Residents’ and Tourists’ Knowledge of Sea Lions in the Galápagos

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ID12418481
AuthorsRosanne Lorden (Eastern Kentucky University ** Eastern Michigan University, corresponding author), Richard Sambrook (Eastern Kentucky University ** Eastern Michigan University), Richard Alan Sambrook (Eastern Kentucky University), Robert W Mitchell (0000-0002-8797-7484, Eastern Kentucky University ** Eastern Michigan University)
Year2012
Volume20
Issue4
Pages342-363
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685306-12341278
OpenAlexW1995744450
LanguageEN
References cited30

This study examined knowledge of sea lions ( Zalophus wollebaeki ) for both residents and tourists on San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos, a famous nature tourism destination. Participants ( N = 281) obtained through convenience and snowball sampling answered questionnaires about their knowledge of sea lions. Participants with higher education received higher overall scores, but participants’ education and age influenced answers on only a few questions. Residents and tourists obtained comparable overall scores, exhibiting extensive knowledge of sea lion behavior and life history. Whether participants were residents or tourists influenced answers to several questions, but when only participants with 13 years of education or more were examined, few differences in answers remained between residents or tourists. Participants’ broad knowledge of sea lions may be attributed to the items of knowledge tested, participants’ motivations for travel to the Galápagos, and the fact that sea lions are an engaging and ubiquitous animal

Archaeology · Biology · Fishery · Geography · Sea lion · Snowball sampling · Tourism · Animal and Plant Science Education · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Marine animal studies overview · Medicine · Psychology

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