OCE-PRF: Quantifying the ecological role of pre-contact aquaculture in Pacific Northwest indigenous societies

OCE-PRF：量化太平洋西北土著社会接触前水产养殖的生态作用

• 批准号: 1323839
• 负责人: Marco Hatch
• 金额: $ 19万
• 依托单位: hatch Marco
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323839&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: OCE; PRF; Quantifying; ecological; role

Overview: In this project, the fellow seeks to document the cultural and ecological context of ancient marine resource management systems in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory, on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The fellow will quantify the ecological impacts of creating a clam garden - human-made rock terraces in the intertidal. Research involves monitoring the physical environment (temperature, salinity, nutrients) and growth rates of clams within and out of extant clam gardens. The research project will be concurrently hosted by Simon Fraser University (SFU) with Drs. Anne Salomon and Dana Lepofsky and at the Northwest Indian College (NWIC) with Dave Oreiro (Director of the National Indian Center for Marine Environmental Research and Education at Northwest Indian College). Northwest Indian College will be the primary host organization. These two organizations both provide unique and necessary resources. SFU is home to the Hakai network and has carefully cultivated collaborative efforts between First Nations, archaeologists, and ecologists. NWIC will provide access to new research facilities, dedicated to culturally relevant marine ecology. Intellectual Merit: Ancient clam gardens have been identified from Washington to Alaska, spanning multiple cultures and oceanographic conditions. This research focuses on a geographic region of rich culture and clam garden density, Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. In this research project, the fellow will assess the ecological impacts of clam gardens to pursue the following research objectives: (1) test the role of clam gardens on growth rates of two species both locally and along a latitudinal gradient, (2) quantify the level of recruitment in and out of clam gardens for the same two species, and (3) quantify how clam gardens alter physical environmental variables. Concurrent with this ecological study, collaborators (Dana Lepofsky (SFU) and Elroy White (Heiltsuk)), will investigate the antiquity and cultural relevance of clam gardens in the traditional Heiltsuk territory. Broader Impacts: This research involves the participation of American Indians in marine science and combines traditional ecological knowledge and Western ways of knowing to broaden participation of American Indian students at a tribal college. Combining traditional ecological knowledge and Western ways of knowing, without placing one over the other, is an effective way to engage American Indian students. The majority of laboratory work will be carried out at the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington. This will allow American Indian students to be directly involved with all stages of research and form student-driven hypotheses nested within the larger project. Students will have access to the study material and multiple opportunities to travel to field sites to gain hands-on experience working with the PI.This postdoctoral fellowship is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences and by the International Science and Engineering Section of the Office of International and Integrative Activities.

概述：在这个项目中，该研究员试图记录加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省中央海岸海尔特苏克原住民传统领土古代海洋资源管理系统的文化和生态背景。该研究员将量化创建蛤园（潮间带的人造岩石阶地）的生态影响。研究涉及监测现有蛤园内外蛤的物理环境（温度、盐度、营养物质）和生长速度。该研究项目将由西蒙弗雷泽大学（SFU）与博士同时主持。 Anne Salomon 和 Dana Lepofsky 以及西北印度学院 (NWIC) 的 Dave Oreiro（西北印度学院国家​​海洋环境研究和教育中心主任）。西北印度学院将是主要主办机构。这两个组织都提供独特且必要的资源。 SFU 是 Hakai 网络的所在地，精心培养原住民、考古学家和生态学家之间的合作。 NWIC 将提供新的研究设施，致力于与文化相关的海洋生态学。智力优势：从华盛顿到阿拉斯加，已经发现了古代蛤蜊花园，跨越了多种文化和海洋条件。这项研究的重点是加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省贝拉贝拉这个文化丰富、蛤园密度大的地理区域。在这个研究项目中，研究员将评估蛤园的生态影响，以实现以下研究目标：（1）测试蛤园对当地和沿纬度梯度的两个物种的生长率的作用，（2）量化相同两个物种在蛤园内外的招募水平，以及（3）量化蛤园如何改变物理环境变量。在这项生态研究的同时，合作者（Dana Lepofsky (SFU) 和 Elroy White (Heiltsuk)）将调查传统 Heiltsuk 地区蛤蜊花园的古老性和文化相关性。更广泛的影响：这项研究涉及美洲印第安人对海洋科学的参与，并将传统的生态知识和西方的认识方式结合起来，以扩大美洲印第安人学生在部落学院的参与。将传统的生态知识和西方的认识方式结合起来，而不是把两者放在一起，是吸引美国印第安人学生的有效方法。大部分实验室工作将在华盛顿贝灵厄姆的西北印度学院进行。这将使美国印第安人学生能够直接参与所有阶段的研究，并在更大的项目中形成学生驱动的假设。学生将有机会获得学习材料，并有多次前往实地考察的机会，获得与 PI 合作的实践经验。这项博士后奖学金得到了海洋科学部和办公室国际科学与工程科的支持。国际和综合活动。