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Iowa State University Fishes Collection

Citation

Olson J, Roe K (2021). Iowa State University Fishes Collection. Version 1.4. Iowa State University Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/535q2j accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-07.

Description

Collection of fishes at Iowa State University, Ames, IA; ~5,000 lots, primarily from Iowa but including small numbers of lots other areas; e.g., CA, DE, FL, MI, MO, NH & MX. Collection was started in the late 1930s by Reeve M. Bailey during his time at Iowa State from 1939-1944. Most lots are from the 1930s and 1940s, but significant numbers are from the 1980s and 2010s.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Actinopterygii
    rank: class
  2. Hyperoartia
    rank: class
  3. Petromyzontida
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Fishes of Iowa; also including >= 20 lots from the following: CA (22), DE (26), FL (35), MI (45), MO (24), NH (87), VA (20). Limited numbers of lots from 23 additional U.S. states, three states in Mexico, and one province in Japan.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John Olson
originator
position: Collection volunteer
Iowa State University Museum of Natural History
1222 SW 3rd St
Ankeny
50023-2644
IA
US
Telephone: 515-229-6290
email: jro@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
originator
position: Curator
Iowa State University
2310 Pammel Dr. 339 Sci 2
Ames
50011
IA
US
Telephone: 5152948332
email: kjroe@iastate.edu
John Olson
metadata author
position: Collection volunteer
Iowa State University Museum of Natural History
1222 SW 3rd St
Ankeny
50023-2644
IA
US
Telephone: 515-229-6290
email: jro@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
metadata author
position: Curator
Iowa State University
2310 Pammel Dr. 339 Sci 2
Ames
50011
IA
US
Telephone: 5152948332
email: kjroe@iastate.edu
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Olson
administrative point of contact
position: Collection volunteer
Iowa State University Museum of Natural History
1222 SW 3rd St
Ankeny
50023-2644
IA
US
Telephone: 515-229-6290
email: jro@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Iowa State University
339 Sci 2
Ames
50011-3221
IA
US
Telephone: 5152948332
email: kjroe@iastate.edu
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