What is it about?
In this paper, we describe a new application that we develop (SamplEase), that outputs biological specimen data in a tabular format, facilitating subsequent analyses and dissemination. Despite its simplicity, no similar data management application is readily available for researchers.
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Why is it important?
Careful collection and organization of biological specimens and their associated data is at the core of field research (e.g. ecology, genetics). Fieldwork data is often collected by handwriting or unsystematically via an electronic device (e.g. laptop), a process that is time-intensive, disorganized, and may lead to transcription errors, as data is copied to a more permanent repository. SamplEase is an iOS and Android application that is designed to ease the process of collecting biological specimen data in the field (data associated with biological samples, such as location, age, and sex). In addition to biological specimen data, SamplEase allows for the assignment of photographs to each collected sample, which provides visual records of each specimen in its environment.
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Participating in this paper was a pleasure, considering that it was with a colleague for whom I have great respect.
Bader H Alhajeri
Kuwait University
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This page is a summary of: SamplEase: a simple application for collection and organization of biological specimen data in the field, Ecology and Evolution, September 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4503.
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