Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark
Citizen science by which the general public is enlisted to participate in data collection programmes, can shed light on the biology and ecology of enigmatic species. The whale shark Rhincodon typus, the world’s largest fish, is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to c...
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| author | Araujo Abdul R. Ismail Cat McCann David McCann Christine Legaspi Sally J Snow Jessica Labaja Bernardette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto Alessandro Ponzo |
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| description | Citizen science by which the general public is enlisted to participate in data collection programmes, can shed light on the biology and ecology of enigmatic species. The whale shark Rhincodon typus, the world’s largest fish, is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to continued population declines, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. The species is highly mobile, capable of crossing international boundaries, yet the species’ movements in Southeast Asia remain poorly understood. Citizen science has been used broadly in the region and beyond, to understand the species’ biology and ecology. Here, we report the first international movement of a whale shark between the Philippines and Malaysia as determined through photo-ID and citizen science. A juvenile female whale shark, P-1159, was first identified in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines in December 2017 by ongoing research at the site, and resighted in Pulau Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia, in October 2019 by a citizen scientist. Pulau Sipadan is one of Southeast Asia’s most popular diving destinations, yet whale shark sightings are uncommon. Citizen scientists ready to collect and share data with ongoing research plays a key role in monitoring enigmatic species. Protocols should be developed to systematically collect unique sightings and behaviours accessible to divers as citizen scientists that would otherwise be lost to science. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-254572020-05-28T02:40:12Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25457/ Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark Araujo Abdul R. Ismail Cat McCann David McCann Christine Legaspi Sally J Snow Jessica Labaja Bernardette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto Alessandro Ponzo SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Citizen science by which the general public is enlisted to participate in data collection programmes, can shed light on the biology and ecology of enigmatic species. The whale shark Rhincodon typus, the world’s largest fish, is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to continued population declines, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. The species is highly mobile, capable of crossing international boundaries, yet the species’ movements in Southeast Asia remain poorly understood. Citizen science has been used broadly in the region and beyond, to understand the species’ biology and ecology. Here, we report the first international movement of a whale shark between the Philippines and Malaysia as determined through photo-ID and citizen science. A juvenile female whale shark, P-1159, was first identified in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines in December 2017 by ongoing research at the site, and resighted in Pulau Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia, in October 2019 by a citizen scientist. Pulau Sipadan is one of Southeast Asia’s most popular diving destinations, yet whale shark sightings are uncommon. Citizen scientists ready to collect and share data with ongoing research plays a key role in monitoring enigmatic species. Protocols should be developed to systematically collect unique sightings and behaviours accessible to divers as citizen scientists that would otherwise be lost to science. 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25457/1/Getting%20the%20most%20out%20of%20citizen%20science%20for%20endangered%20species%20such%20as%20Whale%20Shark.pdf Araujo and Abdul R. Ismail and Cat McCann and David McCann and Christine Legaspi and Sally J Snow and Jessica Labaja and Bernardette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto and Alessandro Ponzo (2020) Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark. Journal of Fish Biology, 96 (4). pp. 864-867. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14254 |
| spellingShingle | SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Araujo Abdul R. Ismail Cat McCann David McCann Christine Legaspi Sally J Snow Jessica Labaja Bernardette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto Alessandro Ponzo Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title | Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title_full | Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title_fullStr | Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title_short | Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| title_sort | getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark |
| topic | SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling |
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