Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies

Burger, Joanna; Gochfeld, Michael; Niles, Lawrence; Powers, Charles; Brown, Kevin; Clarke, James; Dey, Amanda; Kosson, David

doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4

Title: Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies

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There is considerable interest in developing bioindicators of ecological health that are also useful indicators for human health. Yet, human health assessment usually encompasses physical/chemical exposures and not cultural well-being. In this paper, we propose that bioindicators can be selected for all three purposes. We use Chinook or king salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and red knot (Calidris canutus rufa, a sandpiper) as examples of indicators that can be used to assess human, ecological, and cultural health. Even so, selecting endpoints or metrics for each indicator species is complex and is explored in this paper. Here, we suggest that there are several endpoint types to examine for a given species, including physical environment, environmental stressors, habitat, life history, demography, population counts, and cultural/societal aspects. Usually cultural endpoints are economic indicators (e.g., number of days fished, number of hunting licenses), rather than the importance of a fishing culture. Development of cultural/societal endpoints must include the perceptions of local communities, cultural groups, and tribal nations, as well as governmental and regulatory communities (although not usually so defined, the latter have cultures as well). Endpoint selection in this category is difficult because the underlying issues need to be identified and used to develop endpoints thatmore »« less

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Burger, Joanna ^[1]; Gochfeld, Michael ^[2]; Niles, Lawrence ^[3]; Powers, Charles ^[4]; Brown, Kevin ^[4]; Clarke, James ^[4]; Dey, Amanda ^[5]; Kosson, David ^[4]

Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Division of Life Sciences; Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation; Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Conserve Wildlife, Greenwich, NJ (United States)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and CRESP
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ (United States). Endangered and Nongame Species Program

Publication Date:: Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1354851

Grant/Contract Number:: FC01-06EW07053

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 187; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-6369

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Indicators; Human health; Ecological health; Endpoints; Cultural health; Subsistence

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                    Burger, Joanna, Gochfeld, Michael, Niles, Lawrence, Powers, Charles, Brown, Kevin, Clarke, James, Dey, Amanda, and Kosson, David. Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Burger, Joanna, Gochfeld, Michael, Niles, Lawrence, Powers, Charles, Brown, Kevin, Clarke, James, Dey, Amanda, & Kosson, David. Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4

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                    Burger, Joanna, Gochfeld, Michael, Niles, Lawrence, Powers, Charles, Brown, Kevin, Clarke, James, Dey, Amanda, and Kosson, David. Tue .  
"Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1354851.

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@article{osti_1354851,

  title        = {Complexity of bioindicator selection for ecological, human, and cultural health: Chinook salmon and red knot as case studies},

  author       = {Burger, Joanna and Gochfeld, Michael and Niles, Lawrence and Powers, Charles and Brown, Kevin and Clarke, James and Dey, Amanda and Kosson, David},

  abstractNote = {There is considerable interest in developing bioindicators of ecological health that are also useful indicators for human health. Yet, human health assessment usually encompasses physical/chemical exposures and not cultural well-being. In this paper, we propose that bioindicators can be selected for all three purposes. We use Chinook or king salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and red knot (Calidris canutus rufa, a sandpiper) as examples of indicators that can be used to assess human, ecological, and cultural health. Even so, selecting endpoints or metrics for each indicator species is complex and is explored in this paper. Here, we suggest that there are several endpoint types to examine for a given species, including physical environment, environmental stressors, habitat, life history, demography, population counts, and cultural/societal aspects. Usually cultural endpoints are economic indicators (e.g., number of days fished, number of hunting licenses), rather than the importance of a fishing culture. Development of cultural/societal endpoints must include the perceptions of local communities, cultural groups, and tribal nations, as well as governmental and regulatory communities (although not usually so defined, the latter have cultures as well). Endpoint selection in this category is difficult because the underlying issues need to be identified and used to develop endpoints that tribes and stakeholders themselves see as reasonable surrogates of the qualities they value. We describe several endpoints for salmon and knots that can be used for ecological, human, and cultural/societal health.},

  doi          = {10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4},

  journal      = {Environmental Monitoring and Assessment},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 187,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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