Bering Sea Sub Network: A Distributed Human Sensor Array to Detect Arctic Environmental Change

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该合同将支持白令海子网络（BSSN）的继续实施，这是阿拉斯加西部和俄罗斯东北部社区组织的一项区域倡议。BSSN的“智力优势”在于其作为一个分布式网络的运作，它雇用人们作为个人的、协调的传感器，对当地的社会生态变化进行环境观察。BSSN将解决以下问题：(1)在过去的一个世纪中，具有经济意义的物种发生了怎样的变化，居民采取了什么策略来应对这些变化；(2)哪些关键的生物物理变量和指标可能与生态重要物种的分布和性质变化相关；(3)本土和传统知识与西方科学在地方和区域尺度上表现出的时空收敛性和统计相关性如何；(4)个人和社区适应变化的主要趋势、模式和制约因素是什么？该奖项的“更广泛影响”包括更好地了解北极环境系统的变化和复原力，以及如何制定适当的适应战略，以适应北极社区的变化。BSSN将为努力组织观测系统的广大北极居民留下遗产，该观测系统是泛北极环境系统观测的有效合作伙伴。一项关键产品将是一份广为散发和易于获取的出版物，题为《白令海生物资源状况：当地居民的观点》，这是根据当地和土著观察员的观察作出的评估。其他产品将包括一个工具包，供社区根据BSSN的框架制定自己的观察计划，以及一本针对村庄和区域一级的年度插图杂志。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award will support the continued implementation of the Bering Sea Sub-Network (BSSN), a regional initiative of community-based organizations in Western Alaska and Northeast Russia. The "Intellectual Merit" of BSSN lies in its operation as a distributed network which employs people as individual, coordinated sensors for local environmental observations of socio-ecological change. BSSN will address the following questions: (1) how have economically significant species changed over the past century and what strategies have residents used to cope with these changes; (2) what key biophysical variables and indicators may be correlated to changes in distribution and properties of ecologically significant species; (3) how well do indigenous and traditional knowledge and Western science show spatial/temporal convergence and statistical correlation at local and regional scales; and (4) what are the major trends, patterns and constraints in individual and community adaptation to changes? The "Broader Impacts" of this award include a better understanding of Arctic environmental system change and resilience, and how to develop appropriate adaptation strategies to change for Arctic communities. BSSN will leave a legacy for a broad community of arctic residents striving to organize an observing system that is a valid partner in pan-Arctic environmental system observations. A key product will be a widely disseminated and highly accessible publication entitled The State of the Bering Sea Bioresources: Perspectives of Local Residents, an assessment based on observations of local and indigenous observers. Other products will include a tool kit for communities to develop their own observing programs based on the framework of BSSN, and an annual illustrated magazine aimed at the village and regional levels.