Historical ecology of the Raja Ampat Archipelago, Papua Province, Indonesia.
Hist Philos Life Sci
; 29(1): 33-56, 2007.
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This work presents a review of the status of marine resources of the Raja Ampat Archipelago, Papua Province, Indonesia, based on narratives of early European expeditions in various museums and libraries in Europe, Canada, and local archives in Papua. More than 500 pertinent documents on the study area were identified and located in various European museums and at the University of British Columbia library. About half of these were scanned (25,000 pages), which yielded the equivalent of 900 pages of text (or 4% of the total number of pages scanned) with observations on abundance and impact of the human population on the marine ecosystem within 2 degrees North and 2 degrees South between 127 degrees and 132 degrees East. In general, these observations, which spanned the period from 1810 to the present, suggest a decrease in the perceived occurrences of turtles, fish, and invertebrates; perceived abundance of turtles, fish, and algae; percieved subsistence exploitation of marine resources; and an increase in perceived commercial exploitation of marine resources. We conclude with a discussion of the problems and potential of contents analysis, and its use in the historical reconstruction of broad biodiversity trends.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ecosistema
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Historia Natural
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Biodiversidad
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Ecología
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Biología Marina
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Oceanografía
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hist Philos Life Sci
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Suiza