| Title | Narratives can motivate environmental action: the Whiskey Creek ocean acidification story |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Kelly, Ryan P., Sarah R. Cooley, and Klinger. Terrie |
| Secondary Title | Ambio |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | no.5 |
| Pagination | p.592–599 |
| Date Published | 2014, Sep. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Netarts Bay, Whiskey Creek, climate change, carbon dioxide, ocean acidification, aquatic invertebrates, mollusks, bivalves, oysters, hatcheries, environmental law and policy, human impacts |
| Notes | This is a look at institutional responses to rapid environmental change. The authors argue that a narrative, including readily identifiable participants who suffer documented economic losses, can help policy-makers make positive changes. The shocking oyster mortalities experienced by the oyster hatchery at Whiskey Creek and the response to ocean acidification by the State of Washington is used a test case to show the power of a good narrative. “It seems that yet-untold narratives may hold similar potential for strengthening the feedback between environmental data and policy and motivating regional responses to other environmental problems.” (from the Abstract) Available online through PubMed. |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4132469/ |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-013-0442-2 |
| Series Title | Ambio |
