Obstacles and Opportunities of Using a Mobile App for Marine Mammal Research

Obstacles and Opportunities of Using a Mobile App for Marine Mammal Research

This study investigates the use of a mobile application, Whale mAPP, as a citizen science tool for collecting marine mammal sighting data. In just over three months, 1261 marine mammal sightings were observed and recorded by 39 citizen scientists in Southeast Alaska. The resulting data, along with a...

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Main Authors: Courtney H. Hann, Lei Lani Stelle, Andrew Szabo, Leigh G. Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
citizen science
marine mammal
opportunistic data
Alaska
spatial bias
sample size
volunteer
education
recruitment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/7/5/169

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