Wave navigation in the Marshall Islands: Comparing indigenous and Western scientific knowledge of the ocean

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2009, Pages 234-245

  Genz, Joseph ^a   Aucan, Jerome ^a   Merrifield, Mark ^a   Finney, Ben ^a   Joel, Korent ^b   Kelen, Alson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Waan Aelon in Majel ^*  (Marshall Islands)

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EID: 80051662121     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.52     Document Type: Article

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