Survey on Gulf of Mexico collections

[Fabio Moretzsohn]

My apologies for cross-posting. Please forward this survey to curators, collection managers, researchers and others who are knowledgeable about Gulf of Mexico biological collections. Please respond to Fabio Moretzsohn (fabio at falcon.tamucc.edu).



Survey on Gulf of Mexico material




The mission of the Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies, at the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas, is to be a research institute of excellence to support and advance the long-term sustainable use and conservation of the Gulf of Mexico.

 

As part of this mission, we are trying to identify museum and institutional collections with biological specimens from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) region, including the coastal and marine areas in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, as well as the Gulf coasts of Mexico and Cuba. The results will be posted at GulfBase (www.gulfbase.org). Institutions and individuals involved in Gulf of Mexico research are encouraged to register and be listed as resources at GulfBase.

 

If your institution has different collections of GOM biological material (e.g. fishes, invertebrates, crustaceans, molluscs, etc), please forward this survey to the person in charge of each collection.

 

You are welcome to edit the following fields if necessary.

 

Thank you for your contribution.

 

Please return via email to: Fabio Moretzsohn (fabio at falcon.tamucc.edu)



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Fabio Moretzsohn, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869
Phone: (361) 825-3230
Fax: (361) 825-2050
fabio at falcon.tamucc.edu


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Survey

 

Name of institution: 

Address:

City:

State:                                                       

ZIP:

Country:

Website:

 

Curator:

Email:

Phone:

 

Collection manager:

Email:

Phone:

 

Size of staff:

Number of volunteers:

 

Name of collection:

Taxonomic groups:

Number of lots:

Number (or percentage) of computerized (databased) lots:

Number of specimens:

Number of type lots:

Number of dry lots:

Number of wet (preserved) lots:

Online database (if yes, list website):

 

Major collection strengths (taxonomic groups):

Major geographic localities (countries, regions):

Major GOM localities represented in the collection (e.g. 30% from Texas, or Campeche Bank, etc):

Vouchers from expeditions (list main expeditions):

Other collections incorporated (e.g. the Linnaeus collection):

 

Types of storage (please include number of lots or percentages):

Dry (specify shells, skins, bones, etc):

Wet (medium, e.g. formalin, ethanol, etc):

Slides:

Tissue (frozen, liquid nitrogen, etc):

 

Library (approximate number of books, periodicals, theses, reports, etc):

 

Brief history of collection (when created, past curators, etc):

Remarks:





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