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Citizen Science based jellyfish observations along the Israeli Mediterranean coast in 2011-2024

Citation

Edelist D D, Angel P D, Nakar M N (2025). Citizen Science based jellyfish observations along the Israeli Mediterranean coast in 2011-2025. Version 2.3. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/lverbw. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8755

Contact: Edelist, Dor ;

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Jellyfish observations (Citizen Science Data) are collected from the Israeli Mediterranean coast and sea since June 2011 via a webapp (www.meduzot.co.il). Observations are validated by experts in a two-tier process, once daily and again semi-annually. This data is used to alert the public to incoming swarms and helps us increase our knowledge of their behavior, ecology, phenology (e.g. Edelist et al. 2022; Levy et al. 2024), and taxonomy (Edelist et al. 2019). The project also educates and disseminates information about jellyfish sting prevention and treatment (Edelist et al. 2023). This data is also stored in the EU Iliad Project Ocean Information Model.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Invertebrates

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · ANE · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Jellyfish · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Occurrence · Oceans · Regional · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · Cnidaria · Ctenophora · Salpida · Siphonophorae · Thaliacea · Tunicata

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 34,4315; MinLat: 28,9779 - MaxLong: 35,1057; MaxLat: 33,1298 [WGS84]

Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1 July 2011 - 6 March 2025

1 July 2011 - 31 May 2024 (EurOBIS harvested data)

Taxonomic coverage

Cnidaria [WoRMS]

Ctenophora [WoRMS]

Salpida [WoRMS]

Siphonophorae [WoRMS]