Summary

Description

This database is a collection of species identification for biological materials archived or recorded in the Auke Bay Marine Station Biological Specimen Reference Collections. Species are listed by scientific name (genus and species) according the most recent editions of The American Fisheries Society List of Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States, Canada: Crustacea, List of Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States, Canada: Mollusks, List of Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States, Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophore, List of Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States, Canada and Mexico or as obtained from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, AFS check lists for Names of Mollusks (2nd Edition), AFS Names of Fishes (6th Edition). Collection data are the original field data taken from collection data sheets modeled after that of Hubbs, C.L., and K. F. Lagler, 1964. Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Specimens and/or archived collection data extend back to 1941 and include extensive freshwater sampling by the Fish and Wildlife Service River Basins surveys, and Exploratory Fishing and Gear Research surveys prior to the establishment of Auke Bay Laboratory in 1960. These data are useful for documentation of species distributions (current and historical), habitat descriptions, and species associations.