Occurrence records of spiders mobilized through SpiderIndia citizen science initiative on Facebook
Citation
Barman N, Jadhav Kulkarni N, Basu Roy A, Vattakaven T, Kulkarni S, Barve V (2022). Occurrence records of spiders mobilized through SpiderIndia citizen science initiative on Facebook. Version 1.2. India Biodiversity Portal. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7jz829 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-17.Description
India harbors an incredible biodiversity across its diverse bioms, yet much research is directed at charismatic vertebrate species. In contrast, invertebrates, despite their manifold diversity, remain understudied. The current state of knowledge on spiders in India exemplifies this issue. Even among common species, their precise spatial distribution, seasonal occurrence and natural history are poorly studied. In this dataset, we curated observational records from the SpiderIndia citizen science platform and established a systematic workflow to enrich occurrence data by leveraging the popularity of existing social media communities such as SpiderIndia. This occurrence data is being validated by taxonomic experts and is being made publicly available on GBIF.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Occurrence records from Facebook group SpiderIndia (https://facebook.com/groups/SpiderIndia/) were extracted and compiled into tabular data by parsing the unstructured data into standardized Darwin Core format.Sampling
The digital images with associated metadata contributed by citizens on social media websites were used to create a workflow. Observational data was organized in a tabular form and in standardized format and furnished through a search algorithm tailored to detected taxon names. Taxon names were provided using the World Spider Catalog Database publicly available at https://wsc.nmbe.ch/. This data was manually curated by the hired interns and validated by the data experts to be qualified as research grade data.Method steps
- Data was mobilized from the SpiderIndia community on Facebook. A total of 20,000 observations spanning between the years 2011 and 2021 were extracted of which about 15,000 observations were filtered through the curation and validation process. The founder and moderator of this project facilitated the extraction of this existing data through Facebook. A team of developers from the IBP developed the workflow to extract the data into tabular format on the portal for curation and uploaded as a data table on IBP. A taxonomic expert enhanced this data by identifying, annotating and validating observations.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Araneaecommon name: Spiders rank: order
Geographic Coverages
This dataset compiles occurrence records from all over India.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Nandita Barmanoriginator
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
IN
email: barmannandita283@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-7633
Nalini Jadhav Kulkarni
originator
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
IN
email: nalini.jadhav3444@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-2211
Arjan Basu Roy
originator
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
IN
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562
Thomas Vattakaven
originator
position: Senior Application Scientist
Strand Life Sciences
Ground Floor, UAS Alumni Association Building, Veterinary College Campus, Bellary Road,
Bangalore
560 024
Karnataka
IN
Telephone: +91 9686601656
email: thomas.vee@gmail.com
homepage: https://strandls.com/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2337-3825
Siddharth Kulkarni
originator
position: Research Associate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
US
email: sskspider@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-4704
Vijay Barve
metadata author
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: http://vijaybarve.net/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
Vijay Barve
custodian steward
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
Vijay Barve
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature Club
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567