[NHCOLL-L:2620] Field number for natural history collections

[Vusi Mthombeni]

Dear all,

 

I am working for the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
(formerly, the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology) and my job mainly entails
cataloguing fish specimens into the database. I receive many specimens from
the globe for our collection and I would like to have an understanding of
the use of the "field number" which is sometimes given to specimens. That is
what is a field number, why is it important, who should designate a field
number to a specimen? Should animals collected at one hour interval be given
same field number? 

 

Thanking you in advance.

 

Vusi

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Vusi Mthombeni

Collections Officer

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Private Bag 1015

GRAHAMSTOWN

6140

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Tel: +27 (0) 46 6035845

Fax: +27 (0) 46 6222403

URL: http://www.saiab.ru.ac.za

 

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