Improvement of the GCRL/USM Ichthyological Collection

摘要 海洋科学研究所/墨西哥湾沿岸研究实验室/南密西西比大学（IMS/GCRL/USM）的鱼类学研究收藏将通过处理其大量积压得到改进。将纳入的材料包括重要的基线收集物、从作为长期鱼叫声研究一部分的主要鱼类浮游生物收集物中提取的样本（保守估计超过2 100 000个样本）以及从以前资助的各种生态调查中获得的收集物。从历史上看，GCRL的幼虫收集是分开保存的，以满足国家对幼虫管理的要求。 然而，随着目前的扩展和重组的IMS计划跨校园，纳入精心挑选的幼虫材料的主要集合被视为一个重要的目标。通过加强现有的收藏，国际监测系统将能够更好地满足墨西哥湾北方沿海国家和美国中南部的研究和教育需求，并应对新的和日益严重的资源管理挑战。 该项目将需要3年时间完成，并将为两名研究生提供培训，为本科生提供夏季研究机会。IMS计划内的培训提供了跨学科研究的机会，以及整合学术研究和资源管理活动的活动，涉及多个地方，州，地区和联邦组织。这项工作将大大提高收集使用的专业人士和学生。这项活动将有助于阻止分类学专业知识的下降，并加强经常使用GCRL博物馆设施的57个附属机构的系统生物学教学。它还将使GCRL博物馆更好地与州、地区和联邦管理机构密切合作，从而履行密西西比州的任务，研究和传播墨西哥海湾的标本。同样，它将增加USM收藏品的价值，USM收藏品是该州密西西比淡水鱼的首要收藏品，对大学的学术课程，对监管和管理机构，以及对世界各地的科学家。 额外的架子、橱柜和设备将有助于使用这些藏品，作为USM海洋和生物科学生物多样性计划的一部分，从而完成三阶段计划第二阶段的剩余目标。当完全编目后，合并后的~收藏将跻身于美国和加拿大15个最重要的鱼类收藏之列。

ABSTRACT The ichthyological research collection of the Institute of Marine Sciences/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory/University of Southern Mississippi (IMS/GCRL/USM) will be improved through the processing of its large backlog. The material to be incorporated includes important baseline collections, samples drawn from major collections of ichthyoplankton taken as part of long-term fishcries research and conservatively estimated at over 2,100,000 specimens, as well as collections obtained from a variety of previously funded ecological surveys. Historically, the GCRL larval collection was maintained separately to meet State mandates concerning ~sheries management. However, with current expansion and reorganization of IMS programs across campuses, incorporation of carefully selected larval materials into the main collection is seen as an important objective. By strengthening existing collections, IMS will be better positioned to serve research and educational needs of coastal states of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the south-central US and to facet new and increasingly serious resource management challenges. The project will take 3 years to complete and will provide training for two graduate students and summer research opportunities for undergraduate students. Training within IMS programs provides exposure to interdisciplinary research, as well as the activities that integrate academic research and resource management activity involving multiple local, state, regional, and federal organizations. This work will greatly enhance the collection for use by both professionals and students. This activity will contribute to stemming the decline of taxonomic expertise, and to enhancing the teaching of Systematic Biology among 57 affiliate institutions, who regularly use GCRL Museum facilities. It will also better position the GCRL Museum to work more closely with state, regional, and federal management agencies, thereby living up to its mandate from the State of Mississippi to study and disseminate specimens from the Guff of Mexico. Likewise, it will increase the value of the USM collection, which is the premier collection of Mississippi freshwater fishes in the state, to the University's academic programs, to regulatory and management agencies, and to scientists worldwide. Additional shelving, cabinets, and equipment will facilitate use of the collections as part of USM's Marine and Biological Sciences Biodiversity Program, thereby completing remaining objectives of the second phase of a three-phase plan. When fully cataloged, the combined ~ collection will rank among the 15 most important ichthyological collections in the United States and Canada.