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Glaciers in Alaska and western North America Glaciers in Alaska and western North America
This chapter summarizes the location, status, and projections of glaciers in Alaska and western North America. Recent events, including the 2021 surge of Muldrow Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, are summarized. The implications of glacier loss for ecosystems, water resources, and mountain hazards are discussed.
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Caitlyn Florentine
Seasonal migrations and other movements Seasonal migrations and other movements
In the past 25 years new information has been obtained on the migrations and movements of mountain sheep (bighorn [Ovis canadensis], thinhorn [Ovis dalli]). This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of mountain sheep migration and other movements across their broad distribution in western North America. Across the range of mountain sheep, migrations and other seasonal movements...
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Blake Lowrey
Frameworks for assessing tsunami hazard and risk Frameworks for assessing tsunami hazard and risk
Tsunamis are multiscale phenomena resulting from a water column displacement that may be induced by multiple sources, and range from local scale inundation processes to ocean-wide scale wave propagation. Different strategies may be required to model tsunami evolution at different scales and to characterize various intensity measures. Research in tsunami hazard and risk has focused mostly...
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Natalia Zamora, Anita Grezio, Maria Papathoma-Kohle, Fatemeh Jalayer, Dimitra Salmanidou, Thomas E. Parsons, Eric L. Geist, Jacopo Selva, Mathilde B. Sørensen, Irina Rafliana
Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries
Recreational fisheries are interconnected, complex, adaptive systems characterized by multiple direct and indirect interactions among ecological and human subsystems. This is important for many reasons, including that feedbacks between the social and ecological dimensions lead to difficult-to-predict, often entirely unexpected, outcomes and because many management and governance systems...
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Abigail J. Lynch, Len M. Hunt, A. Ben Beardmore, Brett T. van Poorten, Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus
Best practices for understanding recreational fishers Best practices for understanding recreational fishers
In this closing chapter of our edited book, we summarize what we believe are best practices for understanding recreational fishers. Fishers are an integral part of the recreational fishery social-ecological system, and we emphasize the importance of placing them in that context. We begin with an overview of the process of developing a project and conclude with some broad suggestions for
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Brett van Poorten, Len M. Hunt, E. Arlo Richardson, Abigail J. Lynch, Kevin L. Pope
Preface Preface
Despite more than 50 years of research into the human dimensions of recreational f isheries, there is no textbook to present the theoretical grounding, operationalisation, and interpretation of the most elemental social components involved in fisheries management – namely, outcomes and trade-offs, behaviours (and antecedents or predictors of it), and the relationships among actors...
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Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus, Len M. Hunt, Abigail J. Lynch, Brett T. van Poorten
Introducing disciplinary perspectives and interdisciplinary possibilities for studying recreational fishers and fisheries Introducing disciplinary perspectives and interdisciplinary possibilities for studying recreational fishers and fisheries
Individuals from many disciplines conduct research to understand the social dimension of recreational fisheries. This diverse inquiry has produced a comprehensive understanding of the behaviours of recreational fishers, the outcomes from fishing, and the relationships among fishers, others, and the natural and human environment. The associated body of research, however, is largely...
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Len M. M. Hunt, Noëlle Boucquey, Ben Beardmore, Joseph Christensen, David C. Fulton, Mary Mackay, Richard T. Melstrom, John R. Post, Susan A. Schroeder, Ruth H. Thurstan, E. Ingrid van Putten, Robert Arlinghaus
Participatory modelling to support evaluation of management actions for recreational fisheries Participatory modelling to support evaluation of management actions for recreational fisheries
Participatory modelling (PM) is a collaborative problem-solving approach that involves shared learning through the development of a model or multiple models with a group of participants and a modelling team. PM has the potential to be used more frequently to address recreational fisheries problems. We focus on our experience working with small groups (usually
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Michael J. Wilberg, Brian J. Irwin, Michael L. Jones
Integrating diverse stakeholder knowledge in recreational fisheries decision making Integrating diverse stakeholder knowledge in recreational fisheries decision making
Scientists and policymakers increasingly recognize that recreational fisheries decision making should in some way involve the knowledge of affected stakeholders. There are myriad studies about integrating stakeholder knowledge, but they span broad disciplines and topics. Lacking is (i) simple taxonomies that organize general approaches for integrating knowledge, and (ii) a review and...
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Edward V. Camp, Brett T. van Poorten, Kelly Filer Robinson, Hannah Harrison, Vivian M. Nguyen, Chelsey Crandall, Kai Lorenzen, Will Casola, Michel Dedual, Kotryna Klizentyte
Adaptive management for recreational fisheries decisions in the face of uncertainty Adaptive management for recreational fisheries decisions in the face of uncertainty
Recreational fisheries management requires making decisions that consider social, economic, and ecological dimensions. The feedbacks among ecological changes and social responses by fishers create complexity and uncertainty. However, uncertainty can impede the integration of ecological and social dimensions, particularly when considering human behavioural responses to management...
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Kelly Filer Robinson, Robert Arlinghaus, Edward V. Camp, John R. Post, Richard Stedman, Steve Sutton
Data standardization and management to facilitate large-scale and interdisciplinary approaches access Data standardization and management to facilitate large-scale and interdisciplinary approaches access
Bringing data related to recreational fishers and fisheries together across large scales can provide tremendous insight. Methods for collecting, analysing, and storing data can vary dramatically, which can have significant implications for the use of these data. Efforts to standardise data within organisations often increase the ability to compare datasets from different areas, monitor...
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Nicholas Allen Sievert, Rebecca M. Krogman, Holly Susan Embke
Review and synthesis of the applications of machine learning to coalbed methane recovery Review and synthesis of the applications of machine learning to coalbed methane recovery
Over the last 30 years, a substantial literature has evolved on the use of machine learning (ML) to assess, predict, and improve the efficiency of coalbed methane (CBM) recovery. In the United States, the production of CBM declined as shale gas production matured, but CBM continues to be an important energy resource in other parts of the world. ML applications that have the potential to...
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Emil Attanasi, Timothy Coburn, Philip A. Freeman