Accurate Mental Maps as an Aspect of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK): a Case Study from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

Accurate Mental Maps as an Aspect of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK): a Case Study from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

A mental map of the substrate of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, compiled from interviews with local fishermen, is compared with maps produced by science-based techniques. The comparison reveals that the mental map is highly accurate. This finding contrasts with the spatial distortion characteristic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John McKenna, Rory J. Quinn, Daniel J. Donnelly, J. Andrew G. Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
Geophysical survey
LEK
local environmental knowledge
Lough Neagh
mental maps
Northern Ireland
traditional fishery
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art13/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art13/

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