orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj

Elizabeth Morrison1, Keron Campbell1, Keron Campbell2, Elizabeth Morrison3, Elizabeth Morrison4, Leonard Wright1, Dionne  Newell4

1 Institute of Jamaica, 10-16 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica; 2 Institute Of Jamaica, 10-16 East Street, N/A, Kingston, Jamaica; 3 Institute of Jamaica, 10-16 East Street, N/A, Kingston, Jamaica; 4 Institute of Jamaica, 10-16 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica

Corresponding author(s): Elizabeth Morrison (emorrison@nhmj-ioj.org.jm)Keron Campbell (kcampbell@nhmj-ioj.org.jm), Keron Campbell (kcampbell@nhmj-ioj.org.jm), Elizabeth Morrison (emorrison@nhmj-ioj.org.jm)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Morrison E, Campbell K (2018): orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj. v1.2. Institute of Jamaica. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj&v=1.2

Abstract

The data covered are the holding of the Institute of Jamaica Zoological collections from the order Orthoptera. 

Keywords: Occurrence, Orthoptera, Insecta, Zoology, Jamaica, Natural History

General description

Purpose: The data set was created to facilitate access through digitization. This access will enhance research and fill data gaps that exists.

Project details

Project title: Advancing Jamaican Biodiversity Data Products and Information Services
Personnel: Keron Campbell, Dionne  Newell, Elizabeth Morrison, Leonard Wright, Reginal Evans, Dionne Newell
Funding: This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF and supporting funding through the government of Jamaica.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The project covers zoology specimens collected in Jamaica between 1880 to the present
Design description: The project objective is to increase access to the Natural History Museum of Jamaica's collections and other related biodiversity data through digitization and utilization of technology.

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The resource covers insect specimens within the order Orthoptera.

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The range is the island of Jamaica which is located within the Greater Antilles. The island is the second smallest within the Greater Antilles and rich in biodiversity. 
Coordinates: 17°38'38.4''N and 18°52'30''N Latitude; 78°24'32.4''W and 76°9'25.2''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1880 - 2018

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: Natural History Museum of Jamaica Zoological Collections
Collection name: Natural History Museum of Jamaica Insect Collection
Specimen preservation method: Pinned

Methods

Method step description: Cleaning of data: Standardization of data in Excel Sheets, updating and correction of specimen identification with authorities.
Data sheet formatted using Darwin Core requirements
Unique identifiers created for each specimen
Generating and printing barcodes
Assigning barcodes to specimens and specimen storage areas

Study extent description: The study extend covers the entire island of Jamaica. The preserved specimens were collected across all parishes.
Sampling description: Most specimens were collected by use of sweep nets or by hand.
Quality control description: Persons were trained by project partners from the British Museum of Natural History in the digitization of specimens and the setting up of workflows. Verification of data were performed in house by Zoologist and checked on the GBIF data portal

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=orthopteracollections-nhmj-ioj
Publication date of data: 2018-12-10
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-12-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset