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An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in NIS Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Diversity

Version 1 : Received: 18 April 2024 / Approved: 18 April 2024 / Online: 18 April 2024 (12:30:12 CEST)

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Zenetos, A.; Delongueville, C.; Scaillet, R. An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Xenodiversity. Diversity 2024, 16, 299. Zenetos, A.; Delongueville, C.; Scaillet, R. An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Xenodiversity. Diversity 2024, 16, 299.

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.

Keywords

Alien species; Mediterranean Sea; mollusca; citizen science; amateur malacologists

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

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