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== Statement of Purpose == | == Statement of Purpose == | ||
| − | These links and documents contain information about how to prepare for fieldwork that includes collecting specimens. | + | These links and documents contain information about how to prepare for fieldwork that includes collecting specimens. Specific information on how to p |
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
==Contributors== | ==Contributors== | ||
| + | Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting - 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in the "Field to Database" Group of the aforementioned workshop: [[User:BredaZimkus|Breda Zimkus]], Cesar Aguilar, Ben Frable, Meredith Mahoney, Zachary Randall, and David Wernecke. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Arrange long-term storage of specimens (if needed)== |
| + | * Coordinate with museums regarding specific protocols used | ||
| + | * Data Management Plans for funding (e.g., NSF) should include long-term storage of specimens and samples | ||
| − | == | + | ==Logistics== |
| − | + | * Transportation | |
| + | * Housing | ||
| + | * Local guides | ||
| + | ::- Ensuring that guides are compatible with local culture | ||
| + | * Visas, travel documents | ||
| + | * Immunizations and other personal medical preparations (WHO has guidelines), health/travel insurance | ||
| + | * Identify cultural norms of destination (e.g., challenges associated with disability, gender, race, sexual orientation, or gender-identity) | ||
| + | ::- For additional information, see https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/checklist.html | ||
| + | * Institutional global emergency response program information (medical and security services) | ||
| + | ::- Register trip with home institution or leave travel information with departmental administration | ||
| + | * Money | ||
| + | ::- Notify your bank and credit card company of your travel so accounts are not closed due to suspicious activity | ||
| + | ::- Check exchange rates | ||
| + | ::- Find out details regarding use of cash versus debit/credit cards and availability of ATMs | ||
| − | == | + | ==Supplies and Equipment== |
| + | * Materials Acquisition | ||
| + | Researchers should contact in-country contacts or others who may have recently worked in similar localities to determine if it is possible to buy specific chemicals in country to avoiding shipping or traveling with hazardous goods. See details regarding specific chemical agents in [[Shipping and Handling of Dangerous Goods]]. | ||
| + | * Chemical Agents | ||
| + | ::- Euthanasia agents | ||
| + | ::: Euthanasia methods should be painless, achieve rapid unconsciousness and death, require minimum restraint, avoid excitement, should be suitable for the age, species, and health of the animal, must minimize fear and psychological stress in the animal, should be reliable, reproducible, irreversible, simple to administer (in small doses if possible), and safe for the operator. In the U.S., the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) ensure that all projects involving the use of live vertebrae animals comply with federal regulations and guidelines, and they review the appropriateness of proposed euthanasia methods. | ||
| + | ::- Specimen preservatives (e.g., formalin, alcohols) | ||
| + | ::- Tissue preservatives | ||
| + | ::- Bleach for sterilization of equipment (including boots, waders) between sites | ||
| + | * Consumables | ||
| + | ::- Tissue vials/tubes | ||
| + | ::- Tube labeling pen/scribe | ||
| + | ::- Needles/plungers/syringes | ||
| + | ::- Gloves (e.g., nitrile) | ||
| + | ::- Desiccants (for electronics or specimens) | ||
| + | ::- Dissection kit | ||
| + | :::- Forceps | ||
| + | :::- Scalpel handle/razor blades | ||
| + | :::- Scissors | ||
| + | :::- Dissecting probe | ||
| + | :::- Sterilization method for tools | ||
| + | :::- Spoon for handling aquatic larvae | ||
| + | :::- Hand lens | ||
| + | :::- Scales | ||
| + | ::-Field Notebook | ||
| + | ::-Archival pens, paper, write-in-rain | ||
| + | ::-Specimen tags (pre-numbered field tags or museum tags; metal tags not recommended) | ||
| + | ::-String or T anchors for specimen tags | ||
| + | ::-Maps/gazetteer | ||
| + | ::-Field guides/identification aids | ||
| + | ::-Storage for live animals (note animals being swabbed for chitrid, etc. should be stored separately to prevent cross-contamination) | ||
| + | :::-Plastic Bags | ||
| + | :::-Cloth Bags, snake tubes | ||
| + | :::-Plastic Containers | ||
| + | :::-Bubbler for live fish | ||
| + | :::-Coolers | ||
| + | :::-Storage container(s) for euthanizing animals | ||
| + | ::-Storage container for prepared animals and tissue samples | ||
| + | :::-Plastic bottles/jars/ tupperware | ||
| + | :::-Liquid nitrogen dry shipper or dewar | ||
| + | ::-Shipping materials | ||
| + | :::-Cheese cloth/paper towel | ||
| + | :::-Plastic bags and heat seal equipment (triple-heat sealing required for shipment or transport of specimens preserved in specific chemicals) | ||
| + | :::-Hard plastic containers (e.g., buckets, barrels) | ||
| + | :::-Dry shipper | ||
| + | ::-Container/tray and scrub brushes for post-site sterilization of equipment | ||
| + | :::-PARC guidelines references(s) for Amphibians and Reptiles | ||
| + | Equipment | ||
| + | Measuring and monitoring equipment | ||
| + | GPS or compass | ||
| + | Thermometer (air and water temp, organism temperature recorders) | ||
| + | Ecological or habitat data (e.g., flow meter, pH, Salinity, humidity meter) | ||
| + | Drone | ||
| + | Photography, video, sound equipment (including batteries, chargers) | ||
| + | Digital storage media | ||
| + | Laptop | ||
| + | Collecting equipment | ||
| + | Traps | ||
| + | Bait | ||
| + | Nets, seines | ||
| + | Buckets | ||
| + | Nooses/poles | ||
| + | Trowel/shovels | ||
| + | Blowguns | ||
| + | Drift fences | ||
| + | Stump ripper, sm. garden rake | ||
| + | Snake hook | ||
| + | Dynamite (likely to be illegal?) | ||
| + | Electro fishing equipment | ||
| + | Rotenone | ||
| + | Cover board material | ||
| + | Flashlights, spotlights, head lamps | ||
| + | Camping Equipment | ||
| + | Tents | ||
| + | Cooking equipment | ||
| + | Flashlights, headlamps | ||
| + | Water purification equipment | ||
| + | Machete | ||
| + | Tarps | ||
| + | Waterproof bags | ||
| + | Toilet paper | ||
| + | First Aid (including Snake Bite) | ||
| + | Sea-sickness medication | ||
| + | Epi-pen | ||
| + | Satellite Phone | ||
| + | Backups for when equipment fails | ||
| − | == | + | |
| + | ==Links== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 04:10, 24 January 2017
Contents
Statement of Purpose
These links and documents contain information about how to prepare for fieldwork that includes collecting specimens. Specific information on how to p
Introduction
Contributors
Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting - 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in the "Field to Database" Group of the aforementioned workshop: Breda Zimkus, Cesar Aguilar, Ben Frable, Meredith Mahoney, Zachary Randall, and David Wernecke.
Arrange long-term storage of specimens (if needed)
- Coordinate with museums regarding specific protocols used
- Data Management Plans for funding (e.g., NSF) should include long-term storage of specimens and samples
Logistics
- Transportation
- Housing
- Local guides
- - Ensuring that guides are compatible with local culture
- Visas, travel documents
- Immunizations and other personal medical preparations (WHO has guidelines), health/travel insurance
- Identify cultural norms of destination (e.g., challenges associated with disability, gender, race, sexual orientation, or gender-identity)
- - For additional information, see https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/checklist.html
- Institutional global emergency response program information (medical and security services)
- - Register trip with home institution or leave travel information with departmental administration
- Money
- - Notify your bank and credit card company of your travel so accounts are not closed due to suspicious activity
- - Check exchange rates
- - Find out details regarding use of cash versus debit/credit cards and availability of ATMs
Supplies and Equipment
- Materials Acquisition
Researchers should contact in-country contacts or others who may have recently worked in similar localities to determine if it is possible to buy specific chemicals in country to avoiding shipping or traveling with hazardous goods. See details regarding specific chemical agents in Shipping and Handling of Dangerous Goods.
- Chemical Agents
- - Euthanasia agents
- Euthanasia methods should be painless, achieve rapid unconsciousness and death, require minimum restraint, avoid excitement, should be suitable for the age, species, and health of the animal, must minimize fear and psychological stress in the animal, should be reliable, reproducible, irreversible, simple to administer (in small doses if possible), and safe for the operator. In the U.S., the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) ensure that all projects involving the use of live vertebrae animals comply with federal regulations and guidelines, and they review the appropriateness of proposed euthanasia methods.
- - Specimen preservatives (e.g., formalin, alcohols)
- - Tissue preservatives
- - Bleach for sterilization of equipment (including boots, waders) between sites
- - Euthanasia agents
- Consumables
- - Tissue vials/tubes
- - Tube labeling pen/scribe
- - Needles/plungers/syringes
- - Gloves (e.g., nitrile)
- - Desiccants (for electronics or specimens)
- - Dissection kit
- - Forceps
- - Scalpel handle/razor blades
- - Scissors
- - Dissecting probe
- - Sterilization method for tools
- - Spoon for handling aquatic larvae
- - Hand lens
- - Scales
- -Field Notebook
- -Archival pens, paper, write-in-rain
- -Specimen tags (pre-numbered field tags or museum tags; metal tags not recommended)
- -String or T anchors for specimen tags
- -Maps/gazetteer
- -Field guides/identification aids
- -Storage for live animals (note animals being swabbed for chitrid, etc. should be stored separately to prevent cross-contamination)
- -Plastic Bags
- -Cloth Bags, snake tubes
- -Plastic Containers
- -Bubbler for live fish
- -Coolers
- -Storage container(s) for euthanizing animals
- -Storage container for prepared animals and tissue samples
- -Plastic bottles/jars/ tupperware
- -Liquid nitrogen dry shipper or dewar
- -Shipping materials
- -Cheese cloth/paper towel
- -Plastic bags and heat seal equipment (triple-heat sealing required for shipment or transport of specimens preserved in specific chemicals)
- -Hard plastic containers (e.g., buckets, barrels)
- -Dry shipper
- -Container/tray and scrub brushes for post-site sterilization of equipment
- -PARC guidelines references(s) for Amphibians and Reptiles
Equipment Measuring and monitoring equipment GPS or compass Thermometer (air and water temp, organism temperature recorders) Ecological or habitat data (e.g., flow meter, pH, Salinity, humidity meter) Drone Photography, video, sound equipment (including batteries, chargers) Digital storage media Laptop Collecting equipment Traps Bait Nets, seines Buckets Nooses/poles Trowel/shovels Blowguns Drift fences Stump ripper, sm. garden rake Snake hook Dynamite (likely to be illegal?) Electro fishing equipment Rotenone Cover board material Flashlights, spotlights, head lamps Camping Equipment Tents Cooking equipment Flashlights, headlamps Water purification equipment Machete Tarps Waterproof bags Toilet paper First Aid (including Snake Bite) Sea-sickness medication Epi-pen Satellite Phone Backups for when equipment fails
