2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
Location
Ballroom, Maucker Student Union, University of Northern Iowa
Presentation Type
Open Access Poster Presentation
Document Type
poster
Abstract
A collection of approximately 1000 jars of preserved fiddler crabs was received from Dr. F.H. Barnwell, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. It contained jars of crabs from Africa, the Americas, and the Indo-Pacific. Specimens in each jar were sorted by species and gender and then counted. An Excel® spreadsheet recorded collecting data while Google Earth® determined the GPS of each recovery site. The collection was reduced to 569 jars containing 68 species representing seven genera. The entire collection consists of 7804 crabs with 5925 males and 1879 females. New labels with up-dated information were made for each jar. Barnwell’s scientific legacy is now ready for transport to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Start Date
30-7-2021 11:30 AM
End Date
30-7-2021 1:15 PM
Event Host
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Northern Iowa
Faculty Advisor
Carl L. Thurman
Faculty Advisor
Frank H. Barnwell
Department
Department of Biology
Copyright
©2021 Dee Dee Pitzen, Samantha Heyer, Amber Kinke, Frank H. Barnwell, and Carl L. Thurman
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Pitzen, Dee Dee; Heyer, Samantha; Finke, Amber; Barnwell, Frank H. Ph.D.; and Thurman, Carl L. Ph.D., "Curating a Global Collection of Fiddler Crabs for the American Museum of Natural History, NYC" (2021). Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium. 5.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/surp/2021/all/5
Curating a Global Collection of Fiddler Crabs for the American Museum of Natural History, NYC
Ballroom, Maucker Student Union, University of Northern Iowa
A collection of approximately 1000 jars of preserved fiddler crabs was received from Dr. F.H. Barnwell, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. It contained jars of crabs from Africa, the Americas, and the Indo-Pacific. Specimens in each jar were sorted by species and gender and then counted. An Excel® spreadsheet recorded collecting data while Google Earth® determined the GPS of each recovery site. The collection was reduced to 569 jars containing 68 species representing seven genera. The entire collection consists of 7804 crabs with 5925 males and 1879 females. New labels with up-dated information were made for each jar. Barnwell’s scientific legacy is now ready for transport to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
