2011 Blog Entry: Scientific American: 'Citizen Science Projects: 'Tracking Sevengill Sharks in the Shark Observation Network'
updates
The Sevengill Tracking Project received a mention in the Sept. 2011 online edition of the Citizen Scientist section of Scientific American--I simply forgot to mention it here at the time:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/project.cfm?id=shark-observation-network
Project Details PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST: Vallorie Hodges, Diving Safety Officer SCIENTIST AFFILIATION: Oregon Coast Aquarium DATES: Ongoing LOCATION: California - San Diego area PROJECT TYPE: Observation COST: Free GRADE LEVEL: All Ages TIME COMMITMENT: Variable HOW TO JOIN: Visit the Shark Observation Network Web site and create a user name and password. Once this is done, citizen scientists can contribute their observation data, images and video to the organization's database, which is viewed by researchers as well as citizen scientists.