An Interactive Expert Systems Key and Database for the Euphausiids of the World Ocean

9400770布林顿将为世界海洋中具有重要生态意义的甲壳类动物开发一个基于微型计算机的交互式专家系统。专家系统将包括几种途径，以确定所有已知物种的身份和信息库。这些路径将包括：(1)面向视觉的交互式图像检索；(2)结构化数据库路径，允许根据选定的字符状态进行快速搜索；以及(3)按分类单元名称进行搜索。将有不同的模块来区分Euphausiidae和更高的分类群，并鉴定Euphausiidae成虫的种类。专家系统将包括每个物种的世界生物地理分布图；电子和光显微照片，尽可能包括原始彩色显微照片；线条图；以及QuickTime电影形式的行为序列。它将包括一个图文并茂的词汇表和一个按物种索引的书目。它将以光盘的形式提供给所有主要的微型计算机操作系统，因此可在外地或在偏远的外地站使用。专家系统将是未出版和已出版信息的原创综合体。它将包括真乌贼的形态、分类和生物地理学，以及真乌贼行为的方方面面，包括游泳、觅食和生物发光展示。它将立即在海洋生物多样性的研究中发挥作用。这对于GLOBEC(全球海洋生态系统动力学)研究将是重要的，在GLOBEC(全球海洋生态系统动力学)研究中，多名调查人员必须确保他们使用共同的(和当前的)来源进行鉴定。对于没有全面图书馆的研究人员来说，它将是有用的。它将包括由3名优等生物专家在30年内收集的未发表的信息。该专家系统将利用斯克里普斯研究所浮游无脊椎动物收藏的标本和资源。光盘的制作将与阿姆斯特丹大学分类鉴定专家中心(ETI)合作进行。

9400770 Brinton An interactive, microcomputer-based expert system will be developed for the euphausiid crustaceans, an ecologically important taxon throughout the world ocean. The expert system will include several pathways to arrive at identifications and the information base for all of the known species. These pathways will include: (1) a visually oriented, interactive pictorial key, (2) a structured database pathway, permitting rapid searches based on selected character states, and (3) searches by taxon name. There will be separated modules to differentiate Euphausiids from higher taxa and to identify species of adult Euphausiids. The expert system will include worldwide biogeographic distribution maps for each species; electron and light micrographs, including original color micrographs wherever possible; line drawings; and behavioral sequences in the form of QuickTime movies. It will include an illustrated glossary and a bibliography indexed by species. It will be made available on CD-ROM for all major microcomputer operating systems, hence usable in the field or at remote field stations. The expert system will be an original synthesis of information both unpublished and published. It will include euphausiid morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography, as well as aspects of euphausiid behavior including swimming, feeding, and bioluminescent displays. It will be immediately useful in studies of marine biodiversity. It will be important for GLOBEC ( Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics) studies, where multiple investigators must ensure that they are using common (and current) sources for identifications. It will be useful to researchers who do not have comprehensive libraries. It will incorporate unpublished information gleaned over 3 decades by 3 euphausiid experts. The expert system will draw on the specimens and resources of Scripps Institutes Planktonic Invertebrates Collection. Production of CD-ROM's will be done in cooperation with Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI ), University of Amsterdam.