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.

智力优势：该奖项将支持土著观测网络（ION）的持续发展，该网络专注于阿拉斯加中部育空河和塔纳纳河流域的水化学、水质和排放以及传统生态知识（TEK）。这项基于社区的工作是 NSF 北极观测网络 (AON) 的一部分，该网络支持长期、科学驱动的观测，使研究能够了解北极环境系统的快速变化。 AON 是更广泛的北极环境变化研究 (SEARCH) 的组成部分。 ION 由育空河部落间流域委员会运营，将涉及个人和社区，他们将全年沿着两条河流进行测量并获取水样。美国地质调查局将免费分析水样。需要测量和分析的变量包括：水温、pH、电导率、溶解氧、主要离子、碱度、溶解气体（氧气、二氧化碳、甲烷）、微量金属、稳定氧同位素比（O-18/O-16）、营养物和溶解有机碳（DOC）。该项目将为育空河和塔纳纳河提供第一个全年水化学和水质数据集，这将有助于评估生物地球化学通量的季节性变化及其对流域水文和生态系统变化的响应。育空河流域是了解气候变化的哨兵流域，在白令海和白令海峡生态系统中发挥着至关重要的作用。 更广泛的影响：该项目为育空河和塔纳纳河流域的农村和广泛分散的原住民社区进行能力建设。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，并为当地社区提供开展自己的研究所需的工具和培训，并以有意义的方式为更广泛的科学目标做出贡献。这些数据可通过项目网站和 AON 数据存储库 CADIS（北极合作数据和信息服务）免费公开地提供给科学界和所有其他感兴趣的各方。 ION 还与 NSF 资助的北极当地观测和知识交换中心 (ELOKA) 合作，就将获得的 TEK 的记录和管理提供建议。