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COASST: Citizen Science for Coastal Conservation

COASST engages over 780 participants across Alaska in monitoring bird populations on over 375 beaches, contributing data on 147 species to track climate effects and ecosystem health. Through in-community training and online data submission, COASST plays a crucial role in early warning systems, fishery bycatch monitoring, entanglement rates, oil spill baselines, harmful algal blooms, and more. Join COASST at www.coasst.org for a meaningful citizen science experience!

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COASST: Citizen Science for Coastal Conservation

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  1. Schrimpf et al. MEPS 2012 460:247

  2. check us out @ www.coasst.org

  3. Where is COASST? in Alaska 13 years ~780 participants ~375 beaches >42,000 birds found 147 species

  4. How Does COASST Work? in-community COASST training in-community COASST refreshers in-community COASST socials participants collect data phone, email, facebook interaction w/ COASST view and/or download from www.coasst.org effects of climate (w/ BeachCOMBERS, JISAO, NOAA) participants (e)mail datasheets & photos to COASST participants enter data online fishery bycatch baseline in the Salish Sea (w/ WDFW, CWS) entanglement rates (w/ GFNMS, BeachCOMBERS) COASST verifies ALL data early warning for avian influenza (w/ WDFW) COASST Reports special projects & data requests www.coasst.org oil spill baseline (w/ NOAA) harmful algal blooms (w/ OCNMS, UCSC, USGS) public, scientific, and academic talks remote community involvement (w/ AK Sea Grant) western grebe population genetics (w/ PRBO Conservation Science)

  5. http://www.biodiverseperspectives.com synthesis project: 9 students; 8 universities debut: Science On-line Conference 31 Jan 2013 highest traffic: 1087 visits 8 Feb 2013

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