Biological monitoring by citizens using Web-based photographic databases of fishes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2383-2391

  Miyazaki, Yusuke ^a   Murase, Atsunobu ^b   Shiina, Masato ^c   Naoe, Kenichi ^d   Nakashiro, Ryosuke ^d   Honda, Junichi ^d   Yamaide, Junichiro ^d   Senou, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Uwajima Fisheries High School   (Japan)

^d Zukancom Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); Image; Internet community; Museum collection; Secondary source; Voucher

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INTERNET; MUSEUM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLISHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

JAPAN;

PISCES;

EID: 84903888424     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0724-4     Document Type: Article

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