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View article: A Political Ecology of Fisheries Regulation and Community Resilience in the Coastal Mississippi River Delta, Southeast Louisiana, U.S.A.
A Political Ecology of Fisheries Regulation and Community Resilience in the Coastal Mississippi River Delta, Southeast Louisiana, U.S.A. Open
The estuaries of the Mississippi River Delta are among the most productive coastal ecosystems in the world and have attracted human fishing communities for centuries. Beginning in the early 20th century, the oil and gas industry also emerg…
View article: Hominin Population Structure, Mating Systems, and Intrasexual Competition
Hominin Population Structure, Mating Systems, and Intrasexual Competition Open
The self-domestication hypothesis has made significant contributions to our thinking about hominin evolution and ecology. It has struggled, however, to find compelling and testable causes of reductions in hominin aggression and violent beh…
View article: Modeling terminal Pleistocene and Holocene forager population increase and environmental change in the Central Namib desert, Namibia
Modeling terminal Pleistocene and Holocene forager population increase and environmental change in the Central Namib desert, Namibia Open
This paper examines the interplay of environmental change and human demographic shifts among late Pleistocene and Holocene populations in the hyper-arid context of the Central Namib Gravel plains, Western Namibia. This paper applies a stru…
View article: Screening for Microplastic Uptake in an Urbanized Freshwater Ecosystem: Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) Case Study
Screening for Microplastic Uptake in an Urbanized Freshwater Ecosystem: Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) Case Study Open
The feeding characteristics of the nase, based on its mouth morphology and feeding behavior related to aquatic habitat substrata sediments make this fish a biological uptake vector for microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. Fibers may hav…
View article: Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches
Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches Open
This paper is a synthetic overview of some of the threats, risks, and integrated water management elements in freshwater ecosystems. The paper provides some discussion of human needs and water conservation issues related to freshwater syst…
View article: Freshwater ecosystems’ benthic microplastic uptake in fish: the case study of Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Freshwater ecosystems’ benthic microplastic uptake in fish: the case study of Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) Open
The feeding characteristics of the nase, based on its mouth morphology and feeding behaviour make it a biological uptake vector for microplastics in the freshwater ecosystems. Fibres may have limited absorption through the gastro-intestina…
View article: The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network Makes Progress: International Project Sites and Potential Ways Forward
The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network Makes Progress: International Project Sites and Potential Ways Forward Open
The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network (EEKN) brings together scientists and coastal fishing communities in seeking new ways forward for Earth's major river deltas and estuaries, including the Mississippi (United States), Rio Grande (U…
View article: Creating a Diversion: Why the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) Project Is Unpopular Among Coastal Communities in Southeast Louisiana
Creating a Diversion: Why the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) Project Is Unpopular Among Coastal Communities in Southeast Louisiana Open
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) project, located in Barataria Bay, Southeast Louisiana, is one of the most ambitious coastal restoration projects in U.S. history. The MBSD project is designed to convey sediment-rich water from …
View article: The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network: Future Prospects
The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network: Future Prospects Open
Estuaries are profoundly rich, diverse, and complex ecosystems, and crucial to the overall health of Earth's oceans. Estuarine ecological complexity is matched by tremendous human cultural diversity. In the United States, millions of peopl…
View article: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Open
We started working on this project (which now involves two books, an online appendix, and several articles) over a dozen years agoseveral years before we met each other.We can't possibly list all the people who helped in those years.We exp…
View article: PREFACE
PREFACE Open
Prehistory is often treated as the stuff of myth.Although archaeology, anthropology, and other fi elds provide good evidence about humans in the deep past, many people-even otherwise good academic researchers-feel free to make wild asserti…
View article: Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy
Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy Open
This book looks at how modern philosophers pass on myths about prehistory. Why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, and the primordial nature of …
View article: Myths about the State of Nature and the Reality of Stateless Societies
Myths about the State of Nature and the Reality of Stateless Societies Open
This article argues the following points. The Hobbesian hypothesis, which we define as the claim that all people are better off under state authority than they would be outside of it, is an empirical claim about all stateless societies. It…