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Prototype and Legacy NEON Samples (NEON-OPAL)

This collection contains many different sample types resulting from the testing phase of NEON prototype protocols and data generation practices. Often, these samples were collected during the generation of data found within the NEON prototype data sets available here: https://data.neonscience.org/en/web/neondata/prototype-search

Contacts: NEON Biorepository, biorepo@asu.edu
NEON prototype datasets: https://data.neonscience.org/prototype-datasets
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 71b636ee-6dbf-40b1-a93a-c1c2f590e18a
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/content/dwca/NEON-OPAL_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Cite this collection:
Prototype and Legacy NEON Samples. Occurrence dataset (ID: 71b636ee-6dbf-40b1-a93a-c1c2f590e18a) https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/content/dwca/NEON-OPAL_DwC-A.zip accessed via the NEON Biorepository Data Portal, https://biorepo.neonscience.org/, 2025-04-27).
Collection Statistics
  • 3,570 specimen records
  • 3,570 (100%) georeferenced
  • 280 (8%) identified to species
  • 117 families
  • 291 genera
  • 103 species
  • 104 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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