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Full title: Citizen Science Monitoring of Existing and Potential Marine Invasive Species Around Svalbard
Partners: Akvaplan-niva (lead), Svalbard Folkehøgskole, Artsdatabanken, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Project manager: Amanda Ziegler
Funding agency: Svalbard Miljøvernfond
See also project information on Research in Svalbard.
Objectives
- Develop user-friendly tools for the identification of existing and potential marine invasive species around Svalbard that could be used by local inhabitants at and visitors to Svalbard
- Test the developed tools and collect samples to monitor for newly established invasive species around Svalbard in collaboration with Svalbard Folkehøgskole