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ArticleBiodiversity data journal2016

Testing the robustness of Citizen Science projects: Evaluating the results of pilot project COMBER.

Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Sarah Faulwetter, Thanos Dailianis, Vincent Stuart Smith, Panagiota Koulouri, Costas Dounas, Christos Arvanitidis

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Article in Biodiversity data journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Giorgos ChatzigeorgiouInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Sarah FaulwetterInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece; University of Patras, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Zoology, Rio, Patras, Greece.
Thanos DailianisInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Vincent Stuart SmithThe Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Panagiota KoulouriInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Costas DounasInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Christos ArvanitidisInstitute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Recearch (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

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Abstract

backgroundCitizen 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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