University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Algae Collection

Linda Jennings

doi:10.5886/ujwtvvs2

University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Algae Collection

Citation

Jennings L (2021). University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Algae Collection. Version 14.9. University of British Columbia. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/ujwtvvs2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-28.

Description

This dataset includes all digitized algae in the UBC collection, encompassing approximately 80% of the collection.
During the course of Robert Scagel’s academic career (1952-1986) and assisted by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows carrying out research on benthic marine algae, Scagel oversaw the expansion of the Phycological Herbarium to its present size of over 67,000 specimens. During this period, with support from U.B.C., the National Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Defence Research Board of Canada, the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, the Provincial Fisheries Department, the B.C. Research Council and the National Science Foundation (U.S.), collecting activities were carried out all along the Pacific Coast from central California to Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands as far west as Attu Island. Collections from these surveys were deposited in the Phycological Collection at U.B.C. The Alaska representation in the Phycological Collection has been significantly augmented since 1986 by donations from Sandra Lindstrom.

Taxonomic Coverages

The algal collection is composed of mainly macroscopic algae, with significant representation of seaweeds of the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The collection also includes packages of organisms such as diatoms, dinoflagellates, and water moulds. Some blue-green algae are also represented.

Chlorophyta
rank: phylum
Cyanobacteria
rank: phylum
Euglenozoa
rank: phylum
Myzozoa
rank: phylum
Ochrophyta
rank: phylum
Oomycota
rank: phylum
Rhodophyta
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The strength of the U.B.C. Phycological Collection is primarily in the northeast Pacific, where its holdings represent the most comprehensive of any Herbarium. In addition, smaller collections made UBC Botanists in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Mauritius, East Africa and Japan and frequent exchanges with other institutions have expanded the geographic breadth of the Collection.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Linda Jennings
originator
position: Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants & Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
Telephone: (604) 822-9740
email: linda.jennings@beatymuseum.ubc.ca

Linda Jennings
metadata author
position: Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants & Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
Telephone: (604) 822-9740
email: linda.jennings@beatymuseum.ubc.ca

Jeannette Whitton
principal investigator
position: Director
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: jeannette.whitton@botany.ubc.ca
homepage: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/jwhitton.html

Linda Jennings
custodian steward
position: Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants & Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
Telephone: (604) 822-9740
email: linda.jennings@beatymuseum.ubc.ca

Michael Hawkes
principal investigator
position: Curator, Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: michael.hawkes@botany.ubc.ca
homepage: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/hawkes.html

Sandra Lindstrom
principal investigator
position: Curator, Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: sandra.lindstrom@botany.ubc.ca

Patrick Martone
principal investigator
position: Curator, Coralline Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: patrick.martone@botany.ubc.ca
homepage: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/martone/

publisher
University of British Columbia
2329 West Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA

Linda Jennings
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants & Algae
University of British Columbia Herbarium
3529-6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
Telephone: (604) 822-9740
email: linda.jennings@beatymuseum.ubc.ca