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Hiding in Plain Sight: Secondary Analysis of Data Records as a Method for Learning about Citizen Science Projects and Volunteers’ Skills

Open Access
|Nov 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.476 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 20, 2021
Accepted on: Aug 24, 2022
Published on: Nov 11, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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