Page Contents:
Section |
Significance |
Background |
Location & Dates |
Taxonomic Contents |
Documentation |
Description of Collection |
Collection Inventory |
Collection Assets
Specimen Condition |
Container Condition |
Label Condition |
Label Content |
Level of Taxonomic Identification
Astoria,G. Hendler 2001
MBC
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Principle investigator, Dr. Gordon Hendler.
Astoria Canyon is located in the north eastern Pacific, off the Orgeon coast. Samples were collected between 28 June to 3 July 2001 with the R/V Brown. Collection depths ranged from 147-1357 meters.
The taxonomic emphasis is echinoderms, with 63 lots collected.
G. Hendler provided station list Excel spreadsheet.
The bulk of the collections were fixed and preserved in 95% ethanol. A few lots were initially preserved in formalin then transferred to 85% ethanol. The collection is stored in the Polychaete Collection Range (LACM basement).
Echinoderms (83 lots); polychaetes (53 lots); crustaceans (40 lots); mollusks (40 lots); cnidarians (32 lots); sponges (25 lots); brachiopods (8 lots); ectoprocts (2 lots); chaetognatha (2 lots); miscellaneous taxa (e.g., nemerteans, sipunculids, chordates, pycnogonida) (28 lots).
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4: New alcohol needed immediately (specimens will otherwise be irreparably damaged) |
3: Containers need to be 'topped off' |
2: New alcohol needed within next 6-12 months |
1: No curation needed at present |
| 03/22/2002 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
| Date |
4: Immediate short-term (less than 5 years) storage container replacement needed. Present containers are inadequate. Curate in the short-term with plastic buckets, whirltop bags, or similar. |
3: Specimens contained in museum-grade long-term (greater than 5 years) storage containers. Jars need new closures (e.g. replace Bakelite and metal lids). |
2: Transfer to museum-grade long-term storage containers. Replace or transfer to new jars and glass vials, replace cotton and closures. |
1: Containers are museum-grade and meet highest curation standards. |
| 03/22/2002 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
| Date |
4: New labels needed immediately (original labels in poor condition, paper torn/worn, legibility poor). |
3: New labels needed within next 1-2 years (original labels beginning to wear, pencil writing fading, low quality paper was used). |
2: New labels needed are as a result of curation and accretion of collection. |
1: No new labels needed at present. |
| 08/07/2002 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
| 03/22/2002 |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
| Date |
2: New label or additional label needed because original label data is incomplete and supporting documentation provides additional collection data which greately enhances significance and value of each lot. |
1: Label content complete. All collection data are contained on label. |
| 08/07/2002 |
0% |
100% |
| 03/22/2002 |
100% |
0% |
| Date |
7: Not identified |
6: Phylum |
5: Class |
4: Order |
3: Family |
2: Genus |
1: Species |
| 08/07/2002 |
5% |
69% |
0% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
0% |
| 03/22/2002 |
69% |
25% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
6% |
0% |