ABOL BioBlitz 2020
within the Days of Biodiversity
8 BioBlitzes
6 Days of Biodiversity, 2 test runs
Welcome
In 2020, ABOL will again participate with ABOL BioBlitz campaigns as part of the Days of Biodiversity (TdA). On this page we want to keep you informed. The contents are constantly updated.
Please read on!
Dear friends and Biodiversity enthusiasts,
The Days of Biodiversity (TdA), which take place in various federal states, have been among the most important events for years, on the one hand informing the public about the importance of biodiversity and, on the other hand, successively improving the data basis for the occurring species of various regions in Austria.
This year for the first time ABOL will participate in these actions. The aim of ABOL is to generate DNA barcode sequences from as many of the animals and fungi as possible collected by the experts.
We hope that as many experts as possible will support us. By assisting with ABOL BioBlitz your taxonomic expertise will make a valuable contribution to the genetic capture of Austrian biodiversity!
Your ABOL coordination team
ABOL BioBlitz – Why?
The Days of Biodiversity are attended by many people who share a large part of the total societal knowledge of biodiversity. Cooperation with these biodiversity experts is a big concern of ABOL. Through the concerted action of the Days of Biodiversity and ABOL, we want to add value in a number of ways.
- valuable contribution to the filling of the DNA reference database: the more entries the more efficient the application!
- underpinning of species determination and species lists through genetic analyses
- networking and strengthening of the biodiversity community
- greater media reach and attention
- option of joint publications
What does ABOL offer the experts (and the organizers)?
How many plates we can finance per TdA this year depends on the number of TdAs in which we can participate and we will announce this later. Of course we are careful to make the campaign as efficient as possible. Therefore we favour
(i) groups of organisms with a high chance of success,
(ii) groups of organisms where costs are calculable and low,
(iii) species of which there are no DNA barcodes from Austria, and
(iv) organisms in which the sampling effort is feasible
(v) organisms that have not (!) been sampled at TdAs 2019.
The focus will probably be on insects and fungi, but we do not exclude other groups of organisms – experts for other groups of organisms (plants, invertebrates away from insects, etc.) please be sure to contact the ABOL coordination team in advance.
In general, we would like to clarify the procedure in advance with you (e.g. labeling of the samples and the reference organism, deposit of the voucher copies, etc.)
Dates (continuously updated)
22. & 23. May - TdA Gesäuse - postponed to 2021
Location: Stift Admont
Organizer: National park Gesäuse
19. & 20. June - TdA Biosphere reserve Wienerwald
Location: Pötzleinsdorfer Schloßpark/Geymüllergasse , 1180 Vienna
Organizers: Biosphere reserve Wienerwald, Forst- und Landwirtschaftsbetrieb der Stadt Wien, Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung and Wiener Stadtgärten
26. & 27. June - TdA Upper Austria - cancelled, postponed to 2021!
Location: Kobernaußer Forest
Organizer: Naturschutzbund OÖ
17. & 18. July - Biosphere Reserve Nockberge
The 5th GEO day of nature in the Unesco Biosphere Reserve Nockberge takes place unter the motto “Around Grundalm“.
17.-19. July - National park Hohe Tauern
Location: Umbaltal, Osttirol
4. & 5. September - TdA Tyrol (postponed from 10. & 11. July)
Location: municipality Kössen – possible investigation areas (have to be coordinated first with the management of the nature reserves): Landschaftsschutzgebiet Hefferthorn-Fellhorn-Sonneberg, Entenlochklamm, Taubensee, Griesenau, Moore am Unterberhorn(?)
pre-registration via info@arten-vielfalt.at possible
Information about the practical procedure
Experts who agree to participate will as usual
- collect their organism group
- determine the species
Unlike previous days of biodiversity, we ask you
- to sample tissue for DNA barcoding from interesting species – can also be done together (for example, a leg of an insect in a tube with the same numbering as specimen copy – it is important to be able to understand which individual was sampled)
- to transfer the metadata to ABOL (location data, date, collector, determiner, etc.) – we will provide forms for download on individual dates
- to store the reference specimen in a publicly accessible, scientific collection (museum)
Experts get from ABOL
- preservation liquid and sample tubes
- assistance with the sampling
- samples are prepared by the ABOL team and sent to Canada for sequencing (CCDB, http://ccdb.ca/) – shipping and sequencing costs are covered by ABOL
- the metadata will be integrated into the ABOL database by the ABOL team and
- transferred to the international DNA barcoding database BOLD (the data will be made public after publication of the results of the TdA in BOLD, at the latest however 2 years after the BioBlitz action = 2022)
That was ABOL BioBlitz 2019 – a review
In 2019, the ABOL-BioBlitz format was launched in order to combine the taxonomic expertise of the participants on the Days of Biodiversity with the generation of DNA barcodes. In this way we were able to improve the data basis for Austria, at the same time strengthen the network of the biodiversity community and make DNA barcoding better known as an innovative method for species identification.
We can look back on successful ABOL BioBlitzes on 6 Days of Biodiversity & 2 additional test runs in 2019. Numerous experts followed the call and provided samples for the creation of DNA barcodes. Subsequently, Sabine Schoder, the ABOL BioBlitz coordinator, with the support of the ABOL coordination team, prepared the samples and sent them to the CCDB in Canada for sequencing. In addition, the associated metadata was collected and transmitted to BOLD, the international DNA database. The whole process took quite some time – but all ABOL BioBlitz samples have now been sequenced and the results entered in BOLD. There they can be viewed and edited by the participants – Oliver Macek has written a BOLD manual for this, which is -> available for download here.
ABOL-BioBlitz 2019 in numbers
Coordination & contact
The ABOL coordination team will participate in the Days of Biodiversity, depending on the possibility and with different cast, provide information on the project, etc. and be available for questions at any time. Sabine Schoder is the main contact person and first contact person for the ABOL BioBlitz campaigns, but the rest of the team is also available at all times. Please contact us if you have questions and / or want to join!
Sabine Schoder
NHM Vienna
sabine.schoder@nhm-wien.ac.at
Tel.-Nr. 01 523 7302 – 135
abol@nhm-wien.ac.at
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