SGER: Development and Provision of Critical Triassic Marine Faunal Data to the Paleobiology Database: A Unique Opportunity Within a Limited Time Frame

SGER：为古生物学数据库开发和提供关键的三叠纪海洋动物数据：有限时间内的独特机会

• 批准号: 0434443
• 负责人: David Bottjer
• 金额: $ 2.6万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-15 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0434443&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Development; Provision; Critical; Triassic

ABSTRACT The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) represents a remarkable collaboration among numerous individuals in the paleontological community to assemble already-existing Phanerozoic data for large-scale syntheses to address major paleobiological problems. With its application of informatics approaches, the Paleobiology Database represents one of the most novel initiatives in recent paleobiological studies. However, individuals with the necessary experience and knowledge to assemble meaningful data for the Triassic are rare, so that the PBDB currently has a critical Triassic data gap. The convergence of three senior Ph.D. students at USC during the summer of 2004 who are experienced with the Triassic provides a unique opportunity to fill this gap. Provision of graduate research assistant funds for the summer of 2004 through a SGER grant will allow the PBDB to take advantage of this opportunity. This effort to fill the Triassic data gap will ensure the timely development and utilization of the PBDB, which will produce results of great benefit to the paleontological community at large. Furthermore, participation in this project will provide these students additional experience with new informatics approaches, which will allow them to adopt this forefront methodology in their future research and teaching. This will assist not only the overall direction of Earth science research, but of science in general through their anticipated future teaching activity as professional Earth scientists.

摘要古生物学数据库（PBDB）是古生物学界众多个体之间的一次非凡合作，它将现有的古生代数据进行大规模综合，以解决主要的古生物学问题。古生物学数据库是近年来古生物学研究中最新的成果之一。 然而，具有必要经验和知识的个人很少为三叠纪收集有意义的数据，因此PBDB目前有一个关键的三叠纪数据缺口。 三位资深博士汇聚一堂。2004年夏天，南加州大学的学生们对三叠纪有着丰富的经验，这为填补这一空白提供了一个独特的机会。 通过SGER赠款为2004年夏季提供研究生研究助理资金将使PBDB能够利用这一机会。 这项填补三叠纪数据空白的努力将确保及时开发和利用PBDB，这将产生对整个古生物界非常有益的结果。此外，参与该项目将为这些学生提供新的信息学方法的额外经验，这将使他们能够在未来的研究和教学中采用这种最前沿的方法。 这不仅有助于地球科学研究的总体方向，而且有助于通过他们作为专业地球科学家的预期未来教学活动来指导一般科学。