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

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ambrose, William G. Jr, Clough, Lisa M., Johnson, Jeffrey C., Greenacre, Michael, Griffith, David C., Carroll, Michael L., Whiting, Alex
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers
• Subjects: Environmental change; Scientific ecological knowledge; Traditional ecological knowledge; Sclerochronology; Knowledge networks; Arctic; Bates; Carroll; Clough; Greenland; Griffith; Greenland cockle; Serripes groenlandicus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44949; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00040

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 variatio...