DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.007
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85033553830
论文题名: Reasons for seagrass optimism: Local ecological knowledge confirms presence of dugongs
作者: Cullen-Unsworth L.C. ; Jones B.L. ; Seary R. ; Newman R. ; Unsworth R.K.F.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2017
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Dugong dugon
; Indonesia
; Local ecological knowledge
; Seagrass
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Ecology
; Marine biology
; Population statistics
; Surveys
; Dugong dugon
; Ecological survey
; Indonesia
; Local ecological knowledge
; Population sizes
; Resource management
; Seagrass habitats
; Seagrasses
; Plants (botany)
; adult
; Dugong
; female
; habitat
; human
; human experiment
; Indonesia
; interview
; male
; national park
; nonhuman
; optimism
; population size
; resident
; resource management
; seagrass
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Dugongs (Dugong dugon) depend on seagrass meadows for food. As such seagrass and dugong conservation should go hand in hand. Assessing dugong populations is notoriously challenging. In the most resource dependent communities Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) is generally high and can provide an alternative to the use of expensive ecological surveys to understand dugong populations and support associated resource management decisions. Residents of the Wakatobi National Park (WNP), SE Sulawesi, Indonesia are highly dependent on marine resources for livelihoods and correspondingly LEK is high. Here LEK documents the presence of D. dugon in the WNP and infers changes in population size. Interviews with local residents in 2012-2013 revealed 99 sightings of dugongs since 1942, 48 of which occurred between 2002 and 2012, with 79.82% of respondents having seen a dugong. Declines in the frequency of sightings within the lifetime of several respondents were reported, respondents speculating that populations are reduced. This information can guide further cooperative research and conservation efforts for the protection of a vulnerable species and the seagrass habitat on which it depends. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/88157
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作者单位: Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, 33 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA, UK; Project Seagrass, 33 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA, UK; Cambridge Coastal Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Pl, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK; School of Applied Sciences, University of South Wales, Pontypridd CF37 4BE, UK; Seagrass Ecosystem Research Group, College of Science, Wallace Building, Swansea University, SA2 8PP, UK
Recommended Citation:
Cullen-Unsworth L.C.,Jones B.L.,Seary R.,et al. Reasons for seagrass optimism: Local ecological knowledge confirms presence of dugongs[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01