Table 1 Items of the perceived knowledge section from the questionnaire for citizen scientists of the project Care4Seals in Autumn 2022 in the Adriatic-Ionian region, divided into subsections by thematic areas and with possible score values
From: Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation
Item | Topic | Subsection | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mediterranean monk seal distribution | Seal biology | 0–3 |
2 | Mediterranean monk seal sightings in your area | Seal biology | 0–3 |
3 | Mediterranean monk seal habitat | Seal biology | 0–3 |
4 | Mediterranean monk seal reproductive period | Seal biology | 0–3 |
5 | Guidelines to correctly behave when encountering a monk seal | Seal conservation | 0–3 |
6 | Human-related risk of extinction of the Mediterranean monk seal populations | Seal conservation | 0–3 |
7 | Mediterranean monk seal conservation projects | Seal conservation | 0–3 |
8 | Environmental DNA presence, origin, and dispersion in marine water | eDNA monitoring | 0–3 |
9 | Scientific monitoring of species based on environmental DNA | eDNA monitoring | 0–3 |
10 | Procedures to collect and filter environmental DNA samples | eDNA monitoring | 0–3 |