Expanding conservation culturomics and iEcology from terrestrial to aquatic realms

0538549 - BC 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Jaric, Ivan - Roll, U. - Arlinghaus, H. - Belmaker, J. - Chen, Y. - China, V. - Douda, K. - Essl, F. - Jaehnig, S.C. - Jeschke, J.M. - Kalinkat, G. - Kalous, L. - Ladle, R. - Lennox, R.J. - Rosa, R. - Sbragaglia, V. - Sherren, K. - Šmejkal, Marek - Soriano-Redondo, A. - Souza, Allan T. - Wolter, C. - Correia, R.A.
Expanding conservation culturomics and iEcology from terrestrial to aquatic realms.
PLOS Biology. Roč. 18, č. 10 (2020), s. 1-13, č. článku e3000935. ISSN 1544-9173. E-ISSN 1545-7885
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR(CZ) TJ02000012; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_025/0007417; GA AV ČR(CZ) Fellowship J. E. Purkyně
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 677039 - ClimeFish
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) Fellowship J. E. Purkyně
Program: Fellowship J. E. Purkyně
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : social media data * fresh-water biodiversity * ecosystem services * mediterranean sea * marine * fisheries * science * images * fish
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 8.029, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000935

The ongoing digital revolution in the age of big data is opening new research opportunities. Culturomics and iEcology, two emerging research areas based on the analysis of online data resources, can provide novel scientific insights and inform conservation and management efforts. To date, culturomics and iEcology have been applied primarily in the terrestrial realm. Here, we advocate for expanding such applications to the aquatic realm by providing a brief overview of these new approaches and outlining key areas in which culturomics and iEcology are likely to have the highest impact, including the management of protected areas., fisheries., flagship species identification., detection and distribution of threatened, rare, and alien species., assessment of ecosystem status and anthropogenic impacts., and social impact assessment. When deployed in the right context with awareness of potential biases, culturomics and iEcology are ripe for rapid development as low-cost research approaches based on data available from digital sources, with increasingly diverse applications for aquatic ecosystems.
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