Testing the robustness of Citizen Science projects: Evaluating the results of pilot project COMBER
| Autor: | Panagiota Koulouri, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Vincent S. Smith, Costas Dounas, Thanos Dailianis, Christos Arvanitidis, Sarah Faulwetter |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Comber representativeness Computer science robustness 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Representativeness heuristic Bio-watch Robustness (computer science) Citizen science 14. Life underwater lcsh:QH301-705.5 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecology biology business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Environmental resource management 15. Life on land biology.organism_classification Data science Current analysis Marine biodiversity lcsh:Biology (General) Coastal biodiversity business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 1-14 (2016) Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10859 |
| ISSN: | 1314-2836 1314-2828 |
| Popis: | Background Citizen Science (CS) as a term implies a great deal of approaches and scopes involving many different fields of science. The number of the relevant projects globally has been increased significantly in the recent years. Large scale ecological questions can be answered only through extended observation networks and CS projects can support this effort. Although the need of such projects is apparent, an important part of scientific community cast doubt on the reliability of CS data sets. New information The pilot CS project COMBER has been created in order to provide evidence to answer the aforementioned question in the coastal marine biodiversity monitoring. The results of the current analysis show that a carefully designed CS project with clear hypotheses, wide participation and data sets validation, can be a valuable tool for the large scale and long term changes in marine biodiversity pattern change and therefore for relevant management and conservation issues. |
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