A case study in Citizen Science Theory & Practice on The Living Sailor project. We show that with the help of more than 1,000 volunteers on Zooniverse, you can gather high-quality data from more than 10,000 iNaturalist observations and answer decades old questions in high seas science.
Our recent paper published in Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution exploring the phylogeny of Metridinidae, a diel vertically migrating family of copepods, and their opsin and luciferase diversity
(Photo credit: Goetze & Peijnenburg)
An assortment of photographs I have taken while documenting the wonderful variety and biodiversity of the neustonic realm
If you want to learn more about high seas science, feel free to reach out to me at any of these platforms