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Healthy Human Population

Currently, ocean and other factors in the Puget Sound watershed affect human health via the transmission of disease, as well as exposure to marine biotoxins and chemical contaminants (Sound Science 2007). This topic may also include articles pertaining to beneficial—not just adverse—conditions for human health.

Sources:

Sound Science: Synthesizing ecological and socioeconomic information about the Puget Sound ecosystem. Published 2007. Used by permission.

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Threats: Impacts of Natural Events and Human Activities on the Ecosystem

Editors

Scott F. Pearson1, Nathalie Hamel2, Steven Walters3, and John Marzluff3

Section Authors

Introduction: Scott F. Pearson1, Steven Walters3, and Nathalie Hamel2
Climate Change: Heather Cornell3
Residential, Commercial and Industrial Development: Steven Walters3
Shoreline Modification: Steven Walters3
Pollution: James West4
Invasive and Non-native Species: Heather Cornell3
Ecosystem Models and Their Evaluation: Scott F. Pearson1 and Steven Walters3
Conclusion: All authors contributed

 

Water Quantity , Water Quality , Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Species and Food Webs , Protect and Restore Habitat , Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Ecosystem-Based Management
Climate Change, Invasive Species, Social and Economic Sciences

Section 3. Harmful Algal Blooms

Background

Water Quality , Healthy Human Population , Plants, Invertebrates
Monitoring

Section 3. The Nature of Human Well-being

Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Ecosystem-Based Management
Social and Economic Sciences

Section 3. An Approach to Selecting Ecosystem Indicators for Puget Sound

1. Background

What are ecosystem indicators and why are they useful?

Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Ecosystem-Based Management

Ecosystem-Based Management: Understanding Future and Desired System States

Phillip S. Levin1, Andy James2, Jessi Kershner3, Sandra O’Neill1, Tessa Francis1, Jameal Samhouri1, Chris Harvey1, Michael T. Brett2, and Daniel Schindler3

 
1 NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA.
2 University of Washington, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
3 University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle Washington
Water Quantity , Water Quality , Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Species and Food Webs , Protect and Restore Habitat , Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Ecosystem-Based Management

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Featured report— 2013 Health Impact Assessment: Proposed Cleanup Plan for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site

Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life
Tribes, Social and Economic Sciences

Extended abstract— Poisoning the body to nourish the soul: Prioritising health risks and impacts in a Native American community

Juvenile Manila clams. Photo: Julie Barber

This is an extended abstract of Poisoning the body to nourish the soul: Prioritising health risks and impacts in a Native American community by Jamie L. Donatuto, Terre A. Satterfield and Robin Gregory. The full article was published in Health, Risk & Society, Vol. 13, No. 2, April 2011, 103–127. The extended abstract was prepared for the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound by Jamie L. Donatuto. 

Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Ecosystem-Based Management
Tribes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Social and Economic Sciences

Well-Being Indicators in the Puget Sound Basin

A summary and categorization of types of social indicators and metrics used by government and non-government agencies in the Puget Sound Basin.

Healthy Human Population , Human Quality of Life , Ecosystem-Based Management
Social and Economic Sciences

Ecosystem services in Puget Sound

Whale watching boat in Puget Sound.

Ecosystem services are the “outputs” and experiences of ecosystems that benefit humans, and are generated by the structure and function of natural systems, often in combination with human activities. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a global effort to catalog and assess ecosystem status and functions, offers a useful classification scheme.

Healthy Human Population , Plants , Ecosystem-Based Management

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