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Botany Bay Watch - Marine Biodiversity Survey

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Volunteering your time to develope the Botany Bay Watch - Marine Biodiversity Survey will help safe guard the Botany Bay Catchment. You are able to report the species that you have seen, post photos that you have taken, and even report any new species not already listed in this section. Each posting builds the Marine Biodiversity Data Base, which will help us determine the over all health of marine species found within the Botany Bay Catchment.

What is the Botany Bay Marine Biodiversity Survey?

The Botany Bay Marine Biodiversity Survey is an online marine project that anyone can help edit, and evolve. Botany Bay Watch exists essentially to bring knowledge of what is found within Botany Bay to everyone who seeks it. The aim for this biodiversity study, is to compile the most comprehensive record of marine life found within the Botany Bay Catchment, and to monitor any changes occuring within the bays ecosystems.

Who is responsible for the articles in the Marine Biodiversity Survey?

You are! Truthfully, you can edit almost every page, so long as each edit is helpful. This is a collaborative effort. Many local fishermen, divers and snorkellers contribute information to different parts of this project, and anyone can do so, including you. All you need is to know how to edit a page, and have information about marine species that you have seen in the Bay that you want to share.

CLICK HERE If you want to learn more about basic wiki page editing

The main page for each species is for everyone to help develop. If you have background, descriptive or any other information about that species, volunteer your time by helping edit this area. This is the type of page we are referring to.

How do I help out?

It's so easy... Firstly check out our Volunteer Conduct Protocol. This page will outline the survey method that must be adhered to by all Volunteer Marine Biodiversity Survey Divers. Then all you need to do is witness a marine species in the bay, record some basic information as you sight the different species, then enter the information into the Botany Bay Watch online data base. Click here to view the species already in the study. Post your sightings in the data entry section and start to develop the species information.

What if the species I want to report isn't in the list?

Great! Create your own species page. Do some research, maybe add a photo or two, and be the first to add a sighting of that species! Others will even be able to add there sighting to the page you created! How cool is that. Click here to create a new species

Marine Species of Botany Bay