2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/24/2018 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | DO PEOPLE KNOW THE ROLE OF MUSSEL-RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR HUMAN WELLBEING? | 321
DO PEOPLE KNOW THE ROLE OF MUSSEL-RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR HUMAN WELLBEING?
Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Freshwater mussels (Unionoida) provide important ecosystem services in lakes and rivers such biofiltration, nutrient cycling and storage, structural habitat, tools and jewelry, and spiritual enhancement. Freshwater mussels are globally imperiled and their conservation is threatened by human actions such as poor watershed management. An awareness by the public of the ecosystem services provided by mussels could aid in their conservation. To explore the public’s perception of mussel-provided ecosystem services, we conducted a sociocultural valuation. Our study site was a well-studied, small river in the southcentral U.S. known for its high mussel biodiversity, the Kiamichi River. We conducted 400 face-to-face interviews with watershed residents to explore social awareness of a) mussel ecosystem services and linkages with human wellbeing, b) how three different water-flow scenarios might impact ecosystem services provided by mussels. Our study demonstrates that exploring social awareness of ecosystem services is a useful tool in watershed management, as well as in freshwater mussels’ conservation
- Mussel
- Social Values
- Conservation
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Antonio J. Castro
(), Idaho State University, castanto@isu.edu;
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Caryn C. Vaughn
(), University of Oklahoma, carynvaughn@gmail.com;
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Cristina Quintas-Soriano
(), Idaho State University, quincris@isu.edu;
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Noe Ferreira-Rodriguez
(), Universidade de Vigo, noeferreira@uvigo.es;
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