Abstract
The oceans' phytoplankton that underpin the marine food chain appear to be changing in abundance due to global climate change. Here, we compare the first four years of data from a citizen science ocean transparency study, conducted by seafarers using home-made Secchi Disks and a free Smartphone application called Secchi, with contemporaneous satellite ocean colour measurements. Our results show seafarers collect useful Secchi Disk measurements of ocean transparency that could help future assessments of climate-induced changes in the phytoplankton when used to extend historical Secchi Disk data.
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0186092
Publication Date
2017-12-06
Publication Title
PLOS ONE
Volume
12
Issue
12
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
ISSN
1932-6203
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
e0186092
Last Page
e0186092
Recommended Citation
Seafarers, S., Lavender, S., Beaugrand, G., Outram, N., & et al. (2017) 'Seafarer citizen scientist ocean transparency data as a resource for phytoplankton and climate research', PLOS ONE, 12(12), pp. e0186092-e0186092. Public Library of Science (PLoS): Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186092
