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2019-06-11T15:55:26Z

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The Biology Department at �鶹��Ƶ curates diverse collections of organisms including plants, vertebrate animals and invertebrate animals.<systematicCollections/>

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== The Rubert Anderson Award in Systematics ==
A great way to learn about organismal diversity is to work with a specimen collection. The �鶹��Ƶ Biology Department has several opportunities to work with plant and animal collections! In order to share our insect, plant, and vertebrate collections with a larger community we are in the process of organizing and displaying information, including images, about the specimens in our collections on a newly-designed website. This site will serve as a resource for classes at �鶹��Ƶ, the St. Peter community, and scientists.

Collections are a vital component of scientific study and education with uses including: 

*cataloguing diversity within a taxon 
*recording species found within a particular geographic range 
*understanding evolutionary change with and between populations 
 
The '''Rubert Anderson Award in Systematics''' is an annual award that is granted to faculty-student collaborators to conduct work with one of the department collections. Faculty-student collaborators develop and submit a short proposal in which they outline their plans to curate and present a portion of a collection on-line.

This award is an opportunity for you to contribute to the department’s educational objectives and learn about a particular taxon.

'''To apply:''' 

1. Contact and meet with one of the following faculty members:

'''Vertebrates:''' Eric Elias ([mailto:eelias@gustavus.edu eelias@gustavus.edu]) 
'''Insects:''' Margaret Bloch-Qazi ([mailto:mqazi@gustavus.edu mqazi@gustavus.edu]) or Eric Elias ([mailto:eelias@gustavus.edu eelias@gustavus.edu]) 

2. With your faculty collaborator, develop a short proposal in which you:
*clearly state what informational content and how much of the collection will be posted online by the end of the award period
*describe what archival work needs to be done to support #1 (above) and what you intend to accomplish in one semester
*Submit an itemized budget for no more than $160 to support your work. Money can be used to: travel to see collections at other institutions, purchase supplies to present or archive specimens, and acquire texts related to the collection subject 
 
3. Three copies of the proposal are due to Eric Elias (NHS 221B) by 5:00 PM Monday, September 24, 2018. Successful applicants will be notified the following week.

''Students will be expected to present their project at an appropriate venue determined by their faculty sponsor and complete an exit interview. Students successfully completing the proposed work will be recognized at Honors Day.'' 

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'''2018 Award Recipient:''' Signe Jeremiason; Exploring Insecta Through Illustration.'' 
'''2017 Award Recipients:''' No applicants. Funds were used in support of macroinvertebrate sampling equipment.'' 
'''2016 Award Recipients:''' James Eckhardt and Hannah Merwin; ''�鶹��Ƶ Herbarium Sandberg and Swedish Collections.'' 
'''2015 Award Recipients:''' Reina Nielsen and Matthew Gullickson; ''Historic Collections �鶹��Ƶ Herbarium.'' Andrew Lindmeier; ''�鶹��Ƶ Bird Collection (unsupported).'' 
'''2014 Award Recipient:''' No applicants. '' 
'''2013 Award Recipient:''' Andrea Gruver; ''Distribution of Hymenoptera Parasitoids over Time.'' 
'''2012 Award Recipients:''' No applicants. ''Bio 376 Entomolgy'' students worked in the insect collection in lieu of a winning proposal.'' 
'''2011 Award Recipient:''' No applicants.'' 
'''2010 Award Recipients:''' Ryan Ortlip and Lucas Youngvorst; ''Hamrum collection of Odonates.'' 
'''2009 Award Recipients:''' Josh Hammer and Carl Stenoien; ''�鶹��Ƶ Freshwater and Marine Fish Collection: Enhancement of the collection by additions and replacements of local species and creation of a web-based digital archive.'' 
'''2008 Award Recipients:''' Elias Anoszko, Stephanie Erlandson, Kirsten Ruser & Karen Katz; ''Archiving herbarium specimens of historical value and developing a web-based botanical collection.''

Vertebrate Collection/fish

2019-06-11T15:54:37Z

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Welcome to the �鶹��Ƶ Fish Collection!

Much of the original Biology Department fish collection (specimens and field notebooks) was destroyed in the tornado of 1998. As a result, many of the specimens now only exist as a teaching collection serving a variety of aquatic and vertebrate courses at �鶹��Ƶ including Aquatic Biology, Vertebrate Biology, Comparative Anatomy, and Fish & Fisheries.

The University of Washington gave a permanent loan of teaching specimens to Dr. Carlin, which are now available for use by �鶹��Ƶ students and faculty for research. There are 58 lots (at least 140 individual specimens) mostly from the freshwater and marine habitats of the Pacific Northwest. Northern gamefishes like rainbow trout and mountain whitefish are present, but so are commercial seafood species (capelin, Pacific hake) and evolutionary wonders (seahorses, hagfish, parrotfish and frogfish). All of the specimens are preserved either in alcohol or as dried specimens, but none have specific locality data. Without a properly recorded place and time of collection, these specimens are not useful in studies of ecology or evolution. However they are available for use by students interested in other research projects, such as comparative anatomy.

Of the species diversity in the entire collection, an estimated 40% is shown here. Thirteen families of freshwater fish and several families of marine fish are represented in the collection. Within each family the individual specimens are sorted alphabetically by scientific name. Specimens are shown on a cm scale. Any available collection data is provided with each specimen. Finally, each specimen has a link to a corresponding page in [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Fishbase], the most comprehensive fish database in the world.

For more information about the �鶹��Ƶ Biology Fish collection, please contact Mr. Eric Elias (eelias@gustavus.edu) or Dr. Jon Grinnell (grinnell@gustavus.edu).

'''Families'''

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Linnaeus Batrachoididae]] (Toadfishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Catostomidae Catostomidae]] (Suckers)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Centrarchidae Centrarchidae]] (Sunfishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Cyprinidae Cyprinidae]] (Minnows)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Diodontidae Diodontidae]] (Porcupinefishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/gasterosteidae Gasterosteidae]] (Sticklebacks)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Ictaluridae Ictaluridae]] (Catfishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Ostraciidae Ostraciidae]] (Boxfishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Petromyzontidae Petromyzontidae]] (Lampreys)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Percidae Percidae]] (Perches)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Pomacentridae Pomacentridae]] (Damselfishes and Clownfishes)

[[/academics/biology/systematics/Vertebrate_Collection/Synodontidae Synodontidae]] (Lizardfishes)

Rupert Anderson Award in Systematics

2019-06-11T15:53:36Z

Bvisto:

A great way to learn about organismal diversity is to work with a collection. The �鶹��Ƶ Biology Department has several opportunities to work with plant and animal collections! In order to share our insect, plant and vertebrate collections with a larger community we are in the process of organizing and displaying information, including images, about the specimens in our collections on a newly-designed website. This site will serve as a resource for classes at �鶹��Ƶ, the St. Peter community and scientists.

Collections are a vital component of scientific study and education with uses including:
* cataloguing diversity within a taxon,
* recording species found within a particular geographic range, and
* understanding evolutionary change within and between populations.

This award is an opportunity for you to contribute to the department’s educational objectives & learn about a particular taxon.

== To Apply ==
* Contact and meet with one of the faculty members listed below
** Plants: Pamela Kittelson ([mailto:pkittels@gustavus.edu pkittels@gustavus.edu])
** Vertebrates: Jon Grinnell ([mailto:grinnell@gustavus.edu grinnell@gustavus.edu]) or Eric Elias ([mailto:eelias@gustavus.edu eelias@gustavus.edu])
** Insects: Margaret Bloch Qazi ([mailto:mqazi@gustavus.edu mqazi@gustavus.edu])
* With your faculty collaborator, develop a short proposal in which you:
*# Clearly state what informational content and how much of the collection will be posted online by the end of the award period (December 12, 2008)
*# Describe what archival work needs to be done to support #1 (above) and what you intend to accomplish in one semester.
*# Submit an itemized budget of no more than $160 to support your work. Money can be used to: travel to see collections at other institutions, purchase supplies to present or archive specimens, and acquire texts related to the collection subject.
* Three copies of the proposal are due to Dr. Bloch Qazi (NHS 329) by ''' 5pm September 19'''.
Students successfully completing the proposed work will be recognized at Honors Day.