Facility Support for the Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum

该奖项将支持将密苏里州自然保护部33年来收集的450万水生无脊椎动物标本纳入密苏里大学威尔伯·r·恩斯昆虫学博物馆。这些标本是一个数据库的基础，该数据库将无脊椎动物物种的存在和密度与一系列栖息地特征联系起来。这些标本和相关数据库是欧扎克高原湿地系统、动物和生态学研究的重要资源；用于水质分析；以及无脊椎生物群的记录。该奖项的资金将用于提供标本存放和管理，以及更新数据库。标本和数据库将被密苏里大学昆虫学系（用于研究和教育）、美国农业部昆虫生物控制实验室、密苏里农业、自然资源部和国家公园管理局使用。该项目由美国国家科学基金会与密苏里大学、密苏里州自然保护部和国家公园管理局合作资助。

9527754 Sites This award will support the incorporation of 4.5 million specimens of aquatic invertebrates collected over 33 years by the Missouri Department of Conservation into the Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum of the University of Missouri. These specimens are the basis for a database that associates invertebrate species presence and density with a suite of habitat characteristics. The specimens and the associated database are an extremely important resource for systematic, faunistic, and ecological studies of Ozark Plateau wetlands; for analysis of water quality; and for documentation of the invertebrate biota. Funds from this award will provide specimen housing and curation, as well as updating of the database. Both specimens and database will be used by the University of Missouri Entomology Department (in both research and education), the USDA Biological Control of Insects Laboratory, the Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, and the National Park Service. Funding of this project is by NSF in partnership with the University, the Missouri Department of Conservation, and the National Park Service.