Accessioning and curating the BING peatmoss (Sphagnum) collection into DUKE

将 BING 泥炭藓 (Sphagnum) 系列加入 DUKE 并进行管理

• 批准号: 2152585
• 负责人: Arthur Shaw
• 金额: $ 25.09万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 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: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2152585&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Accessioning; curating; BING; peatmoss; Sphagnum

This project will complete the transfer and integration of some 22,000 specimens of the moss genus Sphagnum from Binghamton University into the Duke University herbarium. The specimens will be transferred to archival quality specimen packets and associated collection information will be uploaded to appropriate databases to make specimen information available to researchers and citizen scientists. Sphagnum is both a genus of plants and an entire ecosystem. Sphagnum-dominated peatlands are estimated to store 25-30% of the total terrestrial carbon pool and are for that reason critical to understanding and management of the global climate. Sphagnum is currently under active development as a model for studying the impacts of changing climate on plants, and the combined Duke-Binghamton Sphagnum herbarium will be an irreplaceable resource to document geographic and ecological variation in Sphagnum peat mosses. It is well established that ecological function, including levels of carbon sequestration, varies with regard to both Sphagnum species and geographic setting. The augmented Duke University collection, with over 50,000 specimens of Sphagnum, will comprise the largest collection of this group in the world and will have unparalleled importance. This project supports the rescue of an at-risk collection of the moss genus Sphagnum from Binghamton University (BING) and its integration with the L.E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium at Duke University (DUKE). The collection will be curated both physically and taxonomically to preserve and increase its value as a resource for research and teaching. Most of the BING specimens are currently packeted in non-archival quality paper on herbarium sheets. Many of the packets, including many holding type specimens, are disintegrating, with labels and packets in various stages of detachment. All transferred specimens will be properly curated; they will be re-packeted with new labels, organized using the geographic system currently employed in the DUKE bryophyte herbarium, digitized, and made accessible via the Bryophyte Portal (bryophyteportal.org/portal/) and iDigBio.org. The taxonomy of these collections will be updated based on recent research findings of Sphagnum taxonomy. This activity will involve microscopic examination of specimens belonging to groups for which taxonomic revisions have been completed.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.

该项目将完成将宾厄姆顿大学约 22,000 个苔藓属泥炭藓属标本转移并整合至杜克大学植物标本室的工作。 标本将被转移到档案质量标本包中，相关的收集信息将上传到适当的数据库，以便研究人员和公民科学家可以使用标本信息。 泥炭藓既是一个植物属，也是一个完整的生态系统。 据估计，以泥炭藓为主的泥炭地储存了陆地总碳库的 25-30%，因此对于了解和管理全球气候至关重要。 目前正在积极开发泥炭藓作为研究气候变化对植物影响的模型，杜克大学-宾厄姆顿泥炭藓植物标本馆将成为记录泥炭藓地理和生态变化的不可替代的资源。众所周知，生态功能（包括碳固存水平）因泥炭藓物种和地理环境而异。 杜克大学的扩充藏品包含超过 50,000 个泥炭藓标本，将构成世界上该类群中最大的藏品，并将具有无与伦比的重要性。 该项目支持拯救宾厄姆顿大学 (BING) 的濒危苔藓属泥炭藓收藏品，并将其与 L.E.杜克大学 (DUKE) 的安德森苔藓植物标本馆。该藏品将从物理和分类学角度进行管理，以保护和增加其作为研究和教学资源的价值。 目前，大多数 BING 标本均采用非档案级纸张和植物标本室纸张进行包装。 许多包装，包括许多固定型标本，都在分解，标签和包装处于不同的分离阶段。所有转移的标本都将得到妥善保管；它们将用新标签重新包装，使用 DUKE 苔藓植物标本馆当前使用的地理系统进行组织、数字化，并通过苔藓植物门户 (bryophyteportal.org/portal/) 和 iDigBio.org 进行访问。 这些藏品的分类将根据泥炭藓分类学的最新研究结果进行更新。 这项活动将涉及对属于已完成分类学修订的群体的标本进行显微镜检查。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。