Bryological collection of Yugra State University
Citation
Ganasevich G, Lapshina E (2024). Bryological collection of Yugra State University. Version 1.137. Yugra State University Biological Collection (YSU BC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mbp6fp accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
Bryological collection of Yugra State University stores about 6K specimens of mosses and liverworts collected mainly in the West Siberia.
The purpose of the Bryological collection of YSU was to make a collection of mosses and liverworts, representing various biogeographical areas and the species diversity of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and other regions, which would be accessible by bryologists worldwide. The study of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in terms of bryology is still insufficient. The regional checklist of species is quite complete, but frequency data are scarce (including rare and endangered species) due to the small number of surveyed areas.
The growth of the Bryological collection began when Elena D. Lapshina started working in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The first specimens were collected in 2003-2004 in the vicinity of Khanty-Mansiysk Town. In 2009, the Mukhrino Field Station of Yugra State University was established on the left bank of the Irtysh River, 25 km southwest of Khanty-Mansiysk. As a part of the inventory programme of this Station, about 600 samples of mosses and liverworts were collected, representing the typical bryoflora of the middle taiga of Western Siberia (Lapshina and Pisarenko 2013).
A significant part of the collection of bryophytes (2141 samples) was made during a series of expeditions organised by the Museum of Nature and Man (Khanty-Mansiysk) at the eastern slope of the Subpolar Urals. In 2013, the region of Neroyka mountain – one of the highest peaks of the Ural Mountains, was inventoried (Konstantinova and Lapshina 2014, Lapshina et al. 2015, Lapshina et al. 2016). The upper reaches of the Puyva River were visited in the field season of 2015 (Konstantinova and Lapshina 2017, Skuchas and Lapshina 2018). In 2019, a large collection of bryophytes (683 specimens) was made in upper and middle reaches of the Khulga River (Lapshina et al. 2020). These collections from Khanty-Mansi region were supplemented in 2017 by about 500 specimens of mosses and liverworts from the eastern slope of the Polar Urals in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yanganape Carbonate Mountain range. A small collection (168 specimens) was made in 2017 in a unique mire ecosystem within the territory of "Vogulka" protected area. Other well-sampled areas include the Natural Parks "Kondinskie Ozera" and "Numto". To date, specimens from about 20 key areas have been accessed in the collection.
Filippova N, Ganasevich G, Filippov I, Meshcheryakova A, Lapshina E, Karpov D (2022) Yugra State University Biological Collection (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia): general and digitisation overview. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77669. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e77669
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The major part of bryological specimens was collected during the geobotanical surveys in the area. Well-recognisable species were collected from a few sites within a key area, while cryptic species were collected with more scrutiny. Special attention was paid to river and stream coasts, lake banks, disturbed and rocky habitats, where the specimens were collected without vegetation relevés. This approach provided the most complete list of species being revealed and collected in each key area.Sampling
The samples of moss were examined in the field with a hand lens for prior field identification. The samples were extracted and dryed in a herbarium press with the accompanying field label. During the laboratory processing, the samples were transferred in individual paper envelopes with a corresponding label. In case when a sample has several species in admixture, this information was reported in notes.Quality Control
Identification of most specimens was made in the laboratory using standard microscopical techniques for mosses and liverworts.Method steps
- The storage conditions of the specimens in the Brylogical collection YSU are shown in Fig. 2. The specimens in envelopes are arranged in trays in vertical order. The trays are stored in metal filing cabinets with corresponding shelf size.
- The digitisation of the Brylogical collection of YSU started during the last couple of years. The label information was manually input to MS Excel and later imported in Specify database. No images of specimens in situ or in storage have been made to date. The imaging of dried specimens is not obligatory for bryological collections, as the main identification features remain microscopical. To date, about half of the specimens of the Bryological collection of YSU have been digitised and are accessible through Specify Web Portal, GBIF (Lapshina and Ganasevich 2021) and Moss Flora of Russia (Ivanov et al. 2017).
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Contacts
Galina Ganasevichoriginator
position: researcher
Yugra State University
Khanty-Mansiysk
email: ganasevich@yandex.ru
Elena Lapshina
originator
position: researcher
Yugra State University
Khanty-Mansiysk
RU
email: e_lapshina@ugrasu.ru
Galina Ganasevich
metadata author
position: researcher
Yugra State University
Khanty-Mansiysk
email: ganasevich@yandex.ru
Galina Ganasevich
administrative point of contact
position: researcher
Yugra State University
Khanty-Mansiysk
RU
email: ganasevich@yandex.ru
Elena Lapshina
administrative point of contact
position: researcher
Yugra State University
Khanty-Mansiysk
RU
email: e_lapshina@ugrasu.ru