2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
6/08/2017 | 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | UTILITY OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: OLD DATA IN A NEW LIGHT | 305A
UTILITY OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: OLD DATA IN A NEW LIGHT
Museum collections are frequently overlooked as important resources for current conservation efforts. In a traditional sense, museum collections are viewed as repositories for types and as libraries of historical specimens that can be used for morphological comparison. Recent technological and methodological advances are allowing museum specimens to be incorporated in a wide variety of research topics. Yet, these resources remain underutilized in the context of crayfish conservation. The establishment of museum tissue repositories and development of advanced DNA extraction techniques is enhancing accessibility of museum specimens. “Community taxa” offer largely untapped approaches to understanding historical water quality, ecology, and effects of invasive species. Evolving approaches in machine learning and pattern recognition based on museum specimens can aid in species identification and discovery. Although numerous and far-reaching, sustaining benefits of museum collections are highly dependent on continued, yet strategic, growth. Therefore, it is important to consider “use” of a collection to include donation or deposition of specimens for future use.
- S12 Challenges, insights, and opportunities in crayfish conservation and ecology
- S12 Challenges, insights, and opportunities in crayfish conservation and ecology
- S12 Challenges, insights, and opportunities in crayfish conservation and ecology
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Raquel Fagundo
(), NC Museum of Natural Sciences, raquel.fagundo@naturalsciences.org;
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