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Global Marine biodiversity data from Seawatchers Marine Citizen Science Platform 1980-2020

Observadores del Mar is a marine citizen science platform launched in 2012 devoted to enhancing the understanding of the conservation status of marine ecosystems. The platform hosts 13 projects covering 8 main taxa: corals, jellyfishes, decapod crustaceans, fishes, seaweeds, seagrasses, seabirds and molluscs, in addition to two projects focused on marine litter and reporting information on two main topics: i) biodiversity data focusing mainly on species distribution and abundance, and ii) the impacts of anthropogenic activities (e.g. jellyfish blooms) and associated mid- to long-term changes (e.g. colonization of invasive species). Almost 5500 observations validated by scientists have been already collected resulting in more than 20 scientific papers and communications. The major findings have been new records of introduced and invasive species, tracking the spread of novel pen shell mortality outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea and monitoring microplastic concentration on beaches.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Global Marine biodiversity data from Seawatchers Marine Citizen Science Platform 1980-2020

Abstract

Observadores del Mar is a marine citizen science platform launched in 2012 devoted to enhancing the understanding of the conservation status of marine ecosystems. The platform hosts 13 projects covering 8 main taxa: corals, jellyfishes, decapod crustaceans, fishes, seaweeds, seagrasses, seabirds and molluscs, in addition to two projects focused on marine litter and reporting information on two main topics: i) biodiversity data focusing mainly on species distribution and abundance, and ii) the impacts of anthropogenic activities (e.g. jellyfish blooms) and associated mid- to long-term changes (e.g. colonization of invasive species). Almost 5500 observations validated by scientists have been already collected resulting in more than 20 scientific papers and communications. The major findings have been new records of introduced and invasive species, tracking the spread of novel pen shell mortality outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea and monitoring microplastic concentration on beaches.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences - Oscar Chic

Dataset Creator
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences - Joaquim Garrabou

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Dataset Contact
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences - Joaquim Garrabou

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Citizen participation

  • Climate change

  • Nature conservation

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Spanish part of the North Atlantic (Andalusia)

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-7.54861

East Bounding Coordinate

-5.96755

North Bounding Coordinate

37.22184

South Bounding Coordinate

35.75741

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Spanish part of the North Atlantic (Galicia)

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-13.852087

East Bounding Coordinate

-6.421072

North Bounding Coordinate

46.251188

South Bounding Coordinate

41.36899

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Biscay Bay

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ASE, Canary I.

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-28.6258

East Bounding Coordinate

35.9064

North Bounding Coordinate

45.7626

South Bounding Coordinate

27.6384

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

MED

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1980-01-01

End Date

2020-04-30

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Arthropoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:801

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum (division)

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chlorophyta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1821

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chordata

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1267

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cnidaria

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ctenophora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Mollusca

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345465

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ochrophyta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Porifera

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum (division)

Taxonomic Rank Value

Rhodophyta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596326

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum (division)

Taxonomic Rank Value

Tracheophyta

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

describes

Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T14:59:37+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Chic, Oscar; Garrabou, Joaquim. (2020) Global Marine biodiversity data from Seawatchers Marine Citizen Science Platform between 1980 and 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/519

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=6526

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/6526

Physical

Object Name

GBIF dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

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Distribution

Online

URL
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Physical

Object Name

IPT

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

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Distribution

Online

URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=observadoresdelmar

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
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Physical

Object Name

Project home page

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.observadoresdelmar.es/

Physical

Object Name

Project home page

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.seawatchers.net/

Physical

Object Name

Metadata

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=6526