Digital innovation with miniSASS, a citizen science biomonitoring tool

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dc.creatorPattinson, N. B.
dc.creatorRussell, C.
dc.creatorTaylor, J.
dc.creatorDickens, Chris W. S.
dc.creatorKoen, R. C. J.
dc.creatorKoen, F. J.
dc.creatorGraham, P. M.
dc.date2023-11-14
dc.date2023-11-15T05:04:14Z
dc.date2023-11-15T05:04:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:44:09Z
dc.descriptionThe mini stream assessment scoring system (miniSASS) was developed as a citizen science biomonitoring tool for assessing the water quality and health of stream and river systems. A miniSASS survey involves sampling the aquatic macroinvertebrate community in a stream or river reach and using the known sensitivities and tolerances of the taxa present to infer information about the water quality and health of the stream or river. The quality of the outcomes of a miniSASS survey is dependent on good sampling technique and accurate identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates by low-skilled citizen scientists. As such, there is potential for errors in sampling and identification which may impact the accuracy of results. In response, we aimed to 1) develop a smartphone application (miniSASS mobile app with built-in machine learning (ML) algorithm for the automatic, real-time identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates) to assist in miniSASS surveys, 2) modernise and upgrade the miniSASS website to handle new data submissions (including photographs) and improve the user interface (UI), and 3) develop an online miniSASS training course. This report presents the methodology and preliminary results pertaining to these objectives.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134498
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164058
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePattinson, N. B.; Russell, C.; Taylor, J.; Dickens, Chris W. S.; Koen, R. C. J.; Koen, F. J.; Graham, P. M. 2023. Digital innovation with miniSASS, a citizen science biomonitoring tool. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation. 11p.
dc.subjectdigital technology
dc.subjectcitizen science
dc.subjectbiomonitoring
dc.subjectrivers
dc.subjectwater quality
dc.subjectmacroinvertebrates
dc.subjectmobile applications
dc.subjectmachine learning
dc.subjectalgorithms
dc.subjectdatabases
dc.subjecttraining
dc.subjectsustainable development goals
dc.titleDigital innovation with miniSASS, a citizen science biomonitoring tool
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