Shoreline Shell Surveys in Port Phillip Bay

Citizen scientists accompany EcoCentre experts on beach shoreline shell surveys to collect shells and record the distribution, variety and abundance of bivalves and gastropods. Measurements are taken, abundance is estimated, species are identified or described and photographed for the record. Monitoring shells over a long time may give us information about how the populations are tracking, and the effects of climate change on their populations.公民科学家（Citizen scientists）陪同生态中心（EcoCentre）专家开展海滩岸线贝壳调查，收集贝壳并记录双壳类（bivalves）与腹足类（gastropods）的分布、种类及丰度。研究人员会进行测量、估算丰度、鉴定或描述物种，并拍摄照片存档。长期监测贝壳可帮助我们了解种群的动态变化趋势，以及气候变化对其种群的影响。