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Contributory project: It is designed by scientists, and citizens participate in data collection
Overall goal: Build quality scientific knowledge on Argentina's coastal zone environmental health by collecting data using marine species as indicators. Specific goals: Train volunteers to identify turtles, birds, and marine mammals. Count, identify and record dead individuals on the beach, belonging to the aforementioned groups of marine fauna. Provide information to the local population on the characteristics, life history and conservation status of the species recorded. Use technology as an educational, communicational, and analytical tool. Evaluate the abundance and diversity of carcasses. Gather baseline information to detect space-time patterns over time and identify unusual mortality events. Produce scientific information available to the community.
Description of citizen participation Citizens voluntarily participate in the project by periodically visiting the beach. During field trips, they count and identify turtle, bird, and marine mammal carcasses they find on the beach. In addition, they take photographs of the carcass and place a biodegradable mark to avoid double counting. Finally, they record their observations on the ArgentiNat platform (iNaturalist Argentina).
Time frame. 02/03/2020 - N/A
Project leaders. • Leandro L. Tamini, Aves Argentinas. • Gustavo E. Chiaramonte, Hydrobiological Station, Quequén Port and “Bernardino Rivadavia” Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences. • Leandro L. Tamini, Aves Argentinas
Contact information. Email: ecofam@avesargentinas.org.ar; tamini@avesargentinas.org.ar; gchiaram@retina.ar; dellacasa@avesargentinas.org.ar Web: www.avesargentinas.org.ar/ecofam Facebook: facebook.com/avesargentinasAOP/ Twitter: twitter.com/AvesArgentinas Instagram: instagram.com/avesargentinas/ YouTube: youtube.com/user/AvesArgentinasAOP Facebook Estación Hidrobiológica de Puerto Quequén: facebook.com/ Estación-Hidrobiológica-de-Puerto-Quequén-1678927482344758/
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