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: Received: 18 April 2024 / Approved: 18 April 2024 / Online: 18 April 2024 (12:30:12 CEST)
How to cite:
Zenetos, A.; DELONGUEVILLE, C.; SCAILLET, R. An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity. Preprints2024, 2024041259. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1259.v1
Zenetos, A.; DELONGUEVILLE, C.; SCAILLET, R. An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity. Preprints 2024, 2024041259. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1259.v1
Zenetos, A.; DELONGUEVILLE, C.; SCAILLET, R. An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity. Preprints2024, 2024041259. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1259.v1
APA Style
Zenetos, A., DELONGUEVILLE, C., & SCAILLET, R. (2024). An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1259.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zenetos, A., Cristiane DELONGUEVILLE and Roland SCAILLET. 2024 "An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1259.v1
Abstract
This work reports 60 marine alien molluscs, collected by two Belgian citizen scientists, from nine countries across the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Some of their published observations concerning the collecting dates are compared with the year of first publication for these alien molluscs reported in the literature, which enabled to backdate some of these introductions. This underlines the importance of collaboration between volunteers and institutional scientists in tracing variations and changes in the environment and biodiversity.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
