Crowdsourcing conservation: The role of citizen science in securing a future for seagrass
Crowdsourcing conservation: The role of citizen science in securing a future for seagrass
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DOI：
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.005
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C.
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作者：
Jones, Benjamin L.;Unsworth, Richard K. F.;Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C.
海草草甸是一个复杂的社会生态系统。理解海草草甸需要一种整合“人的维度”的新方法。公民科学因对科学、教育、社会和政策做出重大贡献而得到广泛认可。尽管公民科学在海洋环境领域的应用进展缓慢，但这种方法填补大量信息空白的需求可以说是巨大的。海草草甸很容易进入，并提供了公民科学正在扩大的一个例子。技术发展对这一点至关重要，为市民提供了与海草接触的新机会。越来越多地使用在线工具为收集和提交以及帮助处理和分析数据创造了机会。公民科学帮助研究人员整合了科学知识和地方知识，并让社区参与实施保护措施。在这里，我们选择了一些例子来展示公民科学如何确保海草的未来。
Seagrass meadows are complex social-ecological systems. Understanding seagrass meadows demands a fresh approach integrating "the human dimension". Citizen science is widely acknowledged for providing significant contributions to science, education, society and policy. Although the take up of citizen science in the marine environment has been slow, the need for such methods to fill vast information gaps is arguably great. Seagrass meadows are easy to access and provide an example of where citizen science is expanding. Technological developments have been pivotal to this, providing new opportunities for citizens to engage with seagrass. The increasing use of online tools has created opportunities to collect and submit as well as help process and analyse data. Citizen science has helped researchers integrate scientific and local knowledge and engage communities to implement conservation measures. Here we use a selection of examples to demonstrate how citizen science can secure a future for seagrass.