Sanar da 2023 Boyd Lyon Scholar

Kowace shekara, Asusun Kunkuru na Teku na Boyd Lyon yana ba da tallafin karatu ga ɗalibin nazarin halittun ruwa wanda bincikensa ya mai da hankali kan kunkuru na teku. Robert Gammariello ne ya lashe kyautar bana.

Karanta taƙaitaccen bincikensa a ƙasa:

Ƙanƙarar kunkuru na teku sun sami tekun bayan sun fito daga gidansu ta hanyar tafiya zuwa fitilu kusa da sararin sama, kuma an nuna launin haske yana ba da amsa daban-daban, tare da hasken ja yana jan hankalin kunkuru kasa da shuɗi. Duk da haka, an gudanar da waɗannan nazarin ne kawai a kan wasu zaɓaɓɓun nau'in kunkuru na teku (musamman ganye da ɓangarorin). 

Kunkuru teku Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) ba a gwada irin waɗannan abubuwan da ake so ba, kuma, la'akari da cewa huksbills suna zaune a ƙarƙashin ciyayi inda mai yiwuwa ya fi duhu, mutum zai yi tsammanin abubuwan da suke so da fahimtar haske ya bambanta da sauran nau'in. Wannan yana da fa'ida don aiwatar da ingantaccen hasken kunkuru, tun da abin da ke da aminci ga ganyaye da ɓangarorin ƙila ba zai zama amintaccen hasken wuta ga hawksbills ba. 

Aikina yana da manufofi guda biyu:

1. don ƙayyade bakin kofa na ganowa (ƙarfin haske) wanda ke haifar da amsawar hoto daga hatchlings hawksbill a cikin bakan na gani, kuma
2. don tantance idan hawksbills suna nuna fifiko iri ɗaya don guntun raƙuman ruwa (blue) na haske idan aka kwatanta da tsayin raƙuman ruwa (ja) na haske.

Hanya na waɗannan manufofin biyu iri ɗaya ne: ana sanya hatchling hawksbill a cikin Y-maze, kuma bayan ɗan lokaci na haɓakawa, a bar shi ya shiga cikin maze. Don manufar farko, ana ba da ƙyanƙyasar haske a ƙarshen hannu ɗaya da duhu a ɗayan ƙarshen. Idan ƙyanƙyashe zai iya gano hasken ya kamata ya matsa zuwa gare shi. Muna rage ƙarfi a cikin gwaje-gwajen da suka biyo baya ta hanyar mataki-mataki har sai ƙyanƙyashe ba su ƙara motsawa zuwa wannan hasken ba. Ƙimar mafi ƙanƙantar da ƙyanƙyasar ƙyanƙyashe ke motsawa zuwa ita ita ce iyakar gano shi don launin haske. Sannan muna maimaita wannan tsari don launuka masu yawa a cikin bakan. 

Don manufa ta biyu, muna gabatar da ƙyanƙyasar ƙyanƙyashe tare da launuka daban-daban na haske a waɗannan ƙimar kofa, don tantance fifiko dangane da tsawon zango. Za mu kuma gabatar da ƙyanƙyashe tare da haske mai canza launin ja a ninki biyu ƙimar kofa don ganin ko ƙarfin dangi shine dalilin tuƙi a cikin fuskantarwa, maimakon launi.

Babban fa'idar wannan bincike shine ana iya amfani da shi don sanar da kunkuru-lafiya ayyukan hasken wuta don rairayin bakin teku na hawksbill.