Database Information for Fiji Project Members

If you are a part of the NSF Fiji Arthropod Survey Project and want to add your data or update existing data in the Fiji Mandala database, you have several choices for accomplishing this.

• Preferred: Request from the database coordinator an output from the current database of the specimens of the taxa you have been sent. An Excel file with the data suitable for import into your own database structure or for use in publications will be returned for you to input the identifications you have made. Return the updated Excel file to the database coordinator.
• Add your data to the main Fiji Mandala database (requires FileMaker Pro 7 or 8.x, broadband internet access, and username and password).
• Use one of the downloadable MS Excel® spreadsheets listed below:

  FijiNewLocCollEvents.xls for recording new localities and their associated collecting events

  FijiSpecimenIdentifications.xls for specialists putting identifications on specimens already labeled with unique identifiers (e.g., FBA_123456), which were sent to them or collected by the specialists, or to add taxonomic names to the database for future use.

Return spreadsheets, inquire about database access, and submit questions or comments to the database coordinator.

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