0202410220346
Seagrass-Watch Description: Seagrass-Watch is an Australia-based project that engages volunteers worldwide to monitor seagrass, an important indicator of coastal ecosystem health. At the same time the program aims to raise awareness on seagrass ecosystems.
STARDIT ID:
The project has a simple philosophy of involving those who are concerned, and involves collaboration/partnerships between scientists, community and data users (environment management agencies).
The project operates across 259 sites in 17 countries, involving participants in collecting quantitative data on seagrasses and associated fauna using simple and scientifically rigorous techniques. At least one person at each monitoring event must have completed Seagrass-Watch training or possess relevant scientific qualifications.STARDIT ID:
0202410220346
Dates
State ongoing
Start 1998-03-28
Form updated 2024-10-22
Report authors
Heather McCulloch
0009-0009-0065-3654
Main report author
0009-0009-0065-3654
Main report author
Location
Global
Category
management/monitoring
Inputs
organisation
Seagrass-Watch Global Seagrass Observing Network (link)
Task: Primary organisation that runs the program, established in 1998 as a not-for-profit organisation
organisation
Swansea University
ID: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/
Task: Associated with development of the SeagrassSpotter app
group of individuals
Citizen scientists
Task: Set up monitoring sites | conduct regular surveys, monitor sites and measure seagrass overage | capture photoquadrats to document seagrass conditions visually | collect samples when required | record data | measure environmental parameters | submit data, follow standardised protocols.
Compensation: volunteer
Outputs and impacts
dataset (open)
Dataset
Impact: Dataset being developed, impact unknown