CoFish: co-designing citizen science between fishers and scientists to monitor the phosphorus distribution across two lake Geneva basins
The management implications of this work are that using a single reference sampling point to represent the lake basin is practical but not straightforward. In the discussion we advocate for a re-evaluation of the TP targets, given radical changes in the lake's physical structure and food web. We further highlight the important role of engaging fishers in citizen science, which in CoFish resulted in bridging existing gaps between lake management, science and fisheries, providing a broader basis for lake conservation.
Authors
- Bruno J. Strasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-6670)
- Bastiaan Willem Ibelings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7213-7407)
- Philippe Arpagaus
- Mridul K. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5089-5610)
- Matteo Gios
- Tania Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6816-3848)
- Orlane Anneville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1075-5661)
- Roxane Fillion
- Yasmine Moftizadeh
- Elisa Radosta
- Laura Fayet
- Alexandre Fayet
- Daniel Chollet
- Yves Depraz
- Michaël Dumaz
- Neal Ricci
- Lydia Lucchetta
- Maria Luengo Almada
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Roche (Switzerland) (CH)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Hôpital Beau-Séjour (CH)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
- Amer Sports (France) (FR)
- Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (CH)
- American Nephrology Nurses Association (US)
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02472-x
- Primary Topic
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Université de Genève
- Stiftung Mercator