GelAvista

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from 01/02/2016

GelAvista is the citizen science project responsible for jellyfish monitoring in the Portuguese coast, Azores and Madeira archipelagos, launched in February 2016. It aims to involve the community in the development of science, thus filling the lack of knowledge in Portugal about jellyfish.

Aim

Goals

  • Collect data on jellyfish species from Portugal
  • Acquire knowledge on their diversity, distribution and dynamics in ecosystems
  • Increase literacy on marine ecosystems
  • Inform about risks and precautions when in contact with the poisonous species
  • Model and predict their occurrence

Needed equipment

Camera and/or phone and WiFi.



Created Sept. 7, 2022, 10:38 a.m.

Updated Sept. 7, 2022, 1:14 p.m.

Keywords
Jellyfish Biodiversity Marine Monitoring
Science Topics
Biodiversity Ecology & Environment Ocean, Water, Marine & Terrestrial Natural resource management
Tags
Teaching materials available Do-it-yourself Suitable for children
Difficulty Level
Easy
Participation tasks
Identification Observation Specimen/sample collection Geolocation Data Entry Photography Annotation Finding entities Measurement
Coordinator
IPMA - Instituto Português do…
Governmental
Other Organisations involved
CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Ce…
Academic
Location
National
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