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Motivations and Barriers to Participation in Citizen Science: The Case Study of the Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 8 (2023): Issue 1
By: John Terenzini,  Smriti Safaya and  Laura J Falkenberg  
Open Access
|Jul 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.618 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 30, 2023
Published on: Jul 26, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
citizen science,
jellyfish,
motivations,
barriers,
participation,
Asia

© 2023 John Terenzini, Smriti Safaya, Laura J Falkenberg, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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