Programa Poseidon - Citizen Science Project Results

Programa Poseidon is marine biodiversity citizen science project delivered by ECOAQUA Institute, University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ECOAQUA), supported by Fundacion Biodiversidad (2014-2015). In 2014 is established web platform, where target groups as scuba divers, whale watchers, environmentalist, etc. could introduce photo, location and other information on observed marine species. In the period of two years were registered more than 7000 observations by more than 400 users. All the reported observations where validated by ECOAQUA Ichthyology experts team, and finally encoded applying EU-nomen or WORMS classification.

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Publication Date: 2021-11-23

Title: Programa Poseidon - Citizen Science Project Results

Abstract: Programa Poseidon is marine biodiversity citizen science project delivered by ECOAQUA Institute, University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ECOAQUA), supported by Fundacion Biodiversidad (2014-2015). In 2014 is established web platform, where target groups as scuba divers, whale watchers, environmentalist, etc. could introduce photo, location and other information on observed marine species. In the period of two years were registered more than 7000 observations by more than 400 users. All the reported observations where validated by ECOAQUA Ichthyology experts team, and finally encoded applying EU-nomen or WORMS classification.

Dataset Language: en

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Andrej Abramic

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Jose Juan Castro Hernandez

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Yaiza Fernandez-Palacios

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Alejandro García Mendoza

Dataset Creator: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Ricardo Haroun Trabaue

Metadata Provider: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

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Dataset Contact: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - Alejandro García Mendoza

Keywords (ASFA )

Citizen science
Marine species

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=49087

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -18.02946568

East Bounding Coordinate: -13.44865434

North Bounding Coordinate: 29.23304703

South Bounding Coordinate: 27.6337332

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2010-12-01

End Date

2015-12-03

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