Collaborative approaches to accessing and utilising historical citizen science data: A case-study with spearfishers from eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-201

  Gledhill, Daniel C ^a   Hobday, Alistair J ^b   Welch, David J ^b,c   Sutton, Stephen G ^d   Lansdell, Matthew J ^a   Koopman, Mathew ^e   Jeloudev, Adrian ^f   Smith, Adam ^c   Last, Peter R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b C2O Fisheries ^*  (Australia)

^c Australian Underwater Federation National Spearfishing Commission   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Southern Freedivers   (Australia)

^f Underwater Skindivers and Fishermens Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudinal change; citizen science; engagement model; fishes; historic data; recreational fishing; spearfishing.

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WARMING;

AUSTRALIA;

PISCES;

EID: 84923805114     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14071     Document Type: Article

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