Citizen Science: reef monitoring for management

Overview

In this presentation, project researcher Dr Chris Lawson discusses the findings and refinement of the Great Reef Census data collection processes, site selection, and analysis methods, to increase the usefulness and relevance of citizen science data for scientists and managers. The Great Reef Census, an initiative of Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, is large-scale citizen science in action. To date, this initiative has engaged 19,663 global citizen scientists from 1,144 locations worldwide to analyse 554,002 images.