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

该奖项使两个非常有价值的深海动物收藏品（主要是无脊椎动物）转移到斯克里普斯海洋研究所底栖无脊椎动物收藏品（SIO-BIC）成为可能。这些标本是由两位著名生物学家（V. Tunnicliffe和R. Vrijenhoek）多年来从深海热液喷口和甲烷渗漏处收集的，分别保存在维多利亚大学（加拿大）和蒙特利湾水族馆和研究所。这些藏品将编入SIO-BIC的在线数据库，并可供科学界借阅。加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。面向公众的活动包括为期五天的热液喷口和甲烷渗漏教师培训讲习班。该项目建议继续在斯克里普斯海洋研究所（SIO-BIC）建立底栖无脊椎动物收藏馆，作为东太平洋深海生态系统参考收藏的中心。从几十年的工作和多个实地项目中积累的两个大型收藏品将被纳入SIO-BIC。这加强了SIO-BIC的目标，即支持研究、教育和向广大受众推广，提高生物多样性意识。在其他活动中，通过向教师宣传K-12课堂倡议，有可能增加该项目的影响。数字化数据将通过SIO-BIC的数据库（http://collections.ucsd.edu/bi/search/）、海洋生物地理信息系统（OBIS）和iDigiBio访问。

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.