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Montana State University Vertebrate Museum Fish Collection
<p>The Montana State University Vertebrate Museum Collection (MTVC) houses an expansive fish collection, containing historic and contemporary specimens that have contributed to decades of teaching and research. From 2018 to 2022, Montana State University, funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant, digitized fish specimens housed in the MTVC. This produced over 2900 metadata records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, and identifications of fish collected mainly from Montana, USA. The metadata records reveal the efforts of over 150 collectors, spanning seven decades of sampling. This dataset makes available the information associated with 48,000 individual fish specimens from 102 species stored in the MTVC. Digitization of this collection accompanies the previously digitized Montana Prairie Fish Collection at Montana State University. Together, they provide a comprehensive insight into the distribution of fishes in Montana over time and across habitats.</p>
Plecoptera of the Daniel L. Gustafson Aquatic Invertebrate Collection, Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University
<p>The adults and nymphs of Plecoptera, an order of aquatic insects commonly named stoneflies, are emulated in fly fishing patterns and the nymphs are used in water quality assessments. They are encountered in the flowing freshwaters of Montana and the state has relatively high species richness for this group. From 2018 to 2022, Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC), funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant, digitized stonefly (Insecta: Plecoptera) specimens housed in its museum. This produced over 2000 records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, number of individuals, and identifications of stoneflies collected mainly from Montana, USA. The records reveal the efforts of 40 collectors, spanning 60 years of sampling. This dataset makes information associated with 22,600 individual specimens from over 90 species stored in the MTEC available.</p>
Odonata of the Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University
<p>Odonata is an ancient order of insects recognized by aquatic nymphs and the impressively agile flight of adults. The Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC) houses a large collection of Odonata, comprising over 10,000 individual specimens preserved in ethanol or dry in envelopes. MTEC received funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant to digitize its Odonata specimens. This produced over 4500 records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, number of individuals, and identifications of 145 species of dragonflies and damselflies collected mainly from the state of Montana. Digitization also revealed that during the past 120 years over 80 collectors contributed specimens, with a majority of the material collected by the aquatic entomologist Daniel L. Gustafson.</p>
Freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University
<p>Astacidea (colloquially known as crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, or mudbugs) are well-recognized crustaceans, with distributions especially of interest to fisheries and aquatic ecologists. From 2018 to 2022, Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC), funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant, digitized Astacidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) specimens housed in its museum. This produced over 160 metadata records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, number of individuals, and identifications of specimens collected mainly from Montana, USA. The metadata records reveal the efforts of 28 collectors, spanning 60 years of sampling. This dataset makes information associated with 726 individual specimens from 5 species stored in the MTEC available.</p>
Ephemeroptera of the Daniel L. Gustafson Aquatic Invertebrate Collection, Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University
<p>Ephemeroptera (commonly called mayflies) is an order of insects well-recognized by fishing enthusiasts and regularly used in water quality assessments. From 2018 to 2022, Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC), funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant, digitized mayfly specimens housed in its museum. Digitization of label data produced over 2900 records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, number of individuals, and identifications of mayflies collected mainly from Montana, USA. The records reveal the efforts of 29 collectors, contributing specimens since the 1970s. The digital records make information associated with 37,000 individual specimens from approximately 100 species stored in the MTEC available.</p>
Corixidae of the Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University
<p>Corixidae (Order Hemiptera) is a widespread and species-rich family of aquatic insects, colloquially called Water Boatmen. The Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC), funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant, digitized Corixidae specimens housed in its museum. This produced over 4700 records detailing sampling localities, collecting dates, number of individuals, and identifications of 44 species of Corixidae primarily collected from Montana, USA. Spanning over one century of sampling, the records reveal the efforts of 50 collectors who contributed 5600 individual specimens.</p>
Figures 1-5 in Antillean scorpions deposited at the Montana State University (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
Figures 1-5: Tityus septentrionalis (male from Los Haitises, Dominican Republic). 1. left pedipalp, dorsal aspect. 2. right pecten. 3. sternites V-VI. 4. metasomal segments III-IV, lateral aspect. 5. telson, lateral aspect.
Linked collectors and determiners for: Montana State University Billings.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Montana State University Billings". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/f387a2f0-6f4f-47ec-82dd-9cc24914dd53">https://bionomia.net/dataset/f387a2f0-6f4f-47ec-82dd-9cc24914dd53</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/f387a2f0-6f4f-47ec-82dd-9cc24914dd53">https://gbif.org/dataset/f387a2f0-6f4f-47ec-82dd-9cc24914dd53</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Linked collectors and determiners for: Montana State University Herbarium.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Montana State University Herbarium". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/ae9c6967-ba93-4be4-9890-4952fe0941e0">https://bionomia.net/dataset/ae9c6967-ba93-4be4-9890-4952fe0941e0</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/ae9c6967-ba93-4be4-9890-4952fe0941e0">https://gbif.org/dataset/ae9c6967-ba93-4be4-9890-4952fe0941e0</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Linked collectors and determiners for: Montana State University Herbarium.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Montana State University Herbarium". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/d7c0e1e4-2e93-4e87-8a85-d88b89a4a782">https://bionomia.net/dataset/d7c0e1e4-2e93-4e87-8a85-d88b89a4a782</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/d7c0e1e4-2e93-4e87-8a85-d88b89a4a782">https://gbif.org/dataset/d7c0e1e4-2e93-4e87-8a85-d88b89a4a782</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Montana Prairie Fish Collection, Montana State University
<p>Freshwater ecosystems may be the most endangered ecosystems globally, and the prairie biome is arguably the most endangered ecoregion in North America. Until recently there was a deficit in the knowledge of fish distributions in streams in eastern Montana. Beginning in the late 1990’s Dr. Robert G. Bramblett of the Department of Ecology at Montana State University (MSU) together with graduate students, and colleagues from the university and several agencies began studying the fishes of Montana prairie streams. These studies produced a large number of preserved fish voucher specimens which now comprise the Montana Prairie Fish Collection. The value and significance of the Montana Prairie Fish Collection is exceptional because most specimens came from never-before-sampled streams in a very scarcely collected area. In 2018, the MSU Library, the MSU Department of Ecology, the Montana Entomology Collection, and the Montana State Library were funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources “Hidden Collections” grant to produce digital metadata records for the Montana Prairie Fish Collection. The collection and its associated data comprise specimens that were collected during 1999-2018 from over 850 fish sampling events from about 360 streams in eastern Montana. At least 70 individual scientists, students, and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks staff collected fish. The collection totals over 17,000 individual fish specimens representing 57 fish taxa and represents a remarkable 900% increase in Montana prairie ecoregion fish collections available online. Digitization of the collection will encourage scientists and others to ask many new research questions such as how species, biological distributions, and ecosystems have changed.</p>
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