Marine Citizen Science: Current State in Europe and New Technological Developments
2021
Garcia-Soto, Carlos | Seys, Jan, J C | Zielinski, Oliver | Busch, J., A | Luna, S., I | Baez, Jose, Carlos | Domegan, C. | Dubsky, K. | Kotynska-Zielinska, I. | Loubat, P. | Malfatti, Francesca | Mannaerts, G. | Mchugh, Patricia | Monestiez, P. | van Der Meeren, Gro, I | Gorsky, G. | Universidad del País Vasco [Espainia] / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [España] = University of the Basque Country [Spain] = Université du pays basque [Espagne] (UPV / EHU) | Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH = German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg = Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (OFFIS) | Universidad Autonoma de Chile | National University of Ireland [Galway] (NUI Galway) | Trinity College Dublin | Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) | Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale = National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) | Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Institute of Marine Research [Bergen] (IMR) ; University of Bergen (UiB) | Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Marine citizen science is emerging with promising opportunities for science, policy and public but there is still no comprehensive overview of the current state in Europe. Based on 127 projects identified for the North Sea area we estimate there might be as much as 500 marine and coastal citizen science projects running in Europe, i.e., one marine citizen science project per ∼85 km of coastline, with an exponential growth since 1990. Beach-based projects are more accessible and hence most popular (60% of the projects), and the mean duration of the projects is 18–20 years. Current trends, topics, organizers, aims, and types of programme in terms of participation are presented in this overview. Progress in marine citizen science is specially enabled and promoted through technological developments. Recent technological advances and best practise examples are provided here, untapping the potential of smart mobile apps, do-it-yourself (DIY) technologies, drones, and artificial intelligence (AI) web services.
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