University of Alaska Anchorage Insect Specimens (Arctos)

Justin Fulkerson

doi:10.15468/ahk383

University of Alaska Anchorage Insect Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Fulkerson J (2024). University of Alaska Anchorage Insect Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.20. Alaska Center for Conservation Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ahk383 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The UAA Entomology Collection includes approximately 5,000 specimens with a focus on pollinating and aquatics insects of Alaska. Collections are managed under the Alaska Center for Conservation Science, a research center within the University of Alaska Anchorage. The collection officially joined the Arctos community in 2023. The UAA Entomology collection is the primary repository of vouchers from the Alaska Bee Atlas and aquatic insects originate from stream ecology studies conducted by the Alaska Center for Conservation Science.

Purpose

The UAA Entomology collection is the primary repository of vouchers from the Alaska Bee Atlas, and aquatic insects originate from stream ecology studies conducted by the Alaska Center for Conservation Science. The specimens are used for research and education.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Pollinating and aquatic insects.

Insecta
common name: Insects rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Alaska, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Justin Fulkerson
originator
position: Botany Curator
University of Alaska Anchorage
email: jrfulkerson@alaska.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-9979

Justin Fulkerson
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
email: jrfulkerson@alaska.edu
homepage: https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wildlife/entomology-collection/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-9979

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Dusty McDonald
programmer
position: Arctos Database Programmer
Arctos
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: https://arctosdb.org/

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Matthew Carlson
point of contact
position: Curator
Alaska Center for Conservation Science
3211 Providence Dr
Anchorage
99508
AK
US
email: mlcarlson@alaska.edu

Justin Fulkerson
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage
99508
Alaska
US
email: jrfulkerson@alaska.edu
homepage: https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wildlife/entomology-collection/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-9979