Collaborative Research: Investigating Ecological Change in the Nearshore Kotzebue Sound Ecosystem: Simultaneous application of Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge

0138596 AmbroseThis跨学科的研究结合了科学生态知识（SEK）和因纽特人关于Kotzebue声音，阿拉斯加的传统生态知识（TEK）。 该研究将侧重于开发近岸Kotzebue Sound的生态概况，并测试有关食物网，污水影响和生态系统变化的三个假设。 将使用民族志的常用方法来引出TEK，标准海洋学技术将用于研究的SEK部分。 该项目包括与当地学校的外联活动，并将使所有年龄段的当地学生参与数据收集过程。

0138596AmbroseThis interdisciplinary study combines scientific ecological knowledge (SEK) and the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Inupiat people regarding Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. The research will focus on developing an ecological profile of the nearshore Kotzebue Sound and testing three hypotheses regarding food webs, sewage impacts, and ecosystem change. Common methods of ethnography will be used to elicit TEK, and standard oceanographic techniques will be used for the SEK portion of the study. The project includes outreach to local schools and will bring local students of all ages into the data collection process.