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Haberle, S. G., Rowe, C., Proske, U., Stevenson, J., Hopf, F., Hope, G. S. |
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Quaternary Australasia; Dec2021, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p27-31, 5p |
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Advances in the fields of environmental, health and biological sciences often are built upon access to high quality reference collections that support ongoing research and generate future research endeavours. Traditional approaches to archiving and using pollen and spore reference collections have relied on onsite use and hardcopy exchange of material which is time consuming, labour intensive and is unsustainable over long time periods. The building of a digital pollen and spore reference collection into a widely accessible online Atlas is emerging as a fundamental resource needed across these wide fields of research. We have built a digitally archived and searchable online reference collection of key Australasian pollen and spore grains that will provide a critical resource to support emerging areas of high profile research including work in: airborne allergens and respiratory disease; past, present and future environmental change; evolutionary and systematic biology; biostratigraphy (Cretaceous to Tertiary floras); pollination biology; and forensic sciences. The first generation of the digital Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas (APSA 1.0) was designed and launched at the Australian National University in 2007. After 14 years of service to the palynological research community the site was disestablished due to site instability and security issues. This led to a new APSA 2.0 platform, launched in 2021, that is (i) more stable and secure, and (ii) will include improved modes of data upload enhancing its functionality and relevance for a wide range of disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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