CSBR: Emergency Rescue of the Orphaned Fish Collection of the University of Puerto Rico and Capacity Expansion of the Ichthyology Collection at the Sam Noble Museum

CSBR：波多黎各大学孤儿鱼类收藏的紧急救援和萨姆·诺布尔博物馆鱼类学收藏的容量扩展

• 批准号: 2131464
• 负责人: Dahiana Arcila
• 金额: $ 60.23万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-15 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131464&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Emergency; Rescue; Orphaned; Fish

Biological collections are a primary source of information to understand Earth’s biodiversity. They not only document existing diversity, but also provide the baseline to track changes across time and geography, as well as extinctions at local and global scales. This project aims to rescue the orphaned Fish Collection of the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPR-M), improve access to specimens and associated information, and expand the shelving capacity of the Ichthyology Collection at the Sam Noble Museum (SNOMNH). Integration and accessibility of the two fish collections have the potential to be used across multiple scientific disciplines, including ecology, conservation biology, taxonomy, phylogenetics, fisheries management, anatomy, and physiology. The proposed activities for this proposal are organized around three primary goals—rescue, integration, and long-term preservation—each associated with specific timelines to achieve the overarching proposal goals. The team combines expertise of graduate and undergraduate students, and volunteers with museum experience at different levels in Oklahoma and Puerto Rico to provide a rich context for workshops, and for the development of an integrative training program for the next generation of scientists. Natural history collections play a fundamental role as repositories of biodiversity and provide verifiable and permanent records of wildlife and past environmental conditions. This project will rescue and safeguard the UPR-M Ichthyology Collection, one the largest biorepositories of marine fish biodiversity in the Caribbean, encompassing historical data from 13,000 specimens, comprising 805 species, 392 genera, and 123 families in imminent danger to become lost. Integration of the UPR-M Ichthyology collection into the SNOMNH will greatly increase its accessibility to scientists and other users through improved physical access, specimen loans, digitization of the collection, and sharing of data via the museum website, and other network portals. This project will enhance the infrastructure of the SNOMNH Ichthyology Collection and increase its scientific value and accessibility for scientists, educators, and the general public. The SNOMNH Ichthyology Collection is an important scientific resource and biological legacy for the lower Great Plains representing about 20% of the total fish diversity of the United States. It hosts diverse assemblages of mostly freshwater fishes (although its scope has recently expanded to include marine fish species as well), and endemic regional fish fauna from streams and reservoirs in Oklahoma. This project will provide multiple opportunities for integrating research into learning and education activities. Students at UPR-M and OU will participate in the collections-based activities as part of their academic and practical experiences and summer workshops at Puerto Rico.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.

生物收集是了解地球生物多样性的主要信息来源。他们不仅记录了现有的多样性，而且还提供了基线，以跟踪跨时间和地理位置的变化以及本地和全球范围的扩展。该项目旨在营救波多黎各大学玛雅格斯大学（UPR-M）的海洋科学系的孤儿鱼类收集，改善了对标本和相关信息的获取，并扩大了Sam Noyble Museum（Snomnh）的鱼类学收集的搁架能力。两种鱼类收集的整合和可及性具有在多个科学学科中使用的潜力，包括生态学，保护生物学，分类学，系统发育学，渔业管理，解剖学和生理学。该提案的拟议活动围绕与特定时间表相关的三个主要目标：救援，整合和长期准备工作，以实现总体提案目标。该团队将研究生和本科生的专家结合在一起，并在俄克拉荷马州和波多黎各的不同层面上拥有博物馆经验，为研讨会提供丰富的背景，并为下一代科学家开发一项综合培训计划。自然历史收藏作为生物多样性的存储库起着基本作用，并提供了野生动植物和过去环境条件的可验证和永久记录。该项目将营救和维护加勒比海中最大的海洋鱼类生物多样性生物生物库，其中之一包括来自13,000种物种，392种，392种属的历史数据，以及迫在眉睫的危险中的123个家庭。将UPR-M鱼类学集合集成到SNOMNH中，将通过改进的物理访问，标本贷款，收集数字化以及通过博物馆网站以及其他网络门户网站来大大提高其对科学家和其他用户的可访问性。该项目将增强SNOMNH鱼类学收集的基础设施，并提高其对科学家，教育工作者和公众的科学价值和可访问性。 SNOMNH鱼类学集合是较低的大平原的重要科学资源和生物学遗产，约占美国鱼类多样性的20％。它拥有大多数淡水鱼的潜水员组合（尽管它的范围最近也扩展到包括海洋鱼类），以及来自俄克拉荷马州的溪流和水库的内在鱼类动物群。该项目将为将研究整合到学习和教育活动中提供多种机会。 UPR-M和OU的学生将参加基于收藏的活动，这是他们在波多黎各的学术和实践经验以及夏季讲习班的一部分。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子的智力优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持的。