Digitization PEN: Mollusca and Arthropoda Biodiversity in the Colorado Plateau Region

数字化 PEN：科罗拉多高原地区的软体动物和节肢动物生物多样性

• 批准号: 1701842
• 负责人: Lawrence Stevens
• 金额: $ 17.46万
• 依托单位: Museum of Northern Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701842&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; PEN; Mollusca; Arthropoda; Biodiversity

The insect collection at the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) spans nearly 100 years, focusing on the iconic Grand Canyon ecoregion and surrounding landscapes. Many specimens were collected at springs - critical ecosystems that support unusually high levels of biodiversity and unique species compared with the surrounding landscape. Through this award 120,000 well-documented insect specimen records and 1,000 high-resolution images will be digitized and contributed to the InvertEBase Thematic Collection Network (TCN). MNA staff will conduct three workshops on specimen identification and imaging, and will train and mentor students, including those from under-represented groups, to learn about museum curation, imaging, data management, and biodiversity research. The MNA will also present an interactive exhibit on the biodiversity of invertebrates on the Colorado Plateau and Grand Canyon. Designed to appeal to all age groups, the exhibit will consist of photographs and information about the region's most compelling species, with taxonomy, distribution, evolutionary history, ecological roles, and conservation status. The data digitized through this project will fill critical gaps on species geographic ranges and contribute taxa currently not included in InvertEBase, with a representation of Odonata, Mantodea, Blattodea, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and non-insect terrestrial Arthropoda (Myriapoda, Arachnida and Crustacea). Specimens include records of rare, endangered, and undescribed species. MNAInverts, an online relational database, will serve as a platform to facilitate identification and georeferencing of specimens, and to streamline quality control procedures. Georeferencing of collection localities will increase their value for range mapping and biogeographical studies. The resource will include annotated, stacked, high resolution images of exemplar specimens from the region. To facilitate identification, important morphological character states essential for diagnosis at the species level will be noted. The project will advance public and scientific understanding of the complexity and importance of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates to the ecological integrity of the Southwest. The MNA's contribution of occurrence data and images will augment the representation and distribution of Mollusca and Arthropoda in the InvertEBase TCN and will be shared with iDigBio (www.idigbio.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

北亚利桑那博物馆（MNA）的昆虫收藏跨越了近100年，重点是标志性的大峡谷生态区和周围的景观。许多标本是在泉水处收集的——与周围景观相比，泉水是支持异常高水平生物多样性和独特物种的关键生态系统。通过该奖项，12万份记录完整的昆虫标本记录和1000张高分辨率图像将被数字化，并贡献给InvertEBase专题收集网络（TCN）。MNA工作人员将举办三个关于标本鉴定和成像的讲习班，并将培训和指导学生，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生，以了解博物馆策展、成像、数据管理和生物多样性研究。国家生物管理局还将举办一个关于科罗拉多高原和大峡谷无脊椎动物生物多样性的互动式展览。该展览旨在吸引所有年龄段的人，将包括该地区最引人注目的物种的照片和信息，包括分类、分布、进化历史、生态角色和保护状况。通过该项目数字化的数据将填补物种地理范围的关键空白，并贡献目前未包含在InvertEBase中的分类群，包括蛇翅目、曼托亚目、苞托亚目、膜翅目、鞘翅目和非昆虫陆生节肢动物（多足目、蛛形纲和甲壳纲）。标本包括稀有、濒危和未描述物种的记录。mnainvert是一个在线关系数据库，将作为一个平台，促进标本的鉴定和地理参考，并简化质量控制程序。收集地点的地理参考将增加它们在范围制图和生物地理学研究中的价值。该资源将包括来自该地区的范例标本的注释，堆叠，高分辨率图像。为了便于鉴定，重要的形态特征状态在种水平诊断是必不可少的，将被注意。该项目将促进公众和科学对水生和陆生无脊椎动物对西南生态完整性的复杂性和重要性的认识。MNA对发生数据和图像的贡献将增加软体动物和节肢动物在InvertEBase TCN中的代表性和分布，并将与iDigBio （www.idigbio.org）共享。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。