Data-intensive science applied to broad-scale citizen science

Hochachka, Wesley M.; Fink, Daniel; Hutchinson, Rebecca; Sheldon, Daniel; Wong, Weng‐Keen; Kelling, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.006

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“…Furthermore, inconsistent taxonomy and nomenclature adds confusion and inhibits proper and effective communication regarding the true nature of the taxa involved, including in many cases, their conservation, protection, and preservation. A consistent, evolutionarily-based taxonomic system is also needed to ensure that burgeoning citizen-science initiatives aimed at documenting patterns of biodiversity and their rapid changes provide consistent and accurate data (e.g., Hochachka et al 2012). …”

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Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia) Provide a 21st-Century Perspective on Infraspecific Ranks and Interspecific Hybrids: A Modest Proposal* for Appropriate Recognition and Usage

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The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. On the other hand, the suggestion of a strictly phylogenetic nomenclature consisting of a formal, albeit rank-free, classification system with named but unranked uninomials (Mishler Our focus here is on assessing the nature and utility of infraspecific ranks and naming of sterile hybrids. We first build upon work by Hamilton and Reichard (1992) and McDade (1995), and examine the use of infraspecific ranks and hybrids in several classic and contemporary NorthAmerican regional floristic treatments. We then explore in more detail the confusion generated by the proliferation of infraspecific designations through a case study of the genus SarraceniaLinnaeus (Sarraceniaceae), the Western Hemisphere pitcher plants. Our analysis and case study reinforce several recommendations previously articulated by other systematists and evolutionary biologists, but also provide additional considerations based on our experiences working with this group of plants, which exhibits marked levels of local phenotypic variation that has been recognized taxonomically. Hoagland (2013), rapid description often precludes inclusion of detailed morphologic, genetic, or phylogenetic information, thus making it difficult to test the hypothesis that a new entity described from only a small number of herbarium specimens is, in fact, a defensible new taxon. Infraspecific Ranks and Hybrids in Past andThus, we gently suggest that botanists be more circumspect in identifying infraspecific taxa and that the requirements for recognition of a new species be more stringent. We elaborate on these ideas using a case-study of a small genus we know well: the North American pitcher plants in the Sarracenia: A Case Study-The carnivorous plant genus Sarracenia (Fig. 1) offers an ideal case study illustrating the taxonomic confusion that affects researchers studying the ecology, evolution, and natural history of the genus as well as regulatory agencies charged with protecting endangered Sarracenia species. The two most current treatments of the genuspublished within 18 months of each other-disagree in many respects ( America and a number of putative naturally-occurring hybrids were observed and described (Table 4, Fig. 2; see reviews in McDaniel 1971; Bell 1949 Bell , 1952 Bell and Case 1956;Mellichamp and Case 2009;McPherson and Schnell 2011). Two taxa now recognized as hybrids, S ×catesbaei and S. ×swaniana, were originally described as species. Natural hybrids are now known for every named Sarracenia species except for S. oreophila (Table 4, sequence data also repeatedly demonstrates a lack of clear differentiation among recognized infraspecific taxa (Bayer et al. 1996;Godt and Hamrick 1996, 1999 As in many plant taxa, interspecific hybridization is also common in Sarracenia (Figure 2), and names for many hybrid taxa have been published (Table 4) Similarly, McDade (1995) reported that the most common infraspecific categories in bota...

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Section: Infraspecific Ranks and Hybrids In Past Andmentioning

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Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia) Provide a 21st-Century Perspective on Infraspecific Ranks and Interspecific Hybrids: A Modest Proposal* for Appropriate Recognition and Usage

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“…These citizen science data naturally present several analysis-related challenges relating to sampling bias, observer variability, and measurement errors (see, e.g., Yoccoz et al, 2001, Jeppsson et al, 2010, Kery et al, 2010. None the less, novel statistical and computational approaches exist to account for possible biases (see, e.g., Kelling et al, 2009, Jeppsson et al, 2010, Kery et al, 2010, Hochachka et al, 2012, Bird et al, 2013. Initial analyses based on SOS bird data have shown good potential for birds (Snäll et al, 2011) and longhorn beetles (Jeppsson et al, 2010, Snäll et al, 2013.…”

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“…Access to the Internet and advances in information technologies have also made citizen science projects more visible and accessible, allowing interested citizens to participate in data collection, storage and application (e.g. Silvertown, 2009, Hochachka et al, 2012, Bonney et al, 2014. Many of the barriers relating to data quality control (e.g.…”

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“…Many of the barriers relating to data quality control (e.g. sampling bias and measurement errors) during the compilation and analysis of large complex data sets can be handled through novel statistical and computational solutions (Hochachka et al, 2012, Bird et al, 2013. Besides issues such as data quality control, there is a challenge in motivating people, not only to spend a lot of time observing species in the field, but also to enter their data in a repository -without payment.…”

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Swedish LifeWatch ─ a biodiversity infrastructure integrating and reusing data from citizen science, monitoring and research

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Jönsson

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With continued pressure on biodiversity and ever-growing conflicts with human development, qualified systems for scenario modelling, impact assessment and decision support are urgently needed. Such systems must be able to integrate complex models and information from many sources and do so in a flexible and transparent way. To that end, as well as for other complicated and data-intensive biodiversity research purposes, the concept of LifeWatch has emerged. The idea of LifeWatch is to construct e-infrastructure and virtual laboratories by integrating large data sources, computational capacities, and tools for analysis and modelling in an open, serviceoriented architecture. To be efficient and accurate, a continuous inflow of large quantities of data is essential. However, even with new techniques, government-funded monitoring data and research data will not feed the system with up-to-date species information of sufficient scale and resolution. To fill this void, skilled amateur observers (citizen scientists) can contribute to a very valuable extent.

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“…A great part of the work carried out by scientists involved in this field consists in the acquisition and analysis of robust and measurable data, in order to detect threats and take actions to contrast them. Unfortunately, this kind of activity has been proven to be very costly in terms of people and instrumentation [1][2][3] to be carried out by a single research team with the goal to gather an amount of historical data that can allow a fully interpretation of phenomenon in this kind of environment. As a partial solution to these issues, in the last years there has been an increasing exploitation of the citizen science in marine monitoring projects, helped by the fact that in the last decades there is also a major assessing of scuba diving as a mass leisure activity, with millions of divers from all around the world.…”

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DocuScooter: An Innovative Underwater Scooter add-on for Scuba Diving and Citizen Science

Panebianco

Scaradozzi

Ciuccoli

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IRATJ

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In order to obtain robust and measurable data from the marine environment, citizen science projects need user-friendly tools that, during dives, autonomously gather information in an easy, low-cost and integrated way. Data collected from different devices and by different untrained divers must have good estimation of the position where the information has been acquired. With this goal, in the context of the Green Bubbles project, a novel platform, called DocuScooter has been designed and developed. DocuScooter implements all the algorithms to filter and merge data with correct timestamp and position preparing the complete mission report. After the mission, the diver can upload the report on an appropriate web service to produce a 3D documentation. In order to obtain the underwater position during the dive, a tailored device compatible with the platform is also presented. Result of the prototype of the platform and the first results of the position estimation algorithm are presented and discussed.

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Data-intensive science applied to broad-scale citizen science

Cited by 333 publications

References 37 publications

Pitcher Plants (<I>Sarracenia</I>) Provide a 21<SUP>st</SUP>-Century Perspective on Infraspecific Ranks and Interspecific Hybrids: A Modest Proposal* for Appropriate Recognition and Usage

Pitcher Plants (<I>Sarracenia</I>) Provide a 21<SUP>st</SUP>-Century Perspective on Infraspecific Ranks and Interspecific Hybrids: A Modest Proposal* for Appropriate Recognition and Usage

Swedish LifeWatch ─ a biodiversity infrastructure integrating and reusing data from citizen science, monitoring and research

DocuScooter: An Innovative Underwater Scooter add-on for Scuba Diving and Citizen Science

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