Marine Exploitation at South Point, Hawai'i Island: An Aspect of Adaptive Diversity in Hawaiian Prehistory.
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06/01/84 12:00 AM
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1
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Island ecosystems have several significant
characteristics, such as relative isolation,
limitation in size, limitation in or even absence of
certain resources, limitation in organic diversity,
etc. (Fosberg 1965). Therefore, man in the island
ecosystem must cope with several stresses, among
which food is the most substantial. Food resources
in the Pacific are usually limited quantitatively and
qualitatively. Quantitatively, the amount of food is
limited by land area; in other words, there is a
clear carrying capacity in island ecosystems.
Qualitatively, animal protein on islands is limited
due to the general absence of mammals in the Pacific
islands. Both quantitative and qualitative
limitations in terrestrial food resources have led to
an emphasis on exploitation of marine resources.
Marine resources have been well preserved by
traditional conservation mechanisms (Johaness 1978;
1981), and marine exploitation has worked to increase
man's adaptability to the Pacific environment.
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Diversity, Hawaii, Marine, South Point
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