CSBR: Ownership Transfer: Incorporation of MBARI and Univ. of Victoria deep-sea animal collections into the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

CSBR：所有权转让：MBARI 和 Univ. 合并。

• 批准号: 1458145
• 负责人: Gregory Rouse
• 金额: $ 21.93万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458145&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Ownership; Transfer; Incorporation; MBARI

This award makes possible the transfer of two very valuable collections of deep-sea animals, mainly invertebrates, to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC). The specimens were collected over many years from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and methane seeps by two eminent biologists (V. Tunnicliffe and R. Vrijenhoek) and housed by the University of Victoria (Canada) and Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, respectively. The collections will be catalogued into the SIO-BIC's online database and made available for loan to the scientific community. The enhanced database will contribute to the understanding of deep-sea ecosystems and inform education. Outreach to the general public will include a five-day teacher-training workshop on hydrothermal vents and methane seeps.This project proposes to continue building the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO-BIC) as a hub for eastern Pacific reference collections from reducing deep-sea ecosystems. Two large collections accrued from decades of work and multiple field programs will be incorporated into SIO-BIC. This enhances SIO-BIC's goal of supporting research, education and outreach to a broad audience, enhancing biodiversity awareness. Outreach to teachers has the potential to increase the impact of this project by informing K-12 classroom initiatives among other activities. Digitized data will be accessible through SIO-BIC's database, (http://collections.ucsd.edu/bi/search/), the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) and iDigiBio.

这一奖项使得有可能将两个非常宝贵的深海动物收藏品，主要是无脊椎动物，移交给斯克里普斯海洋学研究所底栖无脊椎动物收藏品。 这些标本是由两位著名的生物学家（V. Tunnicliffe和R. Vrijenhoek），分别由维多利亚大学（加拿大）和蒙特雷湾水族馆和研究所提供。 这些收藏品将编入SIO-BIC的在线数据库，并可供科学界借阅。 增强后的数据库将有助于了解深海生态系统，并为教育提供信息。 与公众的外联活动将包括举办一个为期五天的关于热液喷口和甲烷渗漏的教师培训讲习班，该项目提议继续在斯克里普斯海洋学研究所建立海底无脊椎动物收藏中心，作为东太平洋减少深海生态系统参考资料收藏中心。 从几十年的工作和多个领域的计划积累的两个大集合将被纳入SIO-BIC。 这增强了SIO-BIC支持研究、教育和面向广大受众的外联活动的目标，提高了生物多样性意识。 对教师的宣传有可能通过为K-12课堂倡议提供信息以及其他活动来增加该项目的影响。 数字化数据可通过SIO-BIC的数据库（http：//collections.ucsd.edu/bi/search/）、海洋生物地理信息系统和iDigiBio查阅。