Expanding conservation culturomics and iEcology from terrestrial to aquatic realms.

ABSTRACT: The ongoing digital revolution in the age of big data is opening new research opportunities. Culturomics and iEcology, two emerging research areas based on the analysis of online data resources, can provide novel scientific insights and inform conservation and management efforts. To date, culturomics and iEcology have been applied primarily in the terrestrial realm. Here, we advocate for expanding such applications to the aquatic realm by providing a brief overview of these new approaches and outlining key areas in which culturomics and iEcology are likely to have the highest impact, including the management of protected areas; fisheries; flagship species identification; detection and distribution of threatened, rare, and alien species; assessment of ecosystem status and anthropogenic impa

SUBMITTER: Jaric I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7595319 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature