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Strandaanspoelsel (beach washup) Monitoring Project (SMP)
Beneficiary: stichting ANEMOON
The SMP was started in 1997 to track changes in populations of organisms along the Dutch coastline and is carried out by volunteer observers (citizen scientists). These observers walk a fixed SMP route (SMP-traject) along the beach once every two or four weeks at low tide at one of our fourteen SMP-trajects along the Dutch shoreline.
They register all washed-ashore organisms and/or their remains. These data are used to calculate trends and indicate changes in the species populations living...Read more
The SMP was started in 1997 to track changes in populations of organisms along the Dutch coastline and is carried out by volunteer observers (citizen scientists). These observers walk a fixed SMP route (SMP-traject) along the beach once every two or four weeks at low tide at one of our fourteen SMP-trajects along the Dutch shoreline.
They register all washed-ashore organisms and/or their remains. These data are used to calculate trends and indicate changes in the species populations living in the nearshore zone.