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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 2011-2024. Version 2.1. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/lverbw. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8755
Contact: Edelist, Dor ;

Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License 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.

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Jellyfish, Occurrence, ANE, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Salpida, Siphonophorae, Thaliacea, Tunicata

Geographical coverage
Atlantic North East [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 July 2011 - 31 May 2024

Taxonomic coverage
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Salpida [WoRMS]
Siphonophorae [WoRMS]
Thaliacea [WoRMS]
Tunicata [WoRMS]

Contributors
University of Haifa, moredata creator

Release date: 2025-01-22
Metadatarecord created: 2025-02-24
Information last updated: 2025-02-27
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