CSBR Natural History: Rehousing and inventory of fluid-preserved mollusks at the Academy of Natural Sciences

CSBR 自然历史：自然科学院液体保存软体动物的安置和库存

• 批准号: 1458171
• 负责人: Gary Rosenberg
• 金额: $ 34.51万
• 依托单位: Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
• 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: 2015-08-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458171&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Rehousing; inventory

This project will inventory more than 50,000 samples of fluid-preserved mollusks at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP). The collection is threatened by the increasing failure rate of old jar lids, which will be addressed by replacing the lids with ones made of archival materials. The collection contains about 1.5 million specimens from 140 countries. Endangered and extinct species are represented in more than 1,000 samples containing more than 200,000 specimens. Much of the fluid-preserved collection is appropriate for DNA analysis, in addition to being suitable for dissections. Ensuring that this material is properly archived and that information about is available online supports research on molluscan biology and conservation throughout the world. The project will train four undergraduate students from Drexel University in molluscan systematics, taxonomy, and curatorial techniques. Each student will work full-time for six months as a curatorial assistant at ANSP, learning conservation and preservation techniques. Students will receive an introduction to molluscan diversity and learn about the value of systematic collections for research in evolutionary and conservation biology. The general public will be introduced to the project at the annual Members' Night at ANSP, which was attended by more than 1,000 people in 2014, and at the annual Philadelphia Shell Show, which attracts about 1,500 visitors.The project will rehouse in archival materials 41,000 samples from ANSP and integrate about 9,500 samples received from other institutions. Many of the jar lids in the collection are made of bakelite or steel, materials now known not to be archival for fluid preservation. When lids fail, the specimens dry out, reducing their scientific value; all non-archival lids will be replaced with archival ones. Jars will be moved from standing directly on shelves into aluminum trays, so that fluid levels can be checked by scanning entire trays rather than picking up one jar at a time. Before the advent of DNA technology, it was assumed that samples sent on loan from the fluid-preserved collection would be destroyed when they were dissected, so ANSP asked for similar material in exchange. However, it was not usually recorded when a sample had been deaccessioned for destructive sampling. Also, in some cases, the presence of an alcohol lot in addition to a dry lot was not recorded in the catalogue. Each sample will therefore be verified against its database record, yielding a current inventory of the fluid-preserved collection. A module will be added to the database to record the condition of the sample at the time of rehousing and any action taken. All data resulting from this project will be shared with iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/), ensuring accessibility to researchers and educators. Data will be made available online through the ANSP website (http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/) and other portals.

该项目将在费城自然科学院（ANSP）库存超过50,000个流体保存的软体动物样本。该系列受到旧罐盖盖的故障率的增加，这将通过用档案材料制成的盖子代替盖子来解决。该系列包含来自140个国家 /地区的约150万个标本。濒危物种和灭绝物种在包含超过200,000个标本的1,000多个样品中表示。除了适合解剖外，许多流体保存的收集都适合DNA分析。确保将此材料适当归档，并且有关在线获得的信息支持有关全世界软体动物生物学和保护的研究。 该项目将培训来自Drexel University的Molluscan系统，分类法和策展技术的四名本科生。每个学生将全职工作六个月，在ANSP，学习保护和保存技术中担任策展人助理。学生将获得软体动物多样性的介绍，并了解系统收集对进化和保护生物学研究的价值。公众将在ANSP的年度会员之夜向该项目介绍，该项目在2014年有1000多人参加，并在费城壳牌展上吸引了约1,500名访客。该项目将在Anpival材料中重新制作41,000个来自ANSP的样本，并集成了来自其他机构的9,500个样品。该系列中的许多罐盖盖都是由冰棍或钢制成的，现在已知材料不是保存液体的档案。当盖子失败时，标本会变干，减少其科学价值。所有非架构盖将被档案库取代。 罐子将从直接站在货架上移动到铝制托盘上，以便通过扫描整个托盘来检查流体水平，而不是一次捡起一个罐子。 在DNA技术出现之前，假定从流体保存的藏品借来的样品会在解剖时会被销毁，因此ANSP要求提供类似的材料以交换。但是，当样本被删除以进行破坏性抽样时，通常不会记录它。同样，在某些情况下，目录中没有记录除干批次以外的酒精批次。因此，每个样本将根据其数据库记录进行验证，从而产生流体保存的集合的当前清单。将添加一个模块，以记录在重新房屋和采取的任何操作时记录样品的状况。该项目产生的所有数据将与IDIGBIO（https://www.idigbio.org/）共享，以确保对研究人员和教育工作者的访问。 数据将通过ANSP网站（http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/）和其他门户在线提供。