Interpreting environmental change in coastal Alaska using traditional and scientific ecological knowledge

Interpreting environmental change in coastal Alaska using traditional and scientific ecological knowledge

Humans who interact directly with local ecosystems possess traditional ecological knowledge that enables them to detect and predict ecosystem changes. Humans who use scientific ecological methods can use species such as mollusks that lay down annual growth rings to detect past environmental variati...

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Main Authors: William Gerald Ambrose Jr., Lisa eClough, Jeffrey eJohnson, Michael eGreenacre, David eGriffith, Michael eCarroll, Alex eWhiting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Arctic
environmental change
knowledge networks
sclerochronology
traditional ecological knowledge
scientific ecological knowledge
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2014.00040/full

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