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Heiltsuk第一民族传统领地古代海洋资源管理系统的文化和生态背景。这位研究员将量化创建一个蛤蜊园的生态影响-在潮间带人造岩石梯田。研究涉及监测物理环境（温度，盐度，营养）和蛤蜊的生长速度内外现存的蛤蜊花园。该研究项目将由西蒙弗雷泽大学（SFU）与Anne Salomon和Dana Lepofsky博士以及西北印度学院（NWIC）与Dave Oreiro（西北印度学院国家印度海洋环境研究和教育中心主任）共同主持。西北印度学院将是主要的主办组织。这两个组织都提供独特和必要的资源。SFU是Hakai网络的所在地，并精心培养了原住民，考古学家和生态学家之间的合作努力。NWIC将提供专门研究与文化相关的海洋生态的新研究设施。学术价值：从华盛顿到阿拉斯加，古代蛤蜊园已经被确定，跨越了多种文化和海洋条件。本研究的重点是丰富的文化和蛤蜊园密度的地理区域，贝拉贝拉，不列颠哥伦比亚省，加拿大。在这项研究计划中，该研究员将评估蛤蜊园的生态影响，以实现以下研究目标：（1）测试蛤蜊园对两个物种在当地和沿着纬度梯度的生长率的作用，（2）量化蛤蜊园内外两个物种的补充水平，以及（3）量化蛤蜊园如何改变物理环境变量。在进行这项生态研究的同时，合作者（Dana Lepofsky（SFU）和Elroy白色（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参与海洋科学，并结合传统的生态知识和西方的认识方式，以扩大美洲印第安学生在部落学院的参与。结合传统的生态知识和西方的认识方式，而不是把一个在另一个，是一个有效的方式来吸引美国印第安学生。大部分实验室工作将在华盛顿贝灵汉的西北印第安学院进行。这将使美国印第安学生直接参与研究的所有阶段，并形成嵌套在更大的项目中的学生驱动的假设。学生将有机会获得学习材料和多种机会前往实地考察，以获得与PI合作的实践经验。该博士后奖学金由海洋科学司和国际和综合活动办公室的国际科学与工程科提供支持。