Identification of native and non-native grass shrimps <i>Palaemon</i> spp. (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) by citizen science monitoring programs in Atlantic Canada

Pearson, Jessie M N; Kidd, Jess; Knysh, Kyle M.; Heuvel, Michael R. van den; Gagnon, Jean-Marc; Courtenay, Simon C.

doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy116

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“…Marine citizen scientists help provide cost-effective monitoring and early detection of invasive species across vast spatio-temporal scales [15,56]. For example, this was the case in the monitoring of the Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) and the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in the northeast U.S. [8]; detection of the European green crab's expansion into inland marine waters of Washington State [57]; the Harris mud crab (Rhithropoanopeus harrisii) in Finnish waters [58]; and early detection of the expansion of European grass shrimp (Palaemon adspersus) in Prince Edward Island estuaries [59]. Through a project in the Mediterranean called "Is it Alien to you?…”

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The Role of Citizen Science in the Research and Management of Invasive Lionfish across the Western Atlantic

Clements

Karp²,

Harris

et al. 2021

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Managing invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in the Western Atlantic Ocean is beyond the capacity of natural resource organizations alone. In response, organizations have mobilized members of the public and citizen scientists to help. We used a structured survey to assess the activities and perceptions of 71 organizations that engage the public and citizen scientists in lionfish research and management throughout the invaded range of the Western Atlantic. Five case studies were also conducted that exemplified varied and multi-pronged approaches to engagement of the public and citizen scientists in lionfish control, monitoring, and knowledge-sharing. The public has been engaged to some extent in every approach, but organizations most frequently indicated engaging members of the public in raising awareness, promoting consumption, organized culling/removal, tournaments, and data collection. Sixty-five percent of organizations surveyed engaged the public in data collection, and data collection was ranked as the scientific research activity in which the public is most often involved. Most organizations indicated their data has contributed to scientific publications, management, and government agency research and/or policy. Collectively these findings demonstrate the conservation value of citizen scientists to assist organizational efforts to control, manage, and study a large-scale marine invasion.

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The Role of Citizen Science in the Research and Management of Invasive Lionfish across the Western Atlantic

Clements

Karp²,

Harris

et al. 2021

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“…Still, the number of articles about first records of NIS in marine ecosystems is almost the double of those in terrestrial ecosystems. A search for the keywords "first/new" and "record/ occurrence" in the titles of the retrieved articles disclosed five articles done in terrestrial ecosystems (Hoebeke et al, 2015;Maistrello et al, 2016;Mori et al, 2016;Eritja et al, 2019;Schüttler et al, 2019) and nine articles done in marine ecosystems (Boero et al, 2009;Azzurro et al, 2013;Hourston et al, 2015;Bariche et al, 2018;Fernández-Vilert et al, 2018;Giovos et al, 2018;Jurgens et al, 2018;Kleitou et al, 2019;Pearson et al, 2019). This may reflect the inherent difficulty in accessing the aquatic ecosystems by scientific community.…”

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Citizen Science and Biological Invasions: A Review

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Teodósio

Morais

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Biological invasions are among the most challenging ecological and conservation riddles of our times. Fortunately, citizen science projects became a valuable tool to detect non-indigenous species (NIS), document their spread, prevent dispersion, and eradicate localized populations. We evaluated the most undisputed definitions of citizen science and proposed that a combination of two of them is a better reflection of what citizen science has become. Thus, citizen science is any environmental and/or biological data collection and analysis, including data quality control, undertaken by members of the general public, as individuals or as organized groups of citizens, with the guidance and/or assistance of scientists toward solving environmental and/or community questions. With this review, we also assessed how citizen science has been advancing biological invasions research and its focus, by analyzing 126 peer-reviewed articles that used citizen science methods or data concerning NIS. Most of the articles studied terrestrial species (68%) and terrestrial plants were the most studied group (22.7%). Surprisingly, most first detection reports were of non-indigenous marine fish probably due to the constraints in accessing aquatic ecosystems which delays the detection of new NIS. Citizen science projects running over broad geographical areas are very cost-effective for the early detection of NIS, regardless of the studied environment. We also discuss the applicability and need to adapt the methods and approaches toward the studied ecosystem and species, but also the profile of the participating citizens, their motivations, level of engagement, or social status. We recommend authors to better acknowledge the work done by contributing citizens, and the putative limitations of data generated by citizen science projects. The outreach planning of citizen science projects is also evaluated, including the use of dedicated web platforms vs. pre-existent and disseminated web platforms, while discussing how such outreach actions can be maximized. Lastly, we present a framework that contextualizes the contributions of citizen science, scientific research, and regional and national stakeholders toward the integrated management of biological invasions.

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“…Data generated by members of the public are now widely employed to monitor biodiversity and detect alien species in all environmental realms (Bois et al 2011 ; Pearson et al 2019 ; Perdikaris et al 2017 ; Pusceddu et al 2019 ; Stuart-Smith et al 2017 ). This has been largely facilitated by the development of online tools, dedicated websites and smartphone applications that provide a simple and engaging way for community science participants to record their data (Adriaens et al 2015 ; Giovos et al 2019 ; Johnson et al 2020 ; Rowley et al 2019 ; Santori et al 2021 ).…”

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Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species

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Community science (also often referred to as citizen science) provides a unique opportunity to address questions beyond the scope of other research methods whilst simultaneously engaging communities in the scientific process. This leads to broad educational benefits, empowers people, and can increase public awareness of societally relevant issues such as the biodiversity crisis. As such, community science has become a favourable framework for researching alien species where data on the presence, absence, abundance, phenology, and impact of species is important in informing management decisions. However, uncertainties arising at different stages can limit the interpretation of data and lead to projects failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Focusing on alien species centered community science projects, we identified key research questions and the relevant uncertainties that arise during the process of developing the study design, for example, when collecting the data and during the statistical analyses. Additionally, we assessed uncertainties from a linguistic perspective, and how the communication stages among project coordinators, participants and other stakeholders can alter the way in which information may be interpreted. We discuss existing methods for reducing uncertainty and suggest further solutions to improve data reliability. Further, we make suggestions to reduce the uncertainties that emerge at each project step and provide guidance and recommendations that can be readily applied in practice. Reducing uncertainties is essential and necessary to strengthen the scientific and community outcomes of community science, which is of particular importance to ensure the success of projects aimed at detecting novel alien species and monitoring their dynamics across space and time.

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Identification of native and non-native grass shrimps Palaemon spp. (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) by citizen science monitoring programs in Atlantic Canada

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

The Role of Citizen Science in the Research and Management of Invasive Lionfish across the Western Atlantic

The Role of Citizen Science in the Research and Management of Invasive Lionfish across the Western Atlantic

Citizen Science and Biological Invasions: A Review

Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species

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