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Beauvais J, Nibbelink NP, Byers JE. Differential equity in access to public and private coastal infrastructure in the Southeastern United States. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022:e2770. [PMID: 36271664 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite the ubiquity of coastal infrastructure, it is unclear what factors drive its placement, particularly for water access infrastructure (WAI) that facilitates entry to coastal ecosystems such as docks, piers, and boat landings. The placement of WAI has both ecological and social dimensions, and certain segments of coastal populations may have differential access to water. In this study, we used an environmental justice framework to assess how public and private WAI in South Carolina, USA are distributed with respect to race and income. Using publicly available data from State agencies and the US Census Bureau, we mapped the distribution of these structures across the 301 km of the South Carolina coast. Using spatially explicit analyses with high resolution, we found that census block groups (CBGs) with lower income are more likely to contain public WAI, but racial composition has no effect. Private docks showed the opposite trends, as the abundance of docks is significantly, positively correlated with CBGs that have greater percentages of White residents, while income has no effect. We contend that the racially unequal distribution of docks is likely a consequence of the legacy of Black land loss, especially of waterfront property, throughout the coastal southeast during the past half-century. Knowledge of racially uneven distribution of WAI can guide public policy to rectify this imbalance and support advocacy organizations working to promote public water access. Our work also points to the importance of considering race in ecological research, as the spatial distribution of coastal infrastructure directly affects ecosystems through the structures themselves and regulates which groups access water and what activities they can engage in at those sites.
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- Jeffrey Beauvais
- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Integrative Conservation Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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The Ten Commandments of Successful Fishery Management of Wild Brown Trout Salmo trutta Populations in Salmonid Streams in the Bohemian Region (Czech Republic). APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12094602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The brown trout Salmo trutta is a fish species that is vulnerable to climate change and anthropogenic activities in its native range. The case studies of successful restoration of brown trout populations are rare. In this study, fishery managers who successfully restored brown trout populations are sharing their know-how and advice about their conservation strategy. Overall, twenty fishery managers were interviewed to give advice about their successful conservation practices of local brown trout populations. Using a qualitative analysis method, ten main recommendations were extracted: (1) assess the status of local brown trout populations, (2) form a union of fisheries managers and work together, (3) support the ability of the streams to retain water, (4) prevent artificial removal of water from the salmonid streams, (5) adjust the brown trout stocking strategy to individual streams, (6) set strict protection of native wild brown trout populations, (7) enforce angling bans and regulations, (8) support the rearing of brown trout in the aquaculture sector, (9) limit brown trout stocking to genetically native fish, and (10) stock smaller 0 + brown trout instead of large adult ones. In conclusion, the fishery managers agreed on the basic management steps that need to be made to conserve brown trout populations.
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How Did the Czech Fishing Union Convince over 99% of Czech Recreational Anglers to Report Their Harvested Fish and Their Fishing Visits into Their Angling Logbooks? SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132313499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study summarizes the recommendations regarding how to set a recreational angling reporting system where over 99% of the anglers report their harvested fish and their fishing visits. We conducted 40 in-depth interviews with anglers and managers of fisheries, where we asked about the reporting of harvested fish and fishing visits and about compliance with reporting and fishing rules. We achieved the high reporting rate by implementing a mandatory reporting system using angling logbooks, where anglers must write down all harvested fish and all fishing visits. The anglers must return the filled in angling logbooks to continue angling legally. The compliance of anglers with the fishing rules is enforced through field inspections by angling guards. The Czech Fishing Union explains the reasoning behind the fishing rules through local angling organisations where the fishery managers know the anglers personally, arguing that if the anglers do not comply with the angling rules, there will be no fish left to catch in the future. Keeping anglers informed regarding any changes to angling rules is critical for maintaining trust. The effective reporting system requires mandatory angling logbooks, but the communication between the Fishing Union and their anglers is essential to ensure that anglers comply with the system.
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Soueidan J, Warren A, Pearson M, Montie EW. A changing estuary: Understanding historical patterns in salinity and fecal coliform levels in the May River, SC. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 168:112384. [PMID: 33901906 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The May River, South Carolina watershed has undergone rapid increases in population and development from 1999 to 2017. This study aimed to understand the factors that influence salinity and fecal coliform levels in this estuary and how these levels changed from 1999 to 2017. This analysis revealed that salinity levels decreased in the headwaters, while variability increased. Additionally, fecal coliform increased from 1999 to 2017 throughout the hydrological network, with drastic changes occurring in the headwaters. Salinity and fecal coliform were influenced by spatial (distance from the mouth of the river), temporal (year, season, and tidal cycles), environmental (El Niño Southern Oscillation and rainfall), and anthropogenic parameters (population). This analysis suggests that the synergistic nature of climate change, resulting in more intense and frequent El Niño events, and watershed development may lead to further decreases in salinity and increases in fecal coliform levels in the May River estuary.
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- Jamileh Soueidan
- Graduate Programs in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Public Administration, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States of America; Department of Natural Sciences, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, SC, United States of America
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- Department of Nursing and Health Professions, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, SC, United States of America
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- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC, United States of America
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, SC, United States of America; Graduate Program in Marine Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States of America.
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Baldwin WS, Bain LJ, Di Giulio R, Kullman S, Rice CD, Ringwood AH, den Hurk PV. 20th Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 20): Global issues and fundamental mechanisms caused by pollutant stress in marine and freshwater organisms. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 227:105620. [PMID: 32932042 PMCID: PMC11106729 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The 20th Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 20) conference provided a forum for scientists from around the world to communicate novel toxicological research findings specifically focused on aquatic organisms, by combining applied and basic research at the intersection of environmental and mechanistic toxicology. The work highlighted in this special issue of Aquatic Toxicology, a special issue of Marine Environmental Research, and presented through posters and presentations, encompass important and emerging topics in freshwater and marine toxicology. This includes multiple types of emerging contaminants including microplastics and UV filtering chemicals. Other studies aimed to further our understanding of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Further research presented in this virtual issue examined the interactive effects of chemicals and pathogens, while the final set of manuscripts demonstrates continuing efforts to combine traditional biomonitoring, data from -omic technologies, and modeling for use in risk assessment and management. An additional goal of PRIMO meetings is to address the link between environmental and human health. Several articles in this issue of Aquatic Toxicology describe the appropriateness of using aquatic organisms as models for human health, while the keynote speakers, as described in the editorial below, presented research that highlighted bioaccumulation of contaminants such as PFOS and mercury from fish to marine mammals and coastal human populations such as the Gullah/GeeChee near Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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- William S Baldwin
- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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- Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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Minority Community Resilience and Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Case Study of the Gullah Geechee Community. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12062266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Gullah Geechee community of the south-eastern United States endures today as a minority group with a significant cultural heritage. However, little research has been conducted to explore this community’s resilience in the face of climate change and other environmental impacts. The database Web of Science was searched and 109 publications on the Gullah Geechee community were identified. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we analyzed the publications to identify patterns and primary research themes related to the Gullah Geechee community’s resilience. Findings revealed that Gullah Geechee‘s cultural heritage is vulnerable to climatic and societal changes, but can also be a source for enhancing community resilience and promoting more sustainable community-led heritage and tourism developments. A framework is proposed for building community resilience in the context of minority and/or marginalized communities (e.g., Gullah Geechee). This study highlights the urgent need to not only better understand and incorporate a community’s economic dimensions and losses in various decision- and policy-making processes but also their cultural and social dimensions and losses. This systematic analysis can help inform both heritage preservation and community-led tourism practices and policies related to the Gullah Geechee community, as well as help direct new research efforts focusing on minority and/or marginalized community resilience.
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Henderson HC, Hong J, Friedman DB, Porter DE, Halfacre AC, Scott GI, Lead JR. A content analysis of Internet resources about the risks of seafood consumption. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 2016; 26:433-447. [PMID: 26775549 DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2015.1135313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Seafood consumption is a main source of human exposure to certain environmental contaminants. Therefore, it is valuable to assess the online health risk messages focused on this topic, as people in the US are increasingly accessing the Internet for health-related information. Previous research indicates that online health information tends to be written at a reading level that is more advanced than ability of the general population. The purpose of this research was to examine the content and readability of Internet resources targeted toward consumers in the US regarding the health risks from consumption of contaminated seafood. Sources for analysis were gathered through a targeted search of state and national government websites, as well as through a Google search. The overall mean readability level was Grade 9.21, which is slightly above the average reading level of US adults. Future research should evaluate the accuracy of the health risk messages, as well as consumer perceptions of risk.
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- Heather C Henderson
- a Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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- b Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health , University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
- c Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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- a Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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- c Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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- d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Political Science and David E. Shi Center for Sustainability , Furman University , Greenville , SC , USA
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- c Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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- b Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health , University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
- c Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA
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Gribble MO, Bartell SM, Kannan K, Wu Q, Fair PA, Kamen DL. Longitudinal measures of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in serum of Gullah African Americans in South Carolina: 2003-2013. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2015; 143:82-8. [PMID: 25819541 PMCID: PMC4583839 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Charleston Harbor has elevated concentrations of PFAS in dolphins, but local human exposure data are limited. OBJECTIVES We sought to describe PFAS serum concentrations' temporal trends among Gullah African American residents of coastal South Carolina. METHODS Longitudinal measures of PFAS in blood serum from a Gullah clinical sample, without lupus, were examined using spaghetti plots and visit-to-visit change scores (e.g., differences in concentrations between visits) among the 68 participants with repeated measures available. We also modeled population-level trends among the 71 participants with any data using proportionate percentile models, accounting for clustering through robust standard errors. In a post-hoc analysis we examined heterogeneity of temporal trends by age through mixed-effects models for the log-transformed PFAS compounds. RESULTS Population concentrations of PFOS dropped approximately 9 (95% CI: 8, 10) percent each year over 2003-2013. This was concordant with individual PFOS trajectories (median PFOS change score -21.7 ng/g wet weight, interquartile range of PFOS change scores: -32.8, -14.9) and reports for other populations over this time period. Several other compounds including PFOA, PFHxS, and PFuNDA also showed a population-level decrease. However, examination of individual trajectories suggested substantial heterogeneity. Post-hoc analyses indicated that PFAS trajectories were heterogeneous by age. CONCLUSIONS Many PFAS compounds are decreasing in a sample of Gullah African Americans from coastal South Carolina. There may be age differences in the elimination kinetics of PFASs. The possible role of age as a modifier of PFAS serum trends merits further research.
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- Matthew O Gribble
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Program in Public Health and Department of Statistics; University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston, SC, USA
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Friedman DB, Toumey C, Porter DE, Hong J, Scott GI, Lead JR. Communicating with the public about environmental health risks: a community-engaged approach to dialogue about metal speciation and toxicity. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2015; 74:9-12. [PMID: 25305416 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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- Daniela B Friedman
- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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