The Yukon River Basin Indigenous Observation Network: Uniting Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science to Address and Understand Water Resources in the Arctic

育空河流域土著观测网络：结合传统生态知识和西方科学来解决和了解北极水资源

• 批准号: 1020417
• 负责人: Edda Mutter
• 金额: $ 94.22万
• 依托单位: Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-15 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1020417&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Yukon; River; Basin; Indigenous; Observation

Intellectual Merit: This award will support the continued development of an Indigenous Observation Network (ION) that focusses on water chemistry, water quality and discharge, and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in the Yukon and Tanana river watersheds in central Alaska. This community-based effort is part of the NSF Arctic Observing Network (AON), which supports long-term, science-driven observing that enables research into understanding rapid environmental system change in the Arctic. AON is a component of the broader Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). Operated by the Yukon River Inter-tribal Watershed Council, the ION will involve individuals and communities who will make measurements and obtain water samples year-round along the two rivers. The water samples will be analyzed at no-cost by the U.S. Geological Survey. The variables to be measured and analyzed include: water temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, major ions, alkalinity, dissolved gasses (oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane), trace metals, stable oxygen isotope ratios (O-18/O-16), nutrients and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC). This project will produce the first year-round water chemistry and water quality data set for the Yukon and Tanana rivers, which will permit assessment of the seasonal variability of biogeochemical fluxes and their response to changing hydrology and ecosystems in the watersheds. The Yukon River watershed is a sentinel watershed for understanding climate change and plays a vital role in the Bering Sea and Bering Strait ecosystems.Broader Impacts: This project builds capacity in the rural and widely-dispersed native communities of the Yukon and Tanana river watersheds. It trains local tribal technicians to use standardized protocols to collect, analyze and interpret baseline water chemistry and water quality data, and equips local communities with the tools and training necessary for them to carry out their own research and contribute to broader scientific scientific objectives in a meaningful way. The data are freely and openly available to the scientific community and all other interested parties via a project Web site and at CADIS (Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service), the AON data repository. The ION also collaborates with the NSF-funded Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge in the Arctic (ELOKA) for the purpose of advising on recording and curation of the TEK that will be obtained.

知识分子的优点：该奖项将支持持续发展的土著观察网络（ION），该观察网络着重于育空地区和阿拉斯加中部田纳纳河水域的水质，水质和排放以及传统的生态知识（TEK）。这项基于社区的努力是NSF北极观测网络（AON）的一部分，该网络支持长期，以科学为导向的观察，该观察能够研究了解北极的快速环境系统变化。 AON是对环境北极变化（搜索）更广泛研究的组成部分。由育空河间分水岭理事会经营，离子将涉及个人和社区，这些个人和社区将进行测量并全年沿两条河流获得水样。美国地质调查局将在无成本上分析水样品。要测量和分析的变量包括：水温，pH值，电导率，溶解氧，主要离子，碱度，溶解的气体（氧，氧气，二氧化碳，甲烷），痕量金属，稳定的氧同位素比率（O-18/O-16）（O-18/O-16），营养元素和溶解的有机碳（DOC）。该项目将为Yukon和Tanana河流生产第一年的水化学和水质数据集，这将允许评估生物地球化学通量的季节性变异性及其对流域中水文学和生态系统变化的反应。 Yukon河流域是一个哨兵分水岭，用于了解气候变化，并在白令海和白令海峡生态系统中起着至关重要的作用。BRODER的影响：该项目在农村和广泛分散的本地社区中建立了能力。它培训当地部落技术人员使用标准化协议来收集，分析和解释基线水化学和水质数据，并为当地社区提供所需的工具和培训，以便以有意义的方式进行自己的研究并为更广泛的科学科学目标做出贡献。该数据是通过项目网站和Cadis（合作北极数据和信息服务）自由公开地向科学界和所有其他有关方面提供的，AON数据存储库。离子还与NSF资助的北极（ELOKA）的本地观察和知识的交流合作，以建议将获得的TEK记录和策划。