NESP MaC Project 3.18 – Robust citizen science for reef habitat assessment in support of management, 2023-2026 (UQ)
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Project 3.18 – Robust citizen science for reef habitat assessment in support of management. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
By mobilising tourism vessels and thousands of citizens, the Great Reef Census (GRC) has demonstrated that citizen-based infrastructure can undertake reconnaissance of hundreds of reefs and garner private donor support. While these data are already used by managers, there remain core scientific questions regarding the acquisition, quality, and optimisation of such data for reef management. Here, we create a robust approach to citizen science that can be scaled up to reefs generally. Specifically, our project will (1) maximise the quality of data on key habitats by combining machine and human learning (in partnership with Dell Technologies) while conducting a rigorous testing of data quality, (2), operationalise a field deployment strategy that maximises the value of citizen data for management and mapping and (3) provides annual maps of reef state and ecological importance that feeds into decision-making by marine managers. It specifically responds to MAC Hub priority research areas 2023 (citizen science and/or new technologies in assessing condition and status of marine habitats and species).
Planned Outputs
• Maps of reef habitat type, reef state, ecological importance of reefs [spatial dataset]
• GRC data on reef images and reef state [tabular dataset]
• Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-04-17T00:00:00
- Purpose
- Project aims and objectives: 1) Maximise the quality of citizen data using hybrid human/AI methodology 2) Planning to maximise the value of data by focusing on three existing management needs a) ground truthing of predicted reef community types; b) identifying ecologically important reefs that replenish coral populations that have been damaged by bleaching; c) planning of restoration activities.
- Credit
- Peter Mumby (UQ), Katie Chartrand (JCU), Chris Roelfsema (UQ), Rosanna Griffith-Mumby (UQ), Aruna Kolluru (Dell Corporation), Andy Ridley (Citizens of the GBR), Gavin Singleton (Yirrganydji), Ryan Tassotti (Dell Corporation)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Project extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2023-03-01 2026-06-30
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Marine and coastal region of Australia
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- marine
- AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
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- Coastal Waters (Australia)
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
- NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
- OnLine resource
- NESP MaC - Round 3 page
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/15a000aa-6d8b-4c4e-aea5-37d08c6b6843
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
eAtlas Data ManagerAustralian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- NESP MaC hub Project 3.18
- Metadata linkage
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https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/15a000aa-6d8b-4c4e-aea5-37d08c6b6843
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-05-10T16:08:28
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-09-20T04:01:10
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018