Support for Preparation and Curation of the Exxon Valdez Collection

9316045 Rohwer该支持将允许准备和管理1500个冷冻的，浸油的尸体，这些尸体是在1993年从埃克森瓦尔迪兹号漏油事件中打捞上来的，是根据之前的NSF奖励。 这些春季海鸟代表了一个独特的系列，还有一些受威胁的稀有物种和收藏中鲜为人知的物种。研究生和勤工俭学的学生将进行必要的准备和策展任务，同时接受鸟类系统学和生物多样性研究的培训。这些打捞的远洋鸟类将是非常重要的系统，发育和生态学研究的羽毛成熟，换羽和骨骼的变化。 1993年，华盛顿大学的鸟类学家打捞出1500只在埃克森瓦尔迪兹号油轮漏油事件中丧生的远洋鸟类。 这些鸟都是春季海鸟，因此代表了一个独特的系列研究鸟类的发展，羽毛成熟，蜕皮模式和其他季节性生活史现象。 准备和保存这些浸油的尸体将需要特殊的专业知识和技术，已在华盛顿大学完善。 这些标本将用于正在进行的和未来的研究和教育项目，涉及太平洋西北部的鸟类系统学，生物多样性和保护。 ***

9316045 Rohwer The support will allow preparation and curation of 1500 frozen, oil-soaked carcasses salvaged in 1993 from the Exxon Valdiz oil spill under a previous NSF award. These spring sea birds represent a unique series, as does the presence of a number of threatened and rare species and ones poorly known in collections. Graduate and work-study students will carry out the necessary preparation and curatorial tasks, and at the same time receive training in bird systematics and biodiversity studies. These salvaged pelagic birds will be extremely important for systematic, developmental and ecological study of plumage maturation, molt and skeletal variation. %%% In 1993, ornithologists at the University of Washington salvaged 1500 pelagic birds that had perished in the Exxon Valdiz oil spill. These birds are all spring sea-birds, and thus represent a unique series for studying avian development, plumage maturation, molt patterns and other seasonal life-history phenomena. Preparation and preservation of these oil-soaked carcasses will take special expertise and techniques that have been perfected at the University of Washington. These specimens will then be made available for ongoing and future research and educational projects involving avian systematics, biodiversity and conservation in the Pacific northwest. ***