Unit VI IAS Specimen Collection, Identification, and Preservation

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- Unit VI -IAS Specimen Collection,
Identification, and Preservation
Rebecca M. Westbrooks Randy G. WestbrooksSteven
Manning
Global Invasive Species ProgrammeCape Town,
South Africa
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GISP Prevention Training Course.Day Five 15
December, 2006.

• 0900-0915. Field Trip Evaluation. (Sandy
  Johnson).
• 0915-0945. Unit 6 - IAS Specimen Collection and
  Identification. (Becky Westbrooks).
• 0945-1015. Unit 7 IAS Decisionmaking Tools,
  IAS Risk Assessment (Randy Westbrooks).
• 1015-1030. Tea.
• 1030-1100. Unit 7 Lab Exercise - Weed Risk
  Assessment Beach Vitex.
• 1100-1130. Basic Elements of a National IAS
  Prevention Strategy. (Steve Manning).
• 1130-1200. The Way Forward - Workshop Summary and
  Next Steps for IAS Collaboration and Partnering
  in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. (Lynn
  Jackson, Becky Westbrooks, Steve Manning, Randy
  Westbrooks).
• 1200-1230. Goodbyes, Pictures, Contact Directory.

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Specimen Collection and ID

• 6.1. Specimen Collection Guidelines
• Wild Populations Minimal of Specimens
• Port Collections Adequate Specimens for
  Identification
• 6.2. Specimen ID Resources
• Numerous Online Resources (Textbook P. 170)

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6.3. Traditional Dichotomous Keys

• Series of Successive Couplets
• Couplet Describes some Feature
• of Organism being Identified
• Couplet 1. Seeds Round Soybean
• Seeds Oblong Go to 2
• Couplet 2. Seeds White Navy Beans
• Seeds Black Cuban Black Beans

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6.4. Computer Assisted ID Online Resources

• Arbor Day Foundation
• Tree ID Key
• Amateur Entomology Key to Insect ID
• Earth Life Web Production
• Online Key to Insect Orders
• Lucid Online ID Keys
• Numerous Online Keys for Insects, Plants, and
  etc.
• Lucid Key for U.S. Federal Noxious Weed Seeds
  (USDA APHIS)
• Lucid Key for Scale Insects (USDA APHIS)

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6.5. Online Invasive Species Databases.

• Global Invasive Species Network
• Coordinated by USGS BRD
• Global Invasive Species Database
• World Conservation Unit Invasive Species
  Specialist Group Based in New Zealand
• Plants Database
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

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6.6. DNA Bar Coding Consortium for the Bar
Code of Life (CBOL)

• Practical Methods for Rapid ID of the estimated
  10 Million Species of Life of Earth
• Global Standard in Taxonomy Especially for
  Non-Taxonomists
• 130 Member Organizations in 40 Countries
  (Botanical Gardens, Zoos, Herbaria, etc.)

Louisiana Crayfish(Procambarus clarkii)
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Principles of DNA Bar Coding

• Short Gene Sequence from Standardized Region of
  the Genome
• DNA Bar Coding Outgrowth of Molecular Biology

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6.7. Port ID Reference Collection

• Specimen Collection
• Wild Populations
• Specimens Collected in the Port
• Specimen Preparation
• Insects
• Plants
• Seeds

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6.7. Port ID Reference Collection

• Plant Diseases
• Photographs
• Aquatic Nuisance Species
• Preserved Specimens
• Photographs
• Dried Specimens
• Injurious Wildlife
• Mounted Specimens

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Unknown Specimens Collected on Beach in Dar es
Salaam, TNZ
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Recommendation Put in Quarantine and/or
Fumigate until Positively Identified
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