PMID- 23095476
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130422
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1472-6785 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6785 (Linking)
VI  - 12
DP  - 2012 Oct 25
TI  - The Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database (HfwADB): a laboratory LIMS and online 
      biodiversity resource.
PG  - 22
LID - 10.1186/1472-6785-12-22 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Biodiversity databases serve the important role of highlighting 
      species-level diversity from defined geographical regions. Databases that are 
      specially designed to accommodate the types of data gathered during regional 
      surveys are valuable in allowing full data access and display to researchers not 
      directly involved with the project, while serving as a Laboratory Information 
      Management System (LIMS). The Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database, or HfwADB, was 
      modified from the Hawaiian Algal Database to showcase non-marine algal specimens 
      collected from the Hawaiian Archipelago by accommodating the additional level of 
      organization required for samples including multiple species. DESCRIPTION: The 
      Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database is a comprehensive and searchable database 
      containing photographs and micrographs of samples and collection sites, 
      geo-referenced collecting information, taxonomic data and standardized DNA 
      sequence data. All data for individual samples are linked through unique 10-digit 
      accession numbers ("Isolate Accession"), the first five of which correspond to 
      the collection site ("Environmental Accession"). Users can search online for 
      sample information by accession number, various levels of taxonomy, habitat or 
      collection site. HfwADB is hosted at the University of Hawaii, and was made 
      publicly accessible in October 2011. At the present time the database houses data 
      for over 2,825 samples of non-marine algae from 1,786 collection sites from the 
      Hawaiian Archipelago. These samples include cyanobacteria, red and green algae 
      and diatoms, as well as lesser representation from some other algal lineages. 
      CONCLUSIONS: HfwADB is a digital repository that acts as a Laboratory Information 
      Management System for Hawaiian non-marine algal data. Users can interact with the 
      repository through the web to view relevant habitat data (including 
      geo-referenced collection locations) and download images of collection sites, 
      specimen photographs and micrographs, and DNA sequences. It is publicly available 
      at http://algae.manoa.hawaii.edu/hfwadb/.
FAU - Sherwood, Alison R
AU  - Sherwood AR
AD  - Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, 
      Hawaii 96822, USA. asherwoo@hawaii.edu
FAU - Wang, Norman
AU  - Wang N
FAU - Carlile, Amy L
AU  - Carlile AL
FAU - Neumann, Jessica M
AU  - Neumann JM
FAU - Wolfgruber, Thomas K
AU  - Wolfgruber TK
FAU - Presting, Gernot G
AU  - Presting GG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20121025
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Ecol
JT  - BMC ecology
JID - 101088674
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biodiversity
MH  - *Chlorophyta
MH  - *Clinical Laboratory Information Systems
MH  - *Cyanobacteria
MH  - *Databases, Factual
MH  - *Diatoms
MH  - Fresh Water
MH  - Hawaii
MH  - Internet
MH  - *Rhodophyta
MH  - User-Computer Interface
PMC - PMC3526539
EDAT- 2012/10/26 06:00
MHDA- 2013/04/23 06:00
PMCR- 2012/10/25
CRDT- 2012/10/26 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/10/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/10/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/10/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1472-6785-12-22 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1472-6785-12-22 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Ecol. 2012 Oct 25;12:22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-22.