Plankton Portal

PROJECT

Url:http://www.planktonportal.org/
Start date:
End date:
Infrastructure: Zooniverse

TEAM

Official team page:http://www.planktonportal.org/#/team
Leader:

Partner institutions: RSMAS, University of Miami, Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center, BellaMare, Adler Planetarium

PROJECT DEFINITION

Subject

Natural sciences > biology, biological oceanography, planktology, climatology (nature/conservation)

Description

Classifying plankton from images gathered by the In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System.

Purpose.

The information can be used to map oceanic carbon dioxide levels, as plankton provide a valid indicator.

Research question.

Understanding how plankton types are distributed at a variety of ocean depths.

ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS

Tasks description.

Measuring and classifying plankton.

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Grey typology

Participation typology

Contribution type:


Computing:	NO	Thinking:	NO
Sensing:	NO	Gaming:	NO

Crowdsourcing	☑	Distributed intelligence	☐
Participatory science	☐	Extreme citizen science	☐
Science outreach	☐

Data collection	☐
Data analysis	☑
Data interpretation	☐--------

Gaming

Genre:

Gaming elements:

Interface

Data type to manipulate: pictures

interface enjoyment:
Interface usability: easy to use

Member profiles::N/A
Member profile elements:

ABOUT GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK

Guidance

Feedback on

Tutorial and documentation:	YES
Training sequence:	SOMEWHAT
Peer to peer guidance:	SOMEWHAT

individual performance:	Somewhat
collective performance:	Somewhat
research progress:	Somewhat

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COMMUNITY

Tools	News & Events
Communication: website, blog, forum Social Network: Twitter, Facebook	Main news site: http://blog.planktonportal.org/ Frequency of project news updates: several/week Type of events: Frequency of events :
Community description
Community size (volounteers based): Role: Interaction form: Has official community manager(s): N/A Has team work N/A

Other information about community:
Community led additions:

OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION

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