Kimiyyar Coral a Lokacin Annoba

Cutar sankarau ta COVID-19 ta sanya damuwa a kusan duk wani aikin ɗan adam da ake tsammani. An takaita binciken ruwa fiye da kowane, saboda kimiyyar ruwa tana buƙatar tafiya, tsarawa, da kusanci a cikin tasoshin bincike don isa wuraren karatu. A cikin Janairu 2021, Cibiyar Binciken Ruwa na Jami'ar Havana ("CIM-UH") ta bijire wa duk wani rashin daidaito ta hanyar ƙaddamar da ƙoƙarinsu na shekaru biyu na nazarin murjani na elkhorn a wurare biyu daga bakin tekun Havana: Rincón de Guanabo da Baracoa. Wannan balaguron na baya-bayan nan an yi shi ne ta hanyar so da basira, da kuma mai da hankali kan tashi daga ƙasa zuwa wuraren binciken murjani, wanda za a iya yin shi da gangan kuma yayin tabbatar da tazarar da ta dace na masana kimiyya. Jefa gaskiyar cewa ba za a iya yada coronavirus a ƙarƙashin ruwa ba!

A cikin wannan aikin, ƙungiyar masana kimiyyar Cuban karkashin jagorancin Dokta Patricia Gonzalez na Jami'ar Havana za su gudanar da ƙidayar gani na faci na elkhorn a cikin waɗannan shafuka guda biyu a bakin tekun Havana da kuma kimanta lafiyar jiki da yawa na murjani, ɗaukar hoto, da kuma kasancewar kifaye da al'ummomin mafarauta. Gidauniyar The Ocean Foundation ne ke tallafawa aikin tare da kudade daga gidauniyar Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

Rijiyoyin Reef wurare ne masu daraja a cikin rafukan murjani. Wadannan raƙuman ruwa suna da alhakin girma uku na reef, suna ba da matsuguni ga dukkan kwayoyin halitta masu darajar kasuwanci irin su kifi da lobsters, da kuma kare yankunan bakin teku daga matsanancin yanayi irin su cyclones da guguwa. A cikin Havana, Cuba, Rincón de Guanabo da Baracoa sune ginshiƙan ruwa biyu a gefen birnin, kuma Rincón de Guanabo yanki ne mai kariya tare da nau'in Fitaccen Tsarin Halitta. Sanin yanayin lafiyar ridges da dabi'unsu na muhalli zai ba da damar ba da shawarar kulawa da matakan kiyayewa waɗanda za su ba da gudummawar kariya ta gaba.

Hoto daga Dr. Patricia González

Hoto daga Fabián Pina Amargós

Hoto daga Fabián Pina Amargós

Hoto daga Shireen Rahimi

tare da gamammiyar manufar kimanta lafiyar raƙuman ruwa na Rincón de Guanabo da Baracoa, an gudanar da wani bincike a cikin watannin Janairu, Fabrairu, da Maris, wanda ƙungiyar masana kimiyya ta Cuba karkashin jagorancin Dr. Gonzalez. Manufofin wannan bincike na musamman sune kamar haka:

1. Don tantance yawa, lafiya da girman abun da ke ciki na A. palmata (elkhorn murjani), A. agaricites da kuma P. astreoides.
2. Don kimanta yawa, girman abun da ke ciki, mataki (matasa ko babba), tarawa da zabiya a ciki D. antillarum (wani dogayen urchin baƙar fata wanda ya gamu da mummunar mutuwa a cikin Caribbean a cikin 1980s kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan ciyawa na reef).
3. Don kimanta halittar halittun, mataki na ci gaba, da halayyar gashin tsuntsu, da kuma kimanta girman kowannen ridges da aka zaɓa.
4. Yi ƙididdige ɗaukar hoto don kowane ƙugiya da aka zaɓa.
5. Yi ƙididdige ƙaƙƙarfan ƙashin ƙasa don kowane ƙugiya da aka zaɓa.

An kafa tashoshi shida na bincike akan kowane reef don yin la'akari da bambancin yanayi na kowane tudu. Sakamakon wannan binciken zai ba da gudummawa ga karatun PhD na Amanda Ramos, da kuma ilimin Jagora na Patricia Vicente da Gabriela Aguilera, da karatun difloma na Jennifer Suarez da Melisa Rodriguez. An gudanar da waɗannan binciken ne a lokacin lokacin sanyi kuma zai zama mahimmanci a sake maimaita su a lokacin rani saboda yanayin al'ummomin ruwa da kuma yanayin lafiyar murjani yana canzawa tsakanin yanayi.

Sanin yanayin lafiyar ridges da dabi'unsu na muhalli zai ba da damar ba da shawarar kulawa da matakan kiyayewa waɗanda za su ba da gudummawar kariya ta gaba.

Sakamakon cutar ta COVID-19, Gidauniyar Ocean abin takaici ba ta sami damar shiga waɗannan balaguro ba da tallafawa binciken waɗannan masana kimiyya a zahiri, amma muna sa ran ci gaban aikinsu da koyon shawarwarin su na matakan kiyayewa, da kuma sake shiga abokan hulɗarmu a Cuba bayan annoba. Gidauniyar Ocean kuma tana jagorantar babban yunƙuri don yin nazari da dawo da elkhorn da murjani staghorn a Jardines de la Reina National Park, yanki mafi girma na kariyar ruwa a cikin Caribbean. Abin baƙin ciki shine, wannan aikin yana riƙe yayin da COVID-19 ya hana masana kimiyya a Cuba yin aiki tare akan jiragen ruwa na bincike.

Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation da CIM-UH sun yi hadin gwiwa sama da shekaru XNUMX duk da wahalar diflomasiya tsakanin Cuba da Amurka. A cikin ruhin diflomasiyya na kimiyya, cibiyoyin bincikenmu sun fahimci cewa teku ba ta san iyakoki ba kuma nazarin wuraren teku a cikin kasashen biyu yana da mahimmanci don kariya ta haɗin gwiwa. Wannan aikin yana tattaro masana kimiyya daga kasashen biyu don yin aiki tare da nemo hanyoyin magance barazanar da muke fuskanta da suka hada da cutar coral da bleaching daga sauyin yanayi, kifayen kifaye, da yawon bude ido.