CSBR: Natural History: Reconstructing the lost field notes of Royal D. Suttkus using the notes of other collectors in the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection

杜兰大学获得了一项奖励，以重建R.D. Suttkus的实地笔记，并将其与鱼类标本收集联系起来。Suttkus和他的合作者收集了超过600万个标本，被公认为国家鱼类学研究中心。记录所收集标本的关键环境和地点特征的实地记录由于卡特里娜飓风的洪水而被破坏。这个项目将有助于增加丰富的采样和环境数据，Suttkus和他的同事在他们的实地笔记中记录了这些数据，这些样本存放在杜兰大学的鱼类收藏中。这将提高收集的价值，使研究人员能够利用这些数据来解决重要的科学和社会需求，如鱼类分布、栖息地保护、环境恢复和物种对全球变化的响应等研究。该项目将以研究人员在学生培训和扩大参与以收藏为基础的努力方面的成就为基础。杜兰大学的R.D. Suttkus Fish收集数据库，目前托管在Microsoft SQL Server上，将被扩展以支持捕获包含在现场笔记和日志中的图像和信息所需的额外字段和表。现场日志和转录的数据表图像将使用安装在复制架上的尼康Coolpix p90 v.1.0相机拍摄。每张图像宽4000像素，宽3000像素，位深为24，水平分辨率为每英寸300点，垂直分辨率为每英寸300点。将保留拍摄的每个页面的RAW图像文件以及未压缩的TIFF。一名项目技术人员和一些暑期实习的学生将把实地记录的数据输入鱼类收集数据库，并为扩展后的苏特库斯纪念网站制作有关苏特库斯职业生涯的网页内容。

An award is made to Tulane University to reconstruct the field notes of R.D. Suttkus and associate them with specimens in the fish collection. The collecting efforts of Suttkus and his collaborators amassed over 6 million specimens that is recognized as a National Center for Ichthyology Research. The field notes documenting critical environmental and locality characteristics for collected specimens were destroyed as a result of flooding by Hurricane Katrina. This project will facilitate the addition of rich sampling and environmental data, of the kind Suttkus and his associates recorded in their field notes, with the specimens housed in the Tulane University fish collection. This will enhance the value of the collection allowing researchers to use the data to address important scientific and societal needs such as research on fish species distribution, habitat conservation, environmental restoration, and species response to global change. The project will build on the researchers achievements in student training and broadening participation in collections-based endeavors.The R.D. Suttkus Fish collection database at Tulane University, currently hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server, will be extended to support the additional fields and tables needed to capture the images and information contained within the field notes and logbooks. Field logbook and transcribed data sheet images will be captured using a NIKON Coolpix p90 v.1.0 camera mounted on a copy stand. Each image will be 4,000 pixels wide by 3,000 pixels wide with a bit depth of 24, horizontal resolution of 300 dots per inch and vertical resolution of 300 dots per inch. The RAW image file for each page photographed as well as an uncompressed TIFF will be preserved. A project technician and a number of student interns working in the summer will enter data from the field notes to the fish collection database and produce web content of Suttkus's professional career for an expanded Suttkus Memorial Website.