Keywords:
Climatic changes-North America.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Far North, a land of extreme weather and intense beauty, is the only region of North America whose ecosystems have remained reasonably intact. Humans are newcomers and nature predominates. As is widely known, recent changes in the Earth's atmosphere have the potential to create rapid climatic shifts in our life-time and well into the future.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (362 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781317837084
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6129779
DDC:
551.697
Language:
English
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Cover -- Half Title -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Content -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1.1 Conceptual Model of Ecological-Social Interactions -- 1.2 Protected Areas of Alaska -- 1.3 Protected Areas of Canada -- 2.1 Schematic Diagram of the Greenhouse Effect -- 2.2 Diagrams of Global Temperature Variations Since the Pleistocene -- 2.3 Diagram of Global Wind Patterns in the Northern Hemisphere -- 2.4 Approximate Boundaries of Four Broad Climatic Zones in Northern North America -- 3.1 Age Pyramids for Alaskan Populations -- 3.2 Age Pyramids for Canadian, Yukon, and NWT Populations -- 3.3 Comparison of Sex Ratios for Alaska, The Yukon, and NWT and British Columbia and Canada -- 3.4 Sex Ratios of Indigenous Populations in Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and Alaskan Urban Areas -- 3.5 Existing and Proposed Roads And Pipelines in Northern North America -- 4.1 Spatial Changes in Ecoclimatic Zones for Major Boreal and Arctic Ecoclimatic Zones -- 4.2 Directional Moisture Ratio Changes for Major Vegetation Regions of North America -- 5.1 Carbon Distribution Among Terrestrial Ecosystems -- 5.2 Circumpolar Distribution of Boreal Forest, Tundra, and Permafrost -- 6.1 Barren-Ground Caribou in Autumn -- 6.2 Inuit Loading Harvested Caribou onto a Sled, Pelly Bay, NWT -- 6.3 Musk-Oxen in Early June, Victoria Island, NWT -- 6.4 Seasonal Predictions for Climatic Warming of Mainland Arctic Canada -- 6.5 Arctic Place Names and The Ranges of the Major Herds of Barren-Ground Caribou in The NWT -- 6.6 The Decline of Peary Caribou on Banks Island, NWT, 1970-90 -- 6.7 Early Winter Total Snowfall at Sachs Harbor, Banks Island, NWT -- 7.1 Harbor Seals Hauled Out on a Rocky Beach, Año Nuevo Island, California -- 7.2 Steller Sea Lions on a Breeding Site, Lowrie Island, Alaska.
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7.3 Summer Diet of California Sea Lions on San Miguel and San Clemente Islands, 1982-83 -- 8.1 The Exploitable Biomass of Pacific Halibut from 1935-1991 -- 8.2 Comparison of the Combined All-Nation Catch of Salmon and the Smoothed Aleutian Low Pressure Index. -- 8.3 Total Catch of Chinook Salmon in the Strait of Georgia Sport and Commercial Fisheries from 1955-1991. -- 8.4 Marine Survival Percentage of Chinook and Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia -- 9.1 Major Linguistic Groups of Indigenous Peoples in Alaska -- 9.2 Linkages Between Climate-Based Impacts and Potential Sociocultural Responses. -- 9.3 Linkages Between Climatic Events, their Effects on Portions of the Marine Ecosystem, and Probable Impact on Portions of the Norse Marine Hunting Economy. -- 10.1 Per Capita Wild Resource Harvest in Selected Regions of Alaska. -- 10.2 Rural Households Participating in Subsistence in Different Regions of Alaska -- 11.1 The Canadian North and Major Native Communities -- 11.2 Baffin Island, with Clyde River and Hunting Camps Indicated -- 11.3 Clyde Inuit Traditional Ilagiit (Extended Family) Areas, 1920-1945 -- 11.4 Clyde Ringed Sealskin Prices, Sales Volume, and Harvest, 1955-1983 -- 11.5 Suluak and Nuvuktiapik Camp Composition -- 14.1 The Relationship Between Maximum Economic Yield (mey), Maximum Sustained Yield (msy), and Effort (E) Required to Attain them -- 16.1 Gideon K. Barr, Sr., at Ublasaun, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, 1990. -- 16.2 Map of Bering Strait Area Showing Locations Mentioned in Text -- 16.3 Two Inupiat Children with Spotted Seal (in Autumn Near Shishmaref, Alaska, Ca. 1923) -- 16.4 Ublasaun Village, Ca. 1923 -- 16.5 Devil Mountain Lake Maar -- 16.6 Cape Espenberg, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, 1978 -- 16.7 Illaganiq's Whalebone Cairn, Cape Espenberg, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, 1993.
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18.1 Schematic Zonation of a Biosphere Reserve -- 18.2 A Cluster of Biosphere Reserves -- 18.3 Biosphere Reserves in North America -- 18.4 The Region of the Southern Appalachians Man and The Biosphere (Samab) Program -- 21.1 The Mackenzie Basin, Canada -- 21.2 Major Rivers of the Mackenzie Basin -- 2.1 Regional Changes Expected in the Climate of Northern North America -- 3.1 Total and Native Population and Population Densities of The North, 1990-1991 -- 3.2 Fertility in the Far North Expressed as Children Bom Per 1,000 Ever-Married Woman -- 3.3 Past, Current, and Projected Populations -- 3.4 Observed Population Sizes and Densities in Canada by Ecozone -- 4.1 General Circulation Models Used to Construct Climate Change Scenarios -- 4.2 Type of Change in Ecoclimatic Zones for Scenarios Generated by Each GCM -- 5.1 Summary of the Impact of Soil Warming on a Black Spruce Forest -- 5.2 Certainty of Climate Change and its Direct Effects on Vegetation and the Anticipated Impact of these Changes on the Function of Tundra Ecosystems -- 7.1 Marine Mammals Occurring in the Far North Pacific -- 8.1 Hypotheses Proposed as Possible Consequences of Climate Change on Pacific Salmon Stocks in the Fraser River -- 10.1 Harvest Levels and Species Diversity for Selected Alaskan Communities -- 10.2 Standardized Diversity of Wild Food Use is Summarized by Resource Category for Five Upper Tanana Communities -- 10.3 Sharing of Harvested Resources in Five Upper Tanana Communities -- 11.1 Composite Harvest Data for the Four Major Inuit Regions of Canada -- 11.2 Mean Seasonal Ringed Seal Harvest by Clyde Inuit for the Period 1981-1983 -- 18.1 Biosphere Reserves of North America -- 22.1 Various Types of Snow, as Expressed in Arctic Quebec Inuktitut -- Part I: Climate and Human Populations- A Dynamic Balance -- 1 Human Ecology and Climate Change at Northern Latitudes.
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Climatic Variation and Human Populations -- Climate Change, Natural Resources, and Humans -- Resource Management and Human Populations in the Far North -- Climate Change and the Biosocial Environment -- References -- 2 Potential Climate Change in Northern North America -- Environmental Controls on High-Latitude Climate -- Regional Climate Patterns in Northern North America -- Summary -- References -- 3 Demography and Socioeconomics of Northern North America: Current Status and Impacts of Climate Change -- The National and International Contexts of Northern Social Change -- Demographic Information -- Global Warming and Northern Economies -- Summary -- References -- Part II: Predicting Environmental Change -- 4 Modeling Potential Impacts of Climate Change On Northern Landscapes -- Objectives and Approach -- General Description of Models -- Potential Changes in Ecoclimatic Regions -- Potential Changes in Effective Moisture -- Implications for Northern Habitats and Protected Areas -- Summary -- References -- 5 Climate and Ecological Relationships in Northern Latitude Ecosystems -- Physical Environment -- Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems -- Past Changes and Current Observations in Northern Ecosystems -- Summary: The Future of Northern Ecosystems -- References -- 6 Responses of Arctic Ungulates to Climate Change -- People, Caribou, and Musk-Oxen -- Weather and Forage: Caribou and Musk-Oxen -- Climate Change Predictions -- Weather and Fluctuations in Caribou and Musk-Ox Numbers -- Climate Change, People, Caribou, and Musk-Oxen -- Summary -- References -- 7 Effects of Climate Change on Marine Mammals in the Far North -- Marine Mammals of the North Pacific -- Direct Effects of Increased Temperatures -- Indirect Effects Due to Changes in Prey Distribution -- Summary -- References -- 8 Response of Anadromous Fish to Climate Change in the North Pacific.
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Controversies Over Climatic Impacts on Fish Population Dynamics -- The 1976-77 Event in the Mid-Pacific -- The 1976-77 Event in Coastal Areas -- The Impact of Climate Change on Salmon in Fresh Water -- Salmon at their Northern Limits -- Fisheries Management and Research in a Changing Climate -- Summary -- References -- Part III: Human Populations and Natural Resources: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives -- 9 Increments, Ranges, and Thresholds: Human Population Responses to Climate Change in Northern Alaska -- Indigenous Groups: Traditional Resource use and Settlement -- Historic and Cultural Change: 1850-1990 -- Climate and History -- Summary -- References -- 10 Resource Use In Rural Alaskan Communities -- Where Alaskans Live -- Wildlife Harvest Characteristics in Rural Alaska -- The Cultural Importance of Subsistence in Rural Communities -- Subsistence and Social Organization -- Subsistence, Sharing, and Cultural Identity -- Climate Change, Cultural Change, and Access to Wildlife Resources in Alaska -- Summary -- References -- 11 Warming the Arctic: Environmentalism and Canadian Inuit -- Global Warming, Science, and the Arctic -- The Dorset-Thule Transition -- Diamonds in the Far North -- Global Warming and Green Trends -- Seals, Snowmobiles, and Green Concerns -- Inuit Options for the Future -- Summary -- References -- Part IV: Natural Resources and Human Institutions in a Dynamic Environment -- 12 Global Warming and Conflict Management: Resident Native Peoples and Protected Areas -- Two Sociological Premises -- Conflicts Between Native Peoples and Protected Areas Under Conditions of Climate Change -- Water, Electricity, and the Cree -- Preexisting Conditions -- Conflict Management Strategies -- Summary -- References -- 13 Comanagement of Natural Resources: Some Aspects of the Canadian Experience -- Origins and Development of Comanagement.
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What Claims-Based Comanagement Provides.
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