Floating Forests: Validation of a Citizen Science Effort to Answer Global Ecological Questions

Isaac Rosenthal1, Jarrett Byrnes2, Kyle C Cavanaugh3, Alison J. Haupt4, Laura Trouille5, Thomas W. Bell3, Andrew Rassweiler6, Alejandro Pérez-Matus7 and Jorge Assis8, (1)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department, Boston, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)California State Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, United States, (5)Adler Planetarium/Zooniverse, Chicago, IL, United States, (6)Florida State University, Department of Biological Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (7)Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marina, Las Cruces, Chile, (8)Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal