Digitization of the Marine Herbarium “TAR” to Increase Biodiversity Knowledge
Created March 24, 2026
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Digitization of the Marine Herbarium “TAR” to Increase Biodiversity Knowledge
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10.3390/d17090641
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Loredana Papa, orcid: ; Ester Cecere, orcid: ; Antonella Petrocelli, orcid: 0000-0001-7556-9451 ; Lucia Spada, orcid: 0000-0002-5346-9449
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<jats:p>Over the past twenty years, significant efforts have been made to digitize natural collections. This process represents a crucial step in preserving and enhancing biodiversity data. In this context, the phycology team from the Institute for Water Research (CNR-IRSA) in Taranto (southern Italy), as a partner of the NRRP Project ITINERIS, and within the nascent European Research Infrastructure “Distributed System of Scientific Collections” (DiSSCo), answered to the challenge of digitizing and sharing the extensive biodiversity data preserved in the marine macrophyte collection Herbarium TAR. This herbarium includes over 500 species collected between 1982 and 2025. Digitization was carried out in accordance with international standards for imaging and in compliance with FAIR principles for metadata curation. A total of 353 digital specimens were produced, including 152 species of seaweeds (76 Rhodophyta, 47 Heterokontophyta, and 29 Chlorophyta) and 3 species of Spermatophyta. Notably, 15 non-indigenous species were documented. Part of the metadata, structured using the Darwin Core standard, has been published on GBIF. This initiative, carried out within the ITINERIS framework, highlights the value of both long-term biodiversity monitoring and digital data in supporting research on climate change, biological invasions, and the conservation of marine ecosystems.</jats:p>
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2025-09-11
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MDPI AG
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641
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1424-2818
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17
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