Expanding Aquatic Observations through Recreation
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1 Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, 2 National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 3 Lowestoft Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Suffolk, United Kingdom, 4 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 5 School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 6 Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 7 Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Ramsgate, United Kingdom, 8 Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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