Can citizen science contribute to the evidence-base that underpins marine policy?

Marine Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-120

  Hyder, Kieran ^a   Townhill, Bryony ^a   Anderson, Lucy G ^b   Delany, Jane ^c   Pinnegar, John K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Marine evidence; Marine policy

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MARINE POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH METHOD;

EID: 84931260783     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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