Details for Environmental Specimen Bank
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| Collection data |
| Name | Environmental Specimen Bank |
| Alternative name | ESB |
| Description | The ESB has one of the oldest and greatest collections of environmental specimens in the world. The oldest samples are collected in the mid-1960s, and for some species continuous series of samples from the late 1960s up to now are stored.The ESB has at its disposal tissue samples from more than 260,000 organisms, mostly from animals but also from plants (moss). The majority of the samples are stored at -30 °C and -80 °C. Some types of samples are stored dry at room temperature. |
| Description for specialists | |
| Cite as | Environmental Specimen Bank of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. |
| Provenance | |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Primary purpose | Monitoring |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | |
| Known to contain types | Not known to contain types |
| Rights |
| Rights | |
| Access rights | Specimens from the ESB are available for research work into environmental contamination and bio-diversity. Samples will be supplied if the aim of the research falls within the scope of the ESB. Each order will be assessed in relation to the supply and demand of samples.
Clients will be charged for the preparation of samples. |
| Usage restrictions | Head of the project is obliged to mention the origin of the samples (Environmental Specimen Bank, Swedish Museum of Natural History) in publications and send a sample of the publication/report, without no expense, to Swedish Museum of Natural History, Ylva Lind |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 6 |
Identified, integrated, and adequately curated. |
| Date |
19-06-2017 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Active growth |
| Collection extents |
| 260000 specimens of animals and |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Animalia, Plantae |
| Taxon coverage |
| Not entered |
| Common name coverage |
| Not entered |
| Geospatial coverage |
| Not entered |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Cryopreserved, Frozen |
| Media |
| searchable database |
| Item level access |
| No sources entered |
| Related material |
| http://www.nrm.se/en/forskningochsamlingar/miljoforskningochovervakning/miljoprovbanken.9000848.html |
