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  • Como and Phalen lake ChatBot water quality and recreation text survey, 2022 and 2023
  • Small, Gaston E; Co-Investigator; University of St. Thomas | Minneapolis-St. Paul Long Term Ecological Research
    Finlay, Jacques; Co-Investigator; University of Minnesota | Minneapolis-St. Paul Long Term Ecological Research
    Keeler, Bonnie; Co-Investigator; University of Minnesota | Minneapolis-St. Paul Long Term Ecological Research
  • 2024-05-31
  • Small, G.E., J. Finlay, and B. Keeler. 2024. Como and Phalen lake ChatBot water quality and recreation text survey, 2022 and 2023 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • We collected data from visitors to two urban lakes in Saint Paul, Minnesota, using a conversational chatbot to assess visitor perception of current lake water quality, trends in water quality over time, and other questions relevant to park managers. Data were collected at Como Lake in 2022 and 2023, and at Lake Phalen in 2023. Signs were installed at three locations around each lake with high pedestrian traffic. Each sign had a hook question (“How many watercraft are on the lake right now? Text the number to XXX-XXX-XXXX”). Visitors who responded to this question initiated a series of optional follow-up questions, using a conversational chatbot run by software that automates the sending and receiving of text messages. Survey questions included asking respondents about their primary purpose for visiting the lake today, how often they have visited the lake in the past 12 months, and whether they perceive that water quality in the lake is improving, getting worse, or remaining about the same. Respondents were asked to provide their ZIP code, used to estimate distance traveled to the lake. Respondents also had the opportunity to opt-in to future data collection via phone or text. An AI language model was then used to process the information and parse and synthesize responses. Unique anonymous identifiers were used to key survey response data.

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    • N: 44.985533, S: 44.974392, E: -93.133893, W: -93.14754
    • N: 44.998857, S: 44.977367, E: -93.045101, W: -93.066559
  • knb-lter-msp.6.1  (Uploaded 2024-05-31)  
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