Improvements to the USM/GCRL Ichthyological Collections

USM/GCRL 鱼类学收藏的改进

• 批准号: 0749755
• 负责人: Jacob Schaefer
• 金额: $ 25.62万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-15 至 2011-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0749755&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvements; USM; GCRL; Ichthyological; Collections

An award has been made to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) under the direction of Dr. Jacob Schaefer to consolidate two collections of fish from the university and from the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory so that curation and housing for the collections can be improved. This collection is used in research on biodiversity and conservation in the southeastern United States and is important in education programs at USM. Specimens of fish from the Mississippi River are well represented in the collections as well as specimens from marine habitats of the U.S., Mexico, and other areas worldwide. Approximately 68,000 collections lots stored in jars in alcohol will be relocated to new compact shelving in a renovated storage space. Labels in the jars contain valuable collection data, which will be copied and replaced with more durable tags. In addition, the geographical data for specimens will be captured in digital format and made available online to a broad community of researchers. The collections are used in undergraduate education programs and in outreach programs to K-12 schools and visiting groups. This funding will expand these programs through the participation of graduate students. The USM has a significant population of African American and other minority students, and the investigators for this project will continue their programs to recruit these students into research projects.

在雅各布·谢弗博士的指导下，南密西西比大学（USM）获得了一个奖项，以巩固该大学和墨西哥湾沿岸研究实验室的两个鱼类收藏品，从而改善收藏品的管理和住房。 该集合用于美国东南部的生物多样性和保护研究，并在USM的教育计划中非常重要。 这些藏品中有来自密西西比河的鱼类标本以及来自美国海洋栖息地的标本，墨西哥和世界其他地区。 大约68,000个储存在酒精罐中的收藏品将被重新安置在一个翻新的储存空间中的新的紧凑型货架上。 罐子中的标签包含有价值的收集数据，这些数据将被复制并替换为更持久的标签。 此外，标本的地理数据将以数字格式记录，并在线提供给广大研究人员。 这些收藏品用于本科教育计划和K-12学校和访问团体的推广计划。 这笔资金将通过研究生的参与来扩大这些项目。 USM拥有大量的非裔美国人和其他少数民族学生，该项目的调查人员将继续他们的计划，招募这些学生参加研究项目。