Citizen science for water quality monitoring: Data implications of citizen perspectives

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 200, Issue , 2017, Pages 456-467

  Jollymore, Ashlee ^a   Haines, Morgan J ^a   Satterfield, Terre ^a   Johnson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Science communication; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT; CITIZEN SCIENCE; CITIZEN'S PARTICIPATIONS; CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EDUCATIONAL GOALS; SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WATER QUALITY;

NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; STORM WATER; WATER;

COMMUNICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RESEARCH WORK; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CITIZEN GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MOTIVATION; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VIGNETTE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85020653566     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.083     Document Type: Article

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