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RAPID: Preparing the USM/GCRL Museum InvertebrateHoldings Data For Physical and Electronic Access by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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ABSTRACT The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) Museum houses a large collection of preserved marine invertebrates from the northern Gulf of Mexico. This collection is dominated by specimens collected from regions of the Gulf that are presently impacted or threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. These collections represent reference material relevant to environmental impact studies that will be conducted in the aftermath of the spill. Many of the specimen lots in the museum represent historical collections (repeated collections made from the same location over a period of time) that will be useful for assessing oil spill impact. The goal of this project is to prepare the GCRL Museum invertebrate holdings from key areas of the northern Gulf of Mexico for access by the scientific community. This will entail cataloging data from collection lots, verifying identifications, entering the data into the museum database, and making that database searchable on the GCRL Museum web site. In addition, recent pre-impact samples from affected shoreline habitats will be processed and incorporated into the GCRL Museum collection. This work will take one year to complete, and be conducted by four senior scientists, two graduate students and two part time undergraduate workers. Upon completion, all data from the GCRL Museum invertebrate holdings pertaining to this project will be electronically accessible by the scientific community and all specimen lots will be available for loan to interested user groups. Archived invertebrate specimens and collections along with the ecological data pertaining to their acquisition are valuable resources that scientists need in order to study effects of oil on shoreline habitats of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientists, resource managers, and other interested parties will be able to search our holdings and learn which invertebrates occur in key areas that have since been exposed to oil. Equipped with baseline knowledge about species and communities that historically characterize an area, scientists can assess when or if a key shoreline habitat has recovered. Students participating in this project will learn museum curatorial techniques and be trained in taxonomy for proper identification of marine invertebrates. Further, the student participants will be encouraged to pursue projects relating to the study of biodiversity with emphasis on the acute and chronic effects that this environmental catastrophe may have had on the faunal integrity of affected shoreline habitats.

This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.

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RAPID: Preparing the USM/GCRL Museum InvertebrateHoldings Data For Physical and Electronic Access by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The National Science Foundation awarded a RAPID grant to The University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (USM GCRL) Natural History Museum following the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill event which took place in 2010 in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The overarching goal of the project was to catalogue macrofaunal invertebrate specimens collected from shoreline habitats of the northern GoM and to make that data available online. The USM GCRL Museum houses a large collection of preserved marine invertebrates and fishes from the northern GoM. This collection is dominated by specimens collected from portions of the northern GoM that have been or are presently impacted or threatened by the DwH oil spill. Preexisting historical shoreline faunal collections from throughout the US Park Service - Gulf Islands National Seashore were available for accessioning into the museum data base, including many specimen lots from historical collections (repeated collections made from the same location over a period of time) that will be useful for assessing oil spill and other future impacts.  Moreover, this NSF RAPID grant supported the processing of beach and grassbed samples of shoreline macroinvertebrates taken during an emergency survey within the Gulf Islands National Seashore Mississippi and Florida districts in May 2010. This survey occurred during the DwH event immediately prior to any oil spill impacts within national seashore areas. Thus, these collections together with historical GCRL museum holdings provide vital pre-oil baseline faunal data from shoreline sites potentially affected by the DwH oil spill for access by scientists and resource managers. Collection data and specimens were accessed, catalogued, and made available for research pertaining to the DwH oil spill event, or to other future environmental impacts within the northern GoM ecoregion. Thus this material represents a reference relative to environmental impact studies conducted in the aftermath of the oil spill. Archived invertebrate specimens along with collection data associated with their acquisition are valuable resources that scientists and resource managers need in order to assess the effects of oil and other disturbances on shoreline habitats of the northern GoM. Through a website portal created for this project, scientists, resource managers, and other interested parties will be able to search our holdings and learn which invertebrates occur in key areas that have since been exposed to oil. Equipped with baseline knowledge about species and communities that historically characterize this ecoregion, resource managers can assess whether a key shoreline habitat has recovered. The current NSF RAPID grant is the third NSF grant received by the USM GCRL museum, and the first to support the enhancement of the invertebrate collection. It involved the participation of four senior researchers, in addition to four graduate students and three undergraduates, who obtained valuable training in taxonomic identification, museum curation, and biodiversity informatics. Database URL: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/museum/invertebrates/search.php Last Modified: 11/01/2012 Modified by: Chet Rakocinski Images (1 of ) Please report errors in award information by writing to: awardsearch@nsf.gov.

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Award Abstract # 1055071 RAPID: Preparing the USM/GCRL Museum Invertebrate Holdings Data For Physical and Electronic Access by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The National Science Foundation awarded a RAPID grant to The University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (USM GCRL) Natural History Museum following the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill event which took place in 2010 in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The overarching goal of the project was to catalogue macrofaunal invertebrate specimens collected from shoreline habitats of the northern GoM and to make that data available online. The USM GCRL Museum houses a large collection of preserved marine invertebrates and fishes from the northern GoM. This collection is dominated by specimens collected from portions of the northern GoM that have been or are presently impacted or threatened by the DwH oil spill. Preexisting historical shoreline faunal collections from throughout the US Park Service - Gulf Islands National Seashore were available for accessioning into the museum data base, including many specimen lots from historical collections (repeated collections made from the same location over a period of time) that will be useful for assessing oil spill and other future impacts.  Moreover, this NSF RAPID grant supported the processing of beach and grassbed samples of shoreline macroinvertebrates taken during an emergency survey within the Gulf Islands National Seashore Mississippi and Florida districts in May 2010. This survey occurred during the DwH event immediately prior to any oil spill impacts within national seashore areas. Thus, these collections together with historical GCRL museum holdings provide vital pre-oil baseline faunal data from shoreline sites potentially affected by the DwH oil spill for access by scientists and resource managers. Collection data and specimens were accessed, catalogued, and made available for research pertaining to the DwH oil spill event, or to other future environmental impacts within the northern GoM ecoregion. Thus this material represents a reference relative to environmental impact studies conducted in the aftermath of the oil spill. Archived invertebrate specimens along with collection data associated with their acquisition are valuable resources that scientists and resource managers need in order to assess the effects of oil and other disturbances on shoreline habitats of the northern GoM. Through a website portal created for this project, scientists, resource managers, and other interested parties will be able to search our holdings and learn which invertebrates occur in key areas that have since been exposed to oil. Equipped with baseline knowledge about species and communities that historically characterize this ecoregion, resource managers can assess whether a key shoreline habitat has recovered. The current NSF RAPID grant is the third NSF grant received by the USM GCRL museum, and the first to support the enhancement of the invertebrate collection. It involved the participation of four senior researchers, in addition to four graduate students and three undergraduates, who obtained valuable training in taxonomic identification, museum curation, and biodiversity informatics.

PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT Disclaimer This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content. RAPID: Preparing the USM/GCRL Museum InvertebrateHoldings Data For Physical and Electronic Access by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The National Science Foundation awarded a RAPID grant to The University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (USM GCRL) Natural History Museum following the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill event which took place in 2010 in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The overarching goal of the project was to catalogue macrofaunal invertebrate specimens collected from shoreline habitats of the northern GoM and to make that data available online. The USM GCRL Museum houses a large collection of preserved marine invertebrates and fishes from the northern GoM. This collection is dominated by specimens collected from portions of the northern GoM that have been or are presently impacted or threatened by the DwH oil spill. Preexisting historical shoreline faunal collections from throughout the US Park Service - Gulf Islands National Seashore were available for accessioning into the museum data base, including many specimen lots from historical collections (repeated collections made from the same location over a period of time) that will be useful for assessing oil spill and other future impacts.  Moreover, this NSF RAPID grant supported the processing of beach and grassbed samples of shoreline macroinvertebrates taken during an emergency survey within the Gulf Islands National Seashore Mississippi and Florida districts in May 2010. This survey occurred during the DwH event immediately prior to any oil spill impacts within national seashore areas. Thus, these collections together with historical GCRL museum holdings provide vital pre-oil baseline faunal data from shoreline sites potentially affected by the DwH oil spill for access by scientists and resource managers. Collection data and specimens were accessed, catalogued, and made available for research pertaining to the DwH oil spill event, or to other future environmental impacts within the northern GoM ecoregion. Thus this material represents a reference relative to environmental impact studies conducted in the aftermath of the oil spill. Archived invertebrate specimens along with collection data associated with their acquisition are valuable resources that scientists and resource managers need in order to assess the effects of oil and other disturbances on shoreline habitats of the northern GoM. Through a website portal created for this project, scientists, resource managers, and other interested parties will be able to search our holdings and learn which invertebrates occur in key areas that have since been exposed to oil. Equipped with baseline knowledge about species and communities that historically characterize this ecoregion, resource managers can assess whether a key shoreline habitat has recovered. The current NSF RAPID grant is the third NSF grant received by the USM GCRL museum, and the first to support the enhancement of the invertebrate collection. It involved the participation of four senior researchers, in addition to four graduate students and three undergraduates, who obtained valuable training in taxonomic identification, museum curation, and biodiversity informatics. Database URL: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/museum/invertebrates/search.php Last Modified: 11/01/2012 Modified by: Chet Rakocinski Images (1 of ) Please report errors in award information by writing to: awardsearch@nsf.gov.

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