MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day

The first Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) took place on June 21, 2014. In a coordinated effort, an internationally distributed group of scientists collected samples from marine surface waters in order to study microbial diversity on a single day with global granularity. Concurrently, citizen scientists enr...

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Autores principales:	Julia Schnetzer, Anna Kopf, Matthew J. Bietz, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Antonio Fernandez-Guerra, Aleksandar Pop Ristov, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Renzo Kottmann
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:050af3cd87244830a9056ed522fa35122021-11-15T15:16:53ZMyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.10011935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/050af3cd87244830a9056ed522fa35122016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.1001https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885The first Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) took place on June 21, 2014. In a coordinated effort, an internationally distributed group of scientists collected samples from marine surface waters in order to study microbial diversity on a single day with global granularity. Concurrently, citizen scientists enriched the OSD initiative through the MyOSD project, providing additional oceanographic measurements crucial to the contextualization of microbial diversity. Clear protocols, a user-friendly smartphone application, and an online web-form guided citizens in accurate data acquisition, promoting quality submissions to the project’s information system. To evaluate the coverage and quality of MyOSD data submissions, we compared the sea surface temperature measurements acquired through OSD, MyOSD, and automatic in situ systems and satellite measurements. Our results show that the quality of citizen-science measurements was comparable to that of scientific measurements. As 79% of MyOSD measurements were conducted in geographic areas not covered by automatic in situ or satellite measurement, citizen scientists contributed significantly to worldwide oceanographic data gathering. Furthermore, survey results indicate that participation in MyOSD made citizens feel more engaged in ocean issues and may have increased their environmental awareness and ocean literacy.Julia SchnetzerAnna KopfMatthew J. BietzPier Luigi ButtigiegAntonio Fernandez-GuerraAleksandar Pop RistovFrank Oliver GlöcknerRenzo KottmannAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 163-171 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Julia Schnetzer Anna Kopf Matthew J. Bietz Pier Luigi Buttigieg Antonio Fernandez-Guerra Aleksandar Pop Ristov Frank Oliver Glöckner Renzo Kottmann MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day
description	The first Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) took place on June 21, 2014. In a coordinated effort, an internationally distributed group of scientists collected samples from marine surface waters in order to study microbial diversity on a single day with global granularity. Concurrently, citizen scientists enriched the OSD initiative through the MyOSD project, providing additional oceanographic measurements crucial to the contextualization of microbial diversity. Clear protocols, a user-friendly smartphone application, and an online web-form guided citizens in accurate data acquisition, promoting quality submissions to the project’s information system. To evaluate the coverage and quality of MyOSD data submissions, we compared the sea surface temperature measurements acquired through OSD, MyOSD, and automatic in situ systems and satellite measurements. Our results show that the quality of citizen-science measurements was comparable to that of scientific measurements. As 79% of MyOSD measurements were conducted in geographic areas not covered by automatic in situ or satellite measurement, citizen scientists contributed significantly to worldwide oceanographic data gathering. Furthermore, survey results indicate that participation in MyOSD made citizens feel more engaged in ocean issues and may have increased their environmental awareness and ocean literacy.
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author	Julia Schnetzer Anna Kopf Matthew J. Bietz Pier Luigi Buttigieg Antonio Fernandez-Guerra Aleksandar Pop Ristov Frank Oliver Glöckner Renzo Kottmann
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title	MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day
title_short	MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day
title_full	MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day
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title_full_unstemmed	MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day
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publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/050af3cd87244830a9056ed522fa3512
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MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day

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