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
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
14
/10
/20
01
19
/01
/20
02
22
/06
/20
02
10
/08
/20
02
1/0
9/2
00
2
14
/09
/20
02
18
/06
/20
03
2/1
1/2
00
3
20
/06
/20
04
2/1
1/2
00
4
26
/06
/20
05
25
/09
/20
05
14
/06
/20
06
2/0
9/2
00
7
16
/08
/20
08
3/1
2/2
00
8
11
/07
/20
09
20
/07
/20
09
31
/08
/20
09
12
/11
/20
09
3/0
8/2
01
0
6/0
8/2
01
0
9/0
8/2
01
0
13
/08
/20
10
17
/08
/20
10
21
/08
/20
10
27
/08
/20
10
6/0
9/2
01
0
12
/09
/20
10
17
/09
/20
10
5/1
0/2
01
0
2/0
1/2
01
1
30
/04
/20
11
19
/06
/20
11
7/0
8/2
01
1
30
/11
/20
11
6/0
2/2
01
2
6/1
0/2
01
3
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
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