Resilience and Adaptation: Yukon River Watershed Contaminant Risk Indicators

Table 1

Types of river resources and their value to potentially impacted stakeholders.

Type	Definition	Examples	Stakeholders
Individual resources	Value of individual species by its trophic position	Keystone species	Natural resource trustees
		Trophic role	Conservationist
		Endangered species	Regulators
			Tribal councils
			Scientists
Specific resources for individuals	Value of individual species to individual people or groups of people	Fish, game, and sport activities	Fish and game agencies
		Wildlife for photography; birdwatching	Conservationists
		Plants for religious or medicinal purposes	Businesses catering to recreationists
			Tribal councils
			Scientists and social scientists
Resources for communities	Value of ecosystem to human communities	Clean water and air	Regulators
		Habitat	Public policy-makers
		Subsistence species	Coastal zone managers/Army Corps of Engineers
			Tribal councils
Intact ecosystems	Ecological, aesthetic, and existence values to people	Tundra	Environmental protection agencies (state and federal)
		Boreal forests and rivers	NGOs and tribal councils
		Rivers