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...
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: | |
Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art13/ |
Similar Items
-
A study of sediment formation, transport and deposition in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, with special reference to diatoms
by: Flower, R. J. L.
Published: (1980) -
Searching for a Future for Lough Neagh: Natural Resource Management and Peace Making in Northern Ireland.
by: Carolan, Christine
Published: (2017) -
Rural Waterscape and Emotional Sectarianism in Accounts of Lough Derg, County Donegal
by: James L. Smith
Published: (2019-11-01) -
The ecology of a threatened fish : the pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland
by: Harrod, Chris
Published: (2001) -
A Hydrodynamic Modelling Framework for Strangford Lough Part 1: Tidal Model
by: Louise Kregting, et al.
Published: (2014-01-01)