礼物。该项目计划还允许在项目的整个生命周期内增加12,000-16,000个标本，并在此之后适度增长。所有的标本都将由新的副馆长进行鉴定，他将被聘为该奖项的负责人。美国国家科学基金会和亚利桑那州立大学是这个项目的合作伙伴：在奖励期间，每个人提供副馆长一半的工资（亚利桑那州立大学将承担100%的工资），亚利桑那州立大学还购买设备并提供翻新，以扩大地衣收藏。通过这些改进，亚利桑那州立大学地衣标本馆将成为研究索诺兰沙漠地衣的重要科学资源，并为世界其他地区的地衣提供良好的参考资料。它将支持正在进行的关于索诺兰沙漠地衣的主要研究工作，地衣作为环境变化的重要生物指标。