Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey Questionnaire and GIS Participatory Mapping
2.2. Spatial Analysis
2.3. Recreational Fishing Contests and Landings from Commercial Fishing Fleet
2.4. Risk Assessment
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Survey Questionnaire and GIS Participatory Mapping
3.2. Recreational Fishing Contests and Landings from Commercial Fishing Fleet
3.3. AS-ISK Invasiveness Risk
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parretti, P.; Monteiro, J.G.; Gizzi, F.; Martínez-Escauriaza, R.; Alves, F.; Chebaane, S.; Almeida, S.; Pessanha Pais, M.; Almada, F.; Fernandez, M.; et al. Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438
Parretti P, Monteiro JG, Gizzi F, Martínez-Escauriaza R, Alves F, Chebaane S, Almeida S, Pessanha Pais M, Almada F, Fernandez M, et al. Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023; 11(2):438. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438
Chicago/Turabian StyleParretti, Paola, João Gama Monteiro, Francesca Gizzi, Roi Martínez-Escauriaza, Filipe Alves, Sahar Chebaane, Silvia Almeida, Miguel Pessanha Pais, Frederico Almada, Marc Fernandez, and et al. 2023. "Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 2: 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438
APA StyleParretti, P., Monteiro, J. G., Gizzi, F., Martínez-Escauriaza, R., Alves, F., Chebaane, S., Almeida, S., Pessanha Pais, M., Almada, F., Fernandez, M., Nogueira, N., Andrade, C., & Canning-Clode, J. (2023). Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(2), 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438