GelAvista

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from 01/02/2016

GelAvista is the citizen science project responsible for jellyfish monitoring in the Portuguese coast, Azores and Madeira archipelagos, launched in February 2016. It aims to involve the community in the development of science, thus filling the lack of knowledge in Portugal about jellyfish.

Aim

Goals

  • Collect data on jellyfish species from Portugal
  • Acquire knowledge on their diversity, distribution and dynamics in ecosystems
  • Increase literacy on marine ecosystems
  • Inform about risks and precautions when in contact with the poisonous species
  • Model and predict their occurrence

Needed equipment

Camera and/or phone and WiFi.

Coordinator
IPMA - Instituto Português do…
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Other Organisations involved
CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Ce…
Academic
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Keywords
Jellyfish Biodiversity Marine Monitoring
Science Topics
Biodiversity Ecology & Environment Ocean, Water, Marine & Terrestrial Natural resource management
Tags
Suitable for children Teaching materials available Do-it-yourself
Difficulty Level
Easy
Participation tasks
Annotation Data Entry Finding entities Geolocation Identification Measurement Observation Photography Specimen/sample collection
Location
National
Contact
E-mail
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Created Sept. 7, 2022, 10:38 a.m.
Updated Sept. 7, 2022, 1:14 p.m.
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