Botanical Beauty in Brown. In Art of Science

Caption: Scanned pressings of brown seaweeds: natural historical specimens as natural works of art
Participant category: Postdoctoral researcher/fellow
Department: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scientists use macroalgal herbarium collections (i.e., seaweed pressings) to preserve and catalog specimens. This is useful for tracking biodiversity across space and time— not to mention, they are natural works of art! This image depicts pressings of brown macroalgae scanned as part of the Smith Lab’s efforts to reestablish an herbarium collection at Scripps Oceanography.

标题：褐藻标本压制件扫描图：作为自然艺术作品的自然历史标本
参与者类别：博士后研究员
部门：斯克里普斯海洋研究所

科学家利用大型藻类标本馆藏品（即海藻压制件）对标本进行保存和编目。这有助于跨时空追踪生物多样性，更不用说它们本身就是自然艺术作品！这幅图像展示了褐藻压制件的扫描图，该工作是史密斯实验室在斯克里普斯海洋研究所重建标本馆藏品计划的一部分。