Citizen scientists have contributed more than half of all species records to Australia's national biodiversity database—the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)—and play a crucial role in supporting conversation and biodiversity research, a new study has found.
"More than 9.6 million new species occurrence records were added to the ALA from"In some cases, citizen science data make up the majority of public data records for species, like the Black Rockcod where 63 percent of all records come from citizen scientists.
"Citizen science is a global movement and through improved technologies and the ability to integrate with other datasets to create ',' this will help to solve some of the biggest ecological questions and ultimately deliver better species outcomes," Dr. Roger said. at 31 percent, while fungi are one of the lowest represented taxonomic groups at just 1.4 percent of records.
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