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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.

Flag	Records With This Flag	(%) Percent With This Flag
dwc_continent_added i	266	73.278
idigbio_isocountrycode_added i	266	73.278
geopoint_datum_error i	249	68.595
dwc_datasetid_added i	130	35.813
dwc_parentnameusageid_added i	130	35.813
dwc_taxonid_added i	130	35.813
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added i	130	35.813
dwc_taxonrank_added i	130	35.813
gbif_canonicalname_added i	130	35.813
gbif_genericname_added i	130	35.813
gbif_taxon_corrected i	130	35.813
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added i	129	35.537
gbif_vernacularname_added i	123	33.884
dwc_multimedia_added i	121	33.333
gbif_reference_added i	87	23.967
dwc_specificepithet_added i	51	14.05
dwc_continent_replaced i	39	10.744
taxon_match_failed i	37	10.193
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added i	34	9.366
dwc_family_replaced i	30	8.264
rev_geocode_eez i	23	6.336
dwc_originalnameusageid_added i	5	1.377
dwc_order_replaced i	1	0.275
geopoint_low_precision i	1	0.275

The table below represents monthly iDigBio portal use statistics for this recordset. Search indicates in how many instances a record from this recordset matched a search query. Download indicates in how many instances a record from this recordset was downloaded. Seen indicates in how many instances a record from this recordset appeared (visually) in the search results in a browser window. Records Viewed and Media Viewed indicate how many specimen and media records were opened and viewed in full detail. Note: Monthly statistics aggregation began on Jan 15th 2015; therefore, the month of (01 / 2015) represents approximately half a month of statistics reporting.

Month of	Search	Download	Seen	Records Viewed
04 / 2023	3,809,376	245	79	0
05 / 2023	3,040,006	127	88	0
06 / 2023	3,265,651	254	26	0
07 / 2023	3,130,671	1,070	261	0
08 / 2023	3,044,972	0	84	0
09 / 2023	5,211,413	1,099	39	0
10 / 2023	6,729,181	12,212	16	0
11 / 2023	5,890,168	2,812	17	0
12 / 2023	4,824,794	0	285	0
01 / 2024	8,189,013	36	322	0
02 / 2024	11,643,030	2,754	44	0
03 / 2024	11,899,226	50,468	227	0
04 / 2024	15,233,867	11,471	57	0
05 / 2024	63,263,422	36,583	863	0
06 / 2024	23,584,723	5,785	149	0
07 / 2024	13,595,179	13,036	606	0
08 / 2024	28,885,018	11,971	243	0
09 / 2024	27,313,830	690	960	0
10 / 2024	19,110,623	48,492	138	0
11 / 2024	23,397,963	4,309	63	0
12 / 2024	8,079,005	1	6	0
01 / 2025	22,744,609	2	255	0
02 / 2025	12,215,298	448	90	0
03 / 2025	9,391,891	15,036	661	16
04 / 2025	12,261,850	5,218	67	0
05 / 2025	7,080,397	2	380	0
06 / 2025	6,933,764	1,248	213	0
07 / 2025	716,773	316	69	0
08 / 2025	12,651,782	0	1,016	0
09 / 2025	10,748,614	1	143	0
10 / 2025	94,790,265	19,658	3,314	0
11 / 2025	78,044,152	7,425	2,730	1
12 / 2025	80,013,604	211	510	0
01 / 2026	28,090,838	50	452	0
02 / 2026	41,326,819	987	67	9
03 / 2026	44,067,140	23,396	1,145	125
04 / 2026	798,003	0	2	0

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Name	Josh Pletcher
Role	Student Curator
Email	jrpletch@owu.edu

Name	Lisa Tabak
Role	Curatorial Director
Email	lmtabak@owu.edu

Name	Josh Pletcher
Role	Student Curator
Email	jrpletch@owu.edu

Name	Lisa Tabak
Role	Curatorial Director
Email	lmtabak@owu.edu

Name	Eric Gangloff
Role	Assistant Professor of Zoology
Email	ejgangloff@owu.edu

Recordset

Ohio Wesleyan University Reptile Specimens (Arctos)

Contacts

Name	David Bloom
Role	Vertnet Coordinator
Email	dbloom@vertnet.org

Name	Dusty McDonald
Role	Arctos Database Programmer
Email	dustymc@gmail.com