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Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations

Dataset homepage

Citation

Casassovici A, Brosens D (2022). Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations. Version 54.51. Diveboard. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tnjrgy accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-09.

Description

Diveboard (https://www.diveboard.com/) is an online scuba diving citizen science platform, where divers can digitize or log their dives, participate in citizen science surveys and projects, and interact with others. More then 10,000 divers have already registered with Diveboard and the community is still growing. This dataset contains all observations made by Diveboarders worldwide (mainly fishes) and are linked to the Encyclopedia of Life. The Diveboard community has dedicated the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver, so these can be used as widely as possible. If you have a specific survey need or question, get in touch: Diveboarders are everywhere and willing to help!

Purpose

Diveboarders share their data with the desire to help the scientific community in research towards protecting the biodiversity of our oceans, seas, and freshwater bodies. So far, he data are not generated with any overarching purpose, other than completing ones personal digital log of dives.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The dataset covers recorded observations made during scuba dives performed by members of the Diveboard community. As such there is no specific geographic or temporal study extent, although most dives logged on Diveboard were conducted in well known divespots, such as reefs and wrecks. In a later phase, specific surveys might also be logged on Diveboard.

Sampling

Observations are not recorded with a specific goal in mind and only reflect what the diver has noticed during the dive. Divers rarely conduct a full inventory of a dive spot, so the observed species only represent part of the occurring species at the time of the dive. There is a sampling bias for known, interesting, noticeable and/or rare species.

Quality Control

The Diveboard application restricts divers to only record species found in the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org). As such, all observations are linked to an EOL page in the field taxonID. It is important to note that the data are not validated by specialists.

Method steps

  1. Event and location conditions (date, time, depth, etc.) are often logged automatically by the dive computer. This data can be imported or manually added by the diver in the Diveboard application, while observed species are added manually. These actions can be done just after surfacing, as the Diveboard application is available online and as a mobile app, which allows divers to record their dive even if no internet connection is available.

Additional info

The data is collected with the help of divers all around the world. If you have questions regarding surveying specific dive sites, you can contact us at support@diveboard.com and we will see what we can do. The dataset was standardized, documented and published with the help of Datafable, a team of open data volunteers. The process is documented here: https://github.com/Datafable/diveboard-gbif

Taxonomic Coverages

The dataset covers animals (and very few plants) observed during scuba dives performed by members of the Diveboard community. Close to 80% of the observations are fishes (Actinopterygii and Elasmobranchii). Diveboarders can log their dives online, including the species they observed, using the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org) as a checklist. Most of the observations are identified to species level, though some caution regarding the identifications is appropriate. In case of doubt, the observer/identifier can be contacted via the references field, which references his/her Diveboard profile.
  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  2. Actinopterygii
    common name: ray-finned fishes rank: class
  3. Elasmobranchii
    common name: sharks, rays & skates rank: class
  4. Crustacea
    common name: Crustaceans rank: subphylum
  5. Anthozoa
    rank: class
  6. Cnidaria
    rank: phylum
  7. Mollusca
    rank: phylum
  8. Echinodermata
    common name: Echinoderms rank: phylum
  9. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  10. Testudines
    rank: order
  11. Reptilia
    rank: class
  12. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  13. Rhodophyta
    rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Diveboarders are everywhere on the planet!

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Alexander Casassovici
originator
position: Chief Diveboarder
Diveboard
Neuilly sur Seine
92200
FR
Telephone: +33695033446
email: alex@diveboard.com
homepage: http://www.diveboard.com
Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
position: Contributor
Datafable
BE
email: dimibrosens@gmail.com
Alexander Casassovici
owner
position: Chief Diveboarder
Diveboard
Neuilly sur Seine
92200
FR
email: alex@diveboard.com
homepage: http://www.diveboard.com
Dimitri Brosens
point of contact
position: Contributor
Datafable
BE
email: dimibrosens@gmail.com
Peter Desmet
processor
position: Contributor
Datafable
BE
email: peter.desmet@gmail.com
homepage: http://peterdesmet.com
Dimitri Brosens
administrative point of contact
position: Contributor
Datafable
BE
email: dimibrosens@gmail.com
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