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Want to be a citizen scientist? Here are 5 ways to get involved

The Conversation · · 1123 words · By Miki Perkins

The article introduces several citizen science projects in Australia that engage the public in environmental research, including monitoring spider crabs, bushfire resilience, frog populations, freshwater turtles, and native bees. It emphasizes public participation through apps and highlights the impact of these initiatives on scientific understanding and conservation efforts.

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“Every winter in Port Phillip Bay in Naarm/Melbourne, tens of thousands of great spider crabs gather in shallow water to moult – shedding their shells and growing new ones that grow to about 16 centimetres.”
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All cited Wikipedia sources are unrelated to great spider crabs or moult behavior. No evidence confirms the claim about crabs in Port Phillip Bay.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm Naarm Woiwurrung Boonwurrung ) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Ba…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Scenic Railway is a heritage-listed wooden roller coaster located at Luna Park Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. The roller coaster is the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Scenic_Railway
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“Citizen scientists have already logged hundreds of observations, helping researchers identify new gathering sites and better understand when aggregations occur.”
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No sources were found that mention citizen scientists logging spider crab observations.
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“NOBURN has collected 154 verified site observations and more than 160 registered users.”
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Cited Wikipedia source about Dragons' Den is unrelated to NOBURN or its statistics.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of offers made on the British reality television series Dragons' Den in Series 1–10, originally aired during 2005–2012. 104 episodes of Dragons' Den were broadcast consisting o…
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“FrogID has more than 100,000 registered users who have gathered almost 1.5 million frog records.”
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Wikipedia sources mention Australian frogs but provide no data about FrogID's user base or records.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australian Frog Calls (also referred to as Songs of Disappearance: Australian Frog Calls) is an album of Australian frog calls, released on 2 December 2022 by the Bowerbird Collective and Australian M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Frog_Calls
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum and Sydney Museum, is a state public museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated and funded as a cultural institution by…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hinchinbrook nursery frog (Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis), or Hinchinbrook Island nursery frog, is a species of small rainforest frog that is endemic to Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinchinbrook_nursery_frog
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“FrogID has found 13 frog species new to science.”
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No sources were found that mention FrogID discovering new frog species.
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“Freshwater turtle numbers have fallen 60–90% across most of the rivers and wetlands of Australia.”
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No sources were found that quantify freshwater turtle population declines in Australia.
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“The 1 Million Turtles project has logged nearly 34,000 turtle records across the country.”
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“The project has saved more than 2,600 turtles from dangerous road crossings and protected over 1,940 turtle nests from invasive foxes and pigs.”
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No sources were found that quantify turtles saved or nests protected by the project.
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“Data from the program has led to the conservation status of turtle species being upgraded to threatened or endangered.”
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No sources were found that link project data to changes in turtle conservation status.
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“There are more than 2,000 species of native bee, including the Megachile bee.”
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No sources were found that quantify native bee species or mention Megachile bees specifically.
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“Some species of Megachile bee use plant leaves or petals to build their nests.”
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“Members of the public can use the iNaturalist app to identify plants used by leafcutter bees.”
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