Endangered Non-Marine Mollusca of Samoa

萨摩亚濒临灭绝的非海洋软体动物

• 批准号: 9705494
• 负责人: Robert Cowie
• 金额: $ 9.66万
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9705494&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Endangered; Non; Marine; Mollusca; Samoa

97-05494 Cowie Samoan land snails are severely threatened by habitat destruction, introduction of alien species for (failed) "biological control," and other human activities. The largest and most important collections of such snails are housed at the Bishop Museum (16,000 lots) and the Field Museum (850 lots). Conservation efforts to prevent further decline of snail populations require timely knowledge of the status and distribution of the species, and a means for local resource managers to recognize them. This project will result in an online database of existing collections of the Samoan snails, the curation and databasing of additional backlogged collections, and the collection of new specimen lots. In addition, a simple field guide will be produced so that conservation and land-management personnel in both American and Western Samoa, as well as classes from the American Samoa Community College and the general public ("ecotourists"), can identify snails. Further, synoptic reference collections will be built and deposited in Pago Pago and Apia, thus increasing the scientific infrastructure in Samoa. A graduate student, supported by this award, will be trained in molluscan taxonomy, museum practices, and collections databasing, which will contribute new expertise to the science of malacology. This project is being funded cooperatively by the Biotic Surveys & Inventories Program (BIO) and the International Program (SBE) of the NSF.

Cowie Samoan陆地蜗牛受到栖息地破坏、引进外来物种进行（失败的）“生物控制”以及其他人类活动的严重威胁。最大和最重要的蜗牛收藏在主教博物馆（16000件）和菲尔德博物馆（850件）。为了防止蜗牛数量的进一步减少，保护工作需要及时了解该物种的状况和分布，并为当地资源管理人员提供识别它们的方法。该项目将建立一个现有萨摩亚蜗牛标本的在线数据库，管理和建立更多积压标本的数据库，以及收集新的标本批次。此外，将编写一份简单的实地指南，以便美属萨摩亚和西萨摩亚的养护和土地管理人员以及美属萨摩亚社区学院的班级和一般公众（“生态旅游者”）能够识别蜗牛。此外，将在帕果帕果和阿皮亚建立和存放综合参考资料，从而增加萨摩亚的科学基础设施。该奖项支持的研究生将接受软体动物分类、博物馆实践和收藏数据库方面的培训，这将为软体动物学科学贡献新的专业知识。本项目由美国国家科学基金会生物调查与清单计划（BIO）和国际计划（SBE）合作资助。