Citizen Science in the NR SAMDB MERI Team...Citizen Science in the NR SAMDB MERI Team ... Wind speed...
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Citizen Science in the
NR SAMDB MERI Team
Renata Rix
Senior Project Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation
5/02/2015
We started with ….
Approx 250 sites established
• Salinity (as EC)
• Nitrate
• Phosphate
• Turbidity
• pH
• Temperature
• Macroinvertebrates
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12000
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20000
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/10
/20
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/01
/20
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/06
/20
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10
/08
/20
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9/2
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14
/09
/20
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/06
/20
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2/1
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/06
/20
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/06
/20
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/09
/20
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/20
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/08
/20
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3/1
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/07
/20
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/07
/20
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/08
/20
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/11
/20
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/20
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/08
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/20
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/08
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/09
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/06
/20
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BRE-050
Salinity at one site on the Bremer River
The value…..
• Long-term WQ data
• Federally collated (BOM)
• Independent of Govt monitoring
• Local capacity
• Partnerships
Bird monitoring …..
….is big!
What else….
The value….
• Capture all data (not restricted)
• Share with the world
• Add to corporate knowledge
• Bird ID training and ID hotline to expand knowledge and capacity
• Support surveys in target areas as required
• Community see it, share it, value it
http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/samurraydarlingbasin/get-
involved/community-monitoring