Avistamientos de Biodiversidad Marina / Marine Biodiversity Sightings

Study Extent

El Caribe y Pacifico Colombiano en todos los puntos que tienen acceso turístico. The Colombian Caribbean and Pacific— at all points with tourist access.

Sampling

Registros de avistamientos de biodiversidad marina compartidos por una comunidad de observadores científicos y no científicos asociados a actividades turísticas, evaluados y curados a traves Seak, una aplicación para dispositivos móviles gratuita. Dirigida por Biólogos Marinos, basada en el concepto de ciencia participativa que les permite de forma ordenada y continua compartir fotografías y posiciones geográficas de los avistamientos que ven en cada una de sus expediciones al mar. Record of marine biodiversity sightings shared by a community of scientists and non-scientists associated with tourism activities, assessed and curated by Seak, a free mobile application. Led by a group of Marine Biologists, it is based on the concept of participatory science that enables users to share their photos and geographical positions of the sightings that they see in each of their sea expeditions in an orderly and continuous way.

Quality Control

Todos los datos recibidos son evaluados y curados por especialistas. All data received is assessed and curated by specialists. Controlled vocabulary adjustment in: - Record element: type; - Geographical element: stateProvince, county, documentation of municipality and verbatimlocality elements, - Taxonomic elements: scientificName, specific categories are documented in the verbatimTaxonRank element.

Method steps

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