Leveraging Public Data to Predict Global Niches and Distributions of Rhizostome Jellyfishes.

ABSTRACT: As climate change progresses rapidly, biodiversity declines, and ecosystems shift, it is becoming increasingly difficult to document dynamic populations, track fluctuations, and predict responses to climate change. Concurrently, publicly available databases and tools are improving scientific accessibility, increasing collaboration, and generating more data than ever before. One of the most successful projects is iNaturalist, an AI-driven social network doubling as a public database designed to allow citizen scientists to report personal biodiversity reports with accuracy. iNaturalist is especially useful for the research of rare, dangerous, and charismatic organisms, but requires better integration into the marine system. Despite their abundance and ecological relevance, there are few long

SUBMITTER: Anthony CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10215779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature