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Long-term ocean monitoring Summary of Proposed Work: This proposal seeks to implement a community-based ocean monitoring program using scientific methodology coupled with local and traditional knowledge to assess long-term changes in the Bering Sea and their impact on local residents. The Aleut Comm...
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| Summary: | Long-term ocean monitoring Summary of Proposed Work: This proposal seeks to implement a community-based ocean monitoring program using scientific methodology coupled with local and traditional knowledge to assess long-term changes in the Bering Sea and their impact on local residents. The Aleut Community of St. PaulIsland's Ecosystem Conservation Office will facilitate collaboration between established scientific researchers and local researchers to deploy moored temperature and salinity sensors in the near shore waters of the PribilofIsland communities of St. George and St. Paul. The data collected from the moorings maintained by each community will provide regional scientists with valuable time-series measurements to track climate-induced changes in the coastal zone of the Bering Sea. Mooring data will be summarized into monthly community briefings to inform local residents and provide a mechanism for residents to respond to direct scientific measurements with current, historical and intuitive observations of local environmental phenomena that may be related to shifts in water temperature and productivity. Local and traditional observations will be archived in a standardized database maintained by the ECO for monthly reporting and to facilitate exchange within and between communities and with scientific researchers. This unique blend of science and local knowledge builds upon a framework of local research capacity established by the WWF Coastal Communities for Science program. The Pribilof Islands Community-Based Ocean Monitoring Program seeks to extend existing local capacity to contribute to a |
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