Social and ecological change in the Gulf of California : an investigation of small-scale fisheries in the Anthropocene
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- As global environmental and socioeconomic change impacts resource-dependent societies worldwide, small-scale fisheries are increasingly exposed to local threats and external pressures. Marine scientists and natural resource managers have devoted substantial research effort to describing the emergent phenomena impacting specific marine organisms, populations, and food webs. Yet comparatively little attention has been dedicated to investigating the consequences for coastal fishing communities and livelihood practices. In this dissertation, I investigate the cross-scale interactions and feedbacks shaping patterns of marine resource abundance and extraction within modern small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of California. Recognizing that the delineation between marine ecosystems, natural resources and associated social systems is increasingly artificial and arbitrary, I adopt an integrated systems science approach to identify the oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic drivers transforming regional small-scale fisheries. Leveraging theory and methods from diverse disciplines, I identify processes of social and ecological change that are rapid, intensive, and intertwined and suggest that fishers' interactions with the marine environment are increasingly dictated by the contextual factors mediating their perception of and response to external stimuli. Analysis of in situ decision-making, behavior, and response following system perturbation is used to provide insight concerning the design and development of locally relevant adaptation and mitigation strategies. In illustrating the value of diverse and participatory methods, I argue that marine resource management and conservation in the human-dominated epoch known as the Anthropocene requires the integration of different types of knowledge and the use of inclusive research approaches.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Frawley, Timothy Haight |
|---|---|
| Degree committee member | Broad, Kenny |
| Degree committee member | Crowder, Larry B |
| Degree committee member | Gilly, William |
| Degree committee member | Micheli, Fiorenza |
| Thesis advisor | Broad, Kenny |
| Thesis advisor | Crowder, Larry B |
| Thesis advisor | Gilly, William |
| Thesis advisor | Micheli, Fiorenza |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Biology. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Timothy Haight Frawley. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Biology. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Timothy Haight Frawley
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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