Coral reefs and residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands: A relationship of knowledge, outdoor activities and stewardship
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2010 |
| Descripción: | To test the hypotheses that U.S. Virgin Islanders’ knowledge about local coral reefs is correlated with behavior, and that different sociological groups of residents have different patterns of knowledge and behavior, a mixed approach to surveying residents was used: (1) personal interviews were held in public locations and (2) an online version of the survey was administered to residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands. From July-October 2008, 462 residents over 18 years old were surveyed. Results indicate that people who engaged in outdoor activities knew significantly more about coral reefs (Spearman p<0.01, r2=0.128). Those more knowledgeable about coral reefs engaged in more positive stewardship activities (e.g. beach clean-ups) (Spearman p<0.01, r2=0.127). Negative behaviors (e.g. anchoring on reef) were not significantly correlated with increased knowledge of coral reefs (Spearman p=0.911, r2=-0.000025). Fishers did not have greater ability in identifying Acropora palmata coral than non-fishers (χ2=4.138, p=0.126); however, swimmers, snorkelers and divers (as a class) were more able to identify A. palmata than non-swimmers (χ2 =9.764, p=0.002). Most residents identified sea turtle species as endangered (hawksbill turtle, 78.9%) but only 48.2% of the responses included Acropora spp. as threatened. Resident attitudes towards conservation of local resources were overwhelmingly positive |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20078 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20078 |
| Palabra clave: | knowledge behavior stewardship coral reefs U.S. Virgin Islands survey acropora conocimiento conducta responsabilidad arrecifes de coral Islas Vírgenes EEUU encuesta |