The State of Alaska's Salmon and People Ontology

• The thirteen SASAP regions were determined based on their geography, and in many cases represent large watersheds where all precipitation melts and flows into the same part of the ocean. Regions tend to also be grouped by Indigenous cultures and languages, evidence of the deep-time ties between Alaska’s salmon and people. Some regions align with current Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) statistical areas; some do not.

  The bounding coordinates and shapefiles for each region are accessible at: https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi%3A10.5063%2FF1WH2N8W

• Populates the SASAP Data Portal (https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/portals/SASAP/Data) faceted search field, 'SASAP Region'

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An entity created by treaty, involving two or more nations, to work in good faith, on issues of common interest.

Beginning in 2016, nine SASAP working groups formed – each composed of between 12 and 24 knowledge experts from a range of disciplines, backgrounds, and regions. Each participant brought his or her data and experiences for synthesis and analysis, while NCEAS provided logistical and technical support to facilitate each group’s innovative work.

Each of the nine groups focused on specific issues related to salmon and people in Alaska:

Four SASAP groups were tasked with integrating knowledge across multiple disciplines to understand the fundamental state of knowledge of Alaska’s salmon systems. The work of each group is presented for each of the major watersheds in Alaska in the Region section (https://alaskasalmonandpeople.org/regions/).

An additional five working groups were selected to focus on specific research questions that provide insight into the pressures on salmon and salmon communities, as well as options for response to those pressures. Their work is presented in the Special Topics section (https://alaskasalmonandpeople.org/topics/).

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• The SASAP project and its associated working groups were made up of researchers from a variety of academic, govenmental, etc. organizations from across the United States. The 'affiliateOf' object property connects SASAP researchers with their respective employer(s)/home institution(s) (at least what was considered to be their employer/home institution during the time when they worked on the SASAP project).

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