A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities

A Hardisty, D Roberts… - BMC ecology, 2013 - Springer
Biodiversity informatics plays a central enabling role in the research community's efforts to
address scientific conservation and sustainability issues. Great strides have been made in …

[HTML][HTML] Citizen science participation in research in the environmental sciences: key factors related to projects' success and longevity

DGF Cunha, JF Marques, JC Resende… - Anais da Academia …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The potential impacts of citizen science initiatives are increasing across the globe, albeit in
an imbalanced manner. In general, there is a strong element of trial and error in most …

Citizen scientists and marine research: volunteer participants, their contributions, and projection for the future

RN Hughes, DJ Hughes, IP Smith - Oceanography and marine …, 2014 - books.google.com
MARTIN THIEL ET AL. of simple methodologies to the capabilities of participants. Studies for
which volunteers needed to identify many different species and estimate their abundances …

Citizen science provides valuable data to evaluate elasmobranch diversity and trends throughout the French Polynesia's shark sanctuary

C Séguigne, J Mourier, É Clua, N Buray, S Planes - PloS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Observers of the Polynesian Shark Observatory (ORP), a citizen science network organized
mainly through the Polynesian dive centers, collected an unprecedented amount of data …

Citizen surveillance for environmental monitoring: combining the efforts of citizen science and crowdsourcing in a quantitative data framework

M Welvaert, P Caley - SpringerPlus, 2016 - Springer
Citizen science and crowdsourcing have been emerging as methods to collect data for
surveillance and/or monitoring activities. They could be gathered under the overarching term …

Exploring diversity and engagement of divers in citizen science: Insights for marine management and conservation

MI Hermoso, VY Martin, S Gelcich, W Stotz, M Thiel - Marine Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of citizen science has opened new possibilities for research to inform
management and conservation policies. This requires a deep understanding and inclusion …

Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A survey of active and potential participants

S Lucrezi, M Milanese, M Palma, C Cerrano - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through
education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is …

Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea

N Levin, M Coll, S Fraschetti, G Gal… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
The Mediterranean Sea's biodiversity and ecosystems face many threats due to
anthropogenic pressures. Some of these include human population growth, coastal …

How does the diversity of divers affect the design of citizen science projects?

MI Hermoso, VY Martin, W Stotz, S Gelcich… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Divers have widely participated in citizen science (CS) projects and are one of the main
groups of marine citizen scientists. However, there is little knowledge about profiles of, and …

Science and dissemination for the UN Ocean decade outcomes: Current trends and future perspectives

F Caruso, P Tedesco, G Della Sala… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Ocean Decade (OD) is the name of a United Nations (UN) initiative devoted to ocean
science for sustainable development. It started in 2021 and will provide an opportunity to …