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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 ;
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 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.
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]
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
Parameter
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Contributors
University of Haifa, data creator
Edelist, Dor
Angel, Dror
Nakar, Noa
Angel, Dror
Nakar, Noa
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, data manager
Rallis, Ioannis
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Other:
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Citizen science
Release date: 2025-01-22
Metadatarecord created: 2025-02-24
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
