M S Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 263391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M S Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | M S |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2821-9381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Forest canopy height mapping using Icesat-2 data to aid forest management in a Canadian Arctic community
As an essential indicator of a forest's growth capacity and rate, the increased accuracy, ease of access, processing and visualization of canopy height information can facilitate a targeted range of strategies for sustainable forest management, especially among citizen scientists and community members. Here, forest canopy height is estimated for several land parcel segments in a subarctic locale using ground-based measurements as well as photon a…
Canadian Coordination in Support of Sustained Observations of Arctic Change
Over the past two decades, scientists, advocates, and communities have put considerable international effort into the development of a sustained Arctic observing system that can sufficiently monitor ongoing environmental and socio-economic change. Advances are slow due in part to a lack of nation-level coordination, with Canada being no exception. Canada needs a coordinated national strategy in support of sustained Arctic observations that will b…
Coming Together to Talk about Genomics and DNA-based Tools for Umingmak (Muskox, Ovibos moschatus ) Conservation
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks’ (Saon) Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (Roads)
Arctic observing and data systems have been widely recognized as critical infrastructures to support decision making and understanding across sectors in the Arctic and globally. Yet due to broad and persistent issues related to coordination, deployment infrastructure and technology gaps, the Arctic remains among the most poorly observed regions on the planet from the standpoint of conventional observing systems. Sustaining Arctic Observing Networ…
Arctic Observing Summit 2020
The Arctic Summit (AOS) is a biennial event convened as part of the Sustaining Arctic Networks (SAON) initiative to guide the design, coordination, and long-term operation of an international network of observing systems that improves our understanding of and response to Arctic change. The 5th AOS was set to take place in Akureyri, Iceland under the theme of Observing for Action. Given the circumstances introduced by the coronavirus disease 2019,…
Journal News
This year we entered a new phase in the life of the Arctic Institute of North America.Included among the many new and exciting research and education initiatives is a transition to low-carbon operations.We have already begun this transition process at the Kluane Lake Research Station with the installation of solar power for lights and electric charging in the living quarters, and we continue to explore ways to decrease our fossil fuel consumption…
Muskox Health Ecology Symposium 2016
Ways to Help and Ways to Hinder
This paper compares two case studies in Alaska, one on commercial fishers of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region and the other on moose hunters of Interior Alaska, to identify how governance arrangements and management strategies enhance or limit people’s ability to respond effectively to changing climatic and environmental conditions. The two groups face similar challenges regarding the impacts of a changing climate on wild fish and game,…
Prehistoric Use of Ringed Seals
This paper presents new data on ringed seal hunting in the Early Palaeoeskimo period (ca. 4000–3500 B.P.) in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Skeletal age schedules, thin sections of ringed seal canine teeth and skeletal element frequency analysis, provides the means to reconstruct specific seal hunting strategies, especially as regards the selection of particular age classes, season of hunt, and locations for hunting. The zooarchaeological data indi…
Chronology, Culture, and Climate
Maribeth S. Murray, Aaron C. Robertson and Rachel Ferrara
Changing Subsistence Practices at the Dorset Paleoeskimo Site of Phillip's Garden, Newfoundland
A comparison of identified faunal assemblages from the Dorset site of Phillip's Garden indicates that harp seal hunting was the main focus of activity throughout the site's occupation. Despite the highly specialized nature of site use, it appears that reliance on harp seal decreased over time while fish and birds became increasingly important. These changes may reflect longer seasonal occupations at the site in later centuries, and/or a decrease …
Local heroes. The long-term effects of short-term prosperity - an example from the Canadian Arctic
In the Canadian Arctic, there are three groups of mammals that were commonly exploited by prehistoric peoples. These are the pinnipeds (seals and walrus), various whales including beluga and bowhead, and the terrestrial herd species, caribou and musk ox. The ringed seal is ubiquitous in the region and available for hunting year round. The other species are spatially and, in many instances, numerically and seasonally restricted. Archaeological dat…
Local heroes. The long-term effects of short-term prosperity - an example from the Canadian Arctic
In the Canadian Arctic, there are three groups of mammals that were commonly exploited by prehistoric peoples. These are the pinnipeds (seals and walrus), various whales including beluga and bowhead, and the terrestrial herd species, caribou and musk ox. The ringed seal is ubiquitous in the region and available for hunting year round. The other species are spatially and, in many instances, numerically and seasonally restricted. Archaeological dat…
Changing Subsistence Practices at the Dorset Paleoeskimo Site of Phillip's Garden, Newfoundland
A comparison of identified faunal assemblages from the Dorset site of Phillip's Garden indicates that harp seal hunting was the main focus of activity throughout the site's occupation. Despite the highly specialized nature of site use, it appears that reliance on harp seal decreased over time while fish and birds became increasingly important. These changes may reflect longer seasonal occupations at the site in later centuries, and/or a decrease …
Chronology, Culture, and Climate
Maribeth S. Murray, Aaron C. Robertson and Rachel Ferrara
Prehistoric Use of Ringed Seals
This paper presents new data on ringed seal hunting in the Early Palaeoeskimo period (ca. 4000–3500 B.P.) in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Skeletal age schedules, thin sections of ringed seal canine teeth and skeletal element frequency analysis, provides the means to reconstruct specific seal hunting strategies, especially as regards the selection of particular age classes, season of hunt, and locations for hunting. The zooarchaeological data indi…
Local heroes. The long-term effects of short-term prosperity - an example from the Canadian Arctic
In the Canadian Arctic, there are three groups of mammals that were commonly exploited by prehistoric peoples. These are the pinnipeds (seals and walrus), various whales including beluga and bowhead, and the terrestrial herd species, caribou and musk ox. The ringed seal is ubiquitous in the region and available for hunting year round. The other species are spatially and, in many instances, numerically and seasonally restricted. Archaeological dat…
Chronology, Culture, and Climate
Maribeth S. Murray, Aaron C. Robertson and Rachel Ferrara
Changing Subsistence Practices at the Dorset Paleoeskimo Site of Phillip's Garden, Newfoundland
A comparison of identified faunal assemblages from the Dorset site of Phillip's Garden indicates that harp seal hunting was the main focus of activity throughout the site's occupation. Despite the highly specialized nature of site use, it appears that reliance on harp seal decreased over time while fish and birds became increasingly important. These changes may reflect longer seasonal occupations at the site in later centuries, and/or a decrease …
Prehistoric Use of Ringed Seals
This paper presents new data on ringed seal hunting in the Early Palaeoeskimo period (ca. 4000–3500 B.P.) in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Skeletal age schedules, thin sections of ringed seal canine teeth and skeletal element frequency analysis, provides the means to reconstruct specific seal hunting strategies, especially as regards the selection of particular age classes, season of hunt, and locations for hunting. The zooarchaeological data indi…
Ways to Help and Ways to Hinder
This paper compares two case studies in Alaska, one on commercial fishers of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region and the other on moose hunters of Interior Alaska, to identify how governance arrangements and management strategies enhance or limit people’s ability to respond effectively to changing climatic and environmental conditions. The two groups face similar challenges regarding the impacts of a changing climate on wild fish and game,…
Muskox Health Ecology Symposium 2016
Journal News
This year we entered a new phase in the life of the Arctic Institute of North America.Included among the many new and exciting research and education initiatives is a transition to low-carbon operations.We have already begun this transition process at the Kluane Lake Research Station with the installation of solar power for lights and electric charging in the living quarters, and we continue to explore ways to decrease our fossil fuel consumption…
Arctic Observing Summit 2020
The Arctic Summit (AOS) is a biennial event convened as part of the Sustaining Arctic Networks (SAON) initiative to guide the design, coordination, and long-term operation of an international network of observing systems that improves our understanding of and response to Arctic change. The 5th AOS was set to take place in Akureyri, Iceland under the theme of Observing for Action. Given the circumstances introduced by the coronavirus disease 2019,…
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks’ (Saon) Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (Roads)
Arctic observing and data systems have been widely recognized as critical infrastructures to support decision making and understanding across sectors in the Arctic and globally. Yet due to broad and persistent issues related to coordination, deployment infrastructure and technology gaps, the Arctic remains among the most poorly observed regions on the planet from the standpoint of conventional observing systems. Sustaining Arctic Observing Networ…
Forest canopy height mapping using Icesat-2 data to aid forest management in a Canadian Arctic community
As an essential indicator of a forest's growth capacity and rate, the increased accuracy, ease of access, processing and visualization of canopy height information can facilitate a targeted range of strategies for sustainable forest management, especially among citizen scientists and community members. Here, forest canopy height is estimated for several land parcel segments in a subarctic locale using ground-based measurements as well as photon a…
Canadian Coordination in Support of Sustained Observations of Arctic Change
Over the past two decades, scientists, advocates, and communities have put considerable international effort into the development of a sustained Arctic observing system that can sufficiently monitor ongoing environmental and socio-economic change. Advances are slow due in part to a lack of nation-level coordination, with Canada being no exception. Canada needs a coordinated national strategy in support of sustained Arctic observations that will b…
Coming Together to Talk about Genomics and DNA-based Tools for Umingmak (Muskox, Ovibos moschatus ) Conservation
Geography (10 works) · Arctic (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 works) · Oceanography (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · The arctic (5 works)