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Can citizen science contribute to fish assemblages monitoring in understudied areas? The case study of Tunisian marine protected areas

机译：公民科学能为受研究不足的地区的鱼类种群监测做出贡献吗？突尼斯海洋保护区案例研究

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Resource monitoring is a key issue in ecosystem management especially for marine protected areas (MPAs), where information on the composition and structure of fish assemblages is crucial to design a sound management plan. Data on fish assemblage are usually collected using Underwater Visual Censuses (UVC). However, fish assemblages monitoring in MPAs usually calls for considerable resources in terms of costs, time and technical/scientific skills. Financial resources and trained scientific divers may, however, not be available in certain geographical areas, that are thus understudied. Therefore, involving citizen volunteer divers in fish assemblage monitoring and adopting easy-to-use underwater visual census methods could be an effective way to collect crucial data. Citizen science can be used only if it can provide information that is consistent with that collected using standard scientific monitoring. Here, we aim to: 1) compare the consistency of results from a Standard scientific UVC (S-UVC) and an Easy-to-use UVC (E-UVC) method in assessing fish assemblage spatial variability, and 2) test the consistency of data collected by Scientific Divers (SD) and Scientifically Trained Volunteer divers (STV), using E-UVC. We used, in two consecutive years, three Tunisian future Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and adjacent areas as case studies. E-UVC and S-UVC data were consistent in highlighting the same spatial patterns for the three MPAs (between MPAs and, inside and outside each one). No significant difference was recorded between data collected by SD or STV. Our results suggest that E-UVC can provide information representing simplified proxies for describing fish assemblages and can therefore be a valuable tool for fish monitoring by citizen divers in understudied areas. This evidence could foster citizen science as an effective tool to raise environmental awareness and involve stakeholders in resource management. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
机译：资源监测是生态系统管理中的一个关键问题，特别是对于海洋保护区而言，在鱼类保护区，关于鱼群的组成和结构的信息对于设计合理的管理计划至关重要。通常使用水下视觉普查（UVC）收集鱼群数据。但是，MPA中的鱼群监测通常需要大量的资源，包括成本，时间和技术/科学技能。但是，在某些地理区域中可能没有可用的财务资源和训练有素的科学潜水员，因此对此进行了研究。因此，让公民志愿潜水员参与鱼群监测并采用易于使用的水下视觉普查方法可能是收集关键数据的有效方法。公民科学只有在其提供的信息与使用标准科学监测收集的信息相一致时，才能使用。在这里，我们的目标是：1）比较标准科学UVC（S-UVC）和易用UVC（E-UVC）方法在评估鱼群空间变异性中的结果的一致性，以及2）测试一致性科学潜水员（SD）和经过科学训练的志愿者潜水员（STV）使用E-UVC收集的数据。我们连续两年使用了三个突尼斯未来的海洋保护区（MPA）和邻近地区作为案例研究。 E-UVC和S-UVC数据在突出显示三个MPA（在MPA之间以及每个内部和外部之间）的相同空间模式方面保持一致。 SD或STV收集的数据之间没有记录显着差异。我们的结果表明，E-UVC可以提供代表简化鱼群描述鱼类信息的信息，因此可以成为研究不足地区的公民潜水员进行鱼群监测的有价值的工具。这些证据可以促进公民科学成为提高环境意识并使利益相关者参与资源管理的有效工具。 （C）2017 Elsevier Ltd.保留所有权利。

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