gmnh IS NOT AN ACRONYM

[John Bruner]

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Liz McGhee wrote:
>         I am looking for a museum with the acronym gmnh.  Is anyone
> familiar with this?  Thanks.
> Liz
> M.Elizabeth McGhee - Asst. Curator
> Mammal, Bird, Reptile and Amphibian Collections
> Museum of Natural History
> University of Georgia
> Athens, GA  30602-1882
Dear Liz McGhee:

        "GMNH" is an abbreviation NOT an acronym.

For a list of museum codes try the following website maintained by the
American Society of Ichthtyologists and Herpetologists.

http://seahorse.ims.usm.edu/~musweb/asih_codes.cgi

The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) established
a list of standardized institutional codes
to be used to reference individual ichthyological archival collections
worldwide. GCRL maintains an updated version
of this list that includes current status of these collections, hyperlinks
to websites, and email addresses of contacts.
This list has been published in Copeia.

       Leviton, A. E., R. H. Gibbs, E. Heal, and C. E. Dawson. 1985.
Standards in Herpetology and Ichthyology:
       Part I. Standard Symbolic Codes for Institutional Resource
Collections in Herepetology and Ichthyology.
       Copeia 1985(3):802-832.

and subsequently emended

       A. E. Leviton and R. H. Gibbs. 1988. Standards in Herpetology and
Ichthyology Standard Symbolic Codes
       for Institution Resource Collections in Hereptology and Ichthyology.
Supplement No. 1: Additions and
       Corrections. Copeia 1988(1):280-282.

Provisional codes for new collections together with summary data for US and
Canadian Collections have been
published in Copeia as well and are indicated by an asterisk.

       Poss, S. G. and B. B. Collette. 1995. Second Survey of Fish
Collections in the United States and Canada.
       Copeia 1995(1):48-70.

Information on European collections has been published.

       Kottelat, M., J. Nielsen, and H. Nijssen. 1993. Survey of
ichthyological resources in European museusm and
       collections. Societas Europea Ichthyologorum, Verlag-Freidrich Pfeil,
Munich, Germany.


        John
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