Informatização do Herbário DDMS: o uso de dados e perspectivas futuras

Abstract

Scientific collections, such as herbaria, are an efficient way of documenting biodiversity. The DDMS Herbarium of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, indexed in the Index Herbariorum and associated with the Brazilian Herbarium Network, is located in the municipality of Dourados, and has about 8,000 records available online. This study aims to provide information about the computerization process of the DDMS Herbarium and propose actions to improve the process and the quality of data available online. The analyzed data were obtained through the speciesLink platform. To list the improvement actions for the DDMS Herbarium, the SWOT matrix was used. Angiosperms were the most representative (78.8% of the records), followed by Gymnosperms (1%), Lycophytes and Ferns (11.4%) and Bryophytes (7%). As for the level of determination, there are 3,751 records in kind, 944 by genus, 939 by family, 571 undetermined, as well as 130 synonymous and 37 ambiguous records. In the collection there are 13 species of Angiosperms at risk of extinction. The DDMS Herbarium holds 28% of the number of species in Mato Grosso do Sul, with 47% of the records collected in the Grande Dourados Region. There were 4,870,308 data usage records of which 130,491 were used for downloads, 2,002,328 for making inventories, 1,507,313 for making maps, 1,198,082 for making statistical summary and 32,093 for querying records. Thus, it is possible to infer that the DDMS Herbarium data are more used for identification, as well as to analyze the distribution of species. 18 actions were elaborated from the SWOT matrix, and these actions are related to the management and maintenance of the collection, as well as initiatives for better use of the physical space currently available. It is hoped that the actions can improve the conservation of specimens and improve the quality of online data.