ConDidact Citizen Science Surveys - Snails 2015

Jesper Bønløkke1, Isabel Calabuig2, Lotte Endsleff2

1 ConDidact, , Denmark; 2 DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, , Denmark

Corresponding author(s): Jesper Bønløkke (jeb@condidact.dk), Isabel Calabuig (icalabuig@snm.ku.dk), Lotte Endsleff (lendsleff@snm.ku.dk)

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Resource Citation

ConDidact Citizen Science Surveys (2015): Snails 2015. v1. Danske-Dyr, Condidact. Dataset/Occurrence. http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=condidact_snails-2015&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

Danish: Den Store Sneglejagt 2015.
Occurrence dataset created by a citizen science project for schools and day care centres, conducted from September 1 to October 1, 2015, in Denmark. The survey was organized by ConDidact (Danish private company with several websites used for teaching pupils about e.g. Danish animals, www.danske-dyr.dk). The participants searched for 6 species of snails:
•	Arion ater (European Black Slug, Danish: Sort skovsnegl)
•	Arion rufus (Large Red Slug, Danish: Rød skovsnegl)
•	Arion cf. vulgaris (Spanish slug, Danish: Iberisk skovsnegl)
•	Helix pomatia (Burgundy Snail, Danish: Vinbjergsnegl)
•	Cepaea hortensis (White-lip Gardensnail, Danish: Havesnegl)
•	Cepaea nemoralis (Larger Banded Snail, Danish: Lundsnegl)
The project invited the public to search for specific species in their local area. Species descriptions, instructions etc. were made available on a project website (http://danske-dyr.dk/Sv%C3%A6r/naturjagter/Den%20store%20Sneglejagt%202015/). Observations of species could be submitted through an online form. The species observations were documented by digital photos, and later were validated by scientific experts.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Citizen Science, Snails, Gastropoda

Data published through GBIF: http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=condidact_snails-2015

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Selected Danish snail species
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Gastropoda
Common names: Snails

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Denmark, Germany
Coordinates: 53°31'48''N and 57°50'24''N Latitude; 7°50'24''E and 15°29'24''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: September 1, 2015 - October 1, 2015

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive ConDidact Citizen Science Surveys - Snails 2015
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/archive.do?r=condidact_snails-2015
Publication date of data: 2015-12-01
Language: Danish
Licences of use: This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</a>.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-10-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset