CCIMMI: Gina kan gadon shekaru 50 na bincike na Tsibirin Channel
The California Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) an kafa shi tare da manufa don tallafawa nazarin nazarin halittu na yawan nau'in pinnipeds guda shida (zakin teku da hatimi) a cikin Tsibirin Channel. Pinnipeds su ne sentinels na jindadin teku - suna ba da alamun gargaɗin farko na canje-canje a cikin yanayin yanayin da zai iya shafar sauran rayuwar teku da mutane saboda dukkanmu muna da albarkatun teku iri ɗaya.
CCIMMI tana aiki a matsayin haɗin gwiwar jama'a da masu zaman kansu tsakanin Cibiyar Kimiyyar Kifi ta Alaska (AFSC), Sabis na Kifi na Marine Marine (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), da The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Manufar wannan haɗin gwiwar ita ce tabbatar da ci gaba da fiye da shekaru 50 na binciken bincike na dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin tsibirin California Channel wanda ke ba da labari game da sauyin yanayi da al'amuran kiyaye teku a gabar yamma.
CCIMMI tana goyan bayan tsarin tushen kimiyya na ilimin halittun jama'a a cikin Tsibirin Channel na California wanda California Current Ecosystems Programme (CCEP) na Laboratory Mammal Marine a AFSC ke jagoranta. Tare da tashar Binciken Tsibirin San Miguel a matsayin tushe na farko don mahimman ayyukan filin, shirin yana mai da hankali kan kimanta lafiyar lafiya, yalwa, yawan haihuwa da mutuwa, da kuma kiwo halittun nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan kiwo guda biyar da ke haifuwa a cikin Tsibirin Channel da kuma yadda canje-canjen ke shafar su. yanayin muhalli. Haɗin gwiwar kimiyya mai ƙarfi ya haifar da ɗimbin ɗimbin ci-gaba na karatu a fannonin ilimin halittar ɗan adam, cututtukan cututtukan cututtukan cututtuka, da tasirin lafiyar muhalli (dukansu domoic acid da ke faruwa a zahiri daga furannin algal masu cutarwa da gurɓataccen ɗan adam kamar DDT) ciki har da gazawar haihuwa da ciwon daji. CCIMMI tana ba da damar waɗannan haɗin gwiwar nasara a tsakanin tarayya, ilimi, da abokan zaman kansu.
Aiki na 1: Nazarin alƙaluma don kula da yawan shekarun da aka sani na pinnipeds don fahimtar tasirin canjin yanayi na teku a kan ɓangarorin Yammacin Tekun Yamma.. Alamar dabbobi na kowace ƙungiya tana ba da damar kimanta yadda barazanar muhalli ke shafar nau'ikan shekaru daban-daban na yawan mutanen da ba su da iyaka.
Aiki na 2: Rage hantsin zakin tekun California a cikin tarkacen ruwan teku. Ceto da tarwatsa pinnipeds yana hana mace-mace kuma yana ba da damar gano tushen tarkace.
Aiki na 3: Takaddun matakan gurɓatawar Organochlorine na dindindin a Tsibirin Channel na California pinnipeds. Binciken ƙwayoyin nama suna ba da damar kimanta tasirin gadon da sabbin hanyoyin gurɓatawar organochlorine da aka gano daga ruwan tekun California akan yawan mutanen da ba su da yawa.
Aiki na 4: Tantance dabi'un kiwo da ilimin halittu a zamanin canjin yanayi na teku. Binciken dabi'un abinci yana ba da damar kimanta abincin da ke da alaƙa da lafiyar dabbobi da rubuta yadda abinci ke canzawa tare da canje-canjen yanayi a cikin samuwar ganima.
Aiki 5: Tantance yawaitar cututtuka masu tasowa a cikin dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa a cikin Tsibirin Channel. Samfuran nama na dabbobin da suka tsufa suna taimakawa wajen fahimtar tasirin ƙwayoyin cuta kan lafiyar al'ummomin da ba su da yawa.
Aikin 6: Haɗin kai na dabaru da tallafin kuɗi don tushen Ayyuka na Cibiyar Bincike ta San Miguel. Bayar da kuɗin jigilar jiragen sama na ƙungiyoyin masu bincike, kayan aiki da kayayyaki da kiyaye tashar bincike yana ba da damar gudanar da bincike mai nasara a cikin tsibiran Channel na California.
Tare da fiye da shekaru 130 na haɗin gwaninta da kuma fiye da takardun bincike na 400 zuwa sunayensu, masu kafa CCIMMI sune manyan shugabannin duniya a fannin kimiyyar dabbobin ruwa. Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi Manajan Shirin Kafa CCEP, Robert DeLong, PhD; Frances Gulland, Vet MB, PhD; Manajan Kiwon Dabbobi a Cibiyar Ma'aunin Ruwa na Marine, Sophie Guarasci, RVT; da mijinta, Robert Guarasci, tsohon shugaban masana'antar zuba jari tare da sha'awar kiyaye teku. Ƙungiyar tana aiki tare da Sharon Melin, PhD, Jagorar Shirin na CCEP na yanzu.
Manufar CCIMMI ita ce tallafawa shirin binciken yawan jama'a. Mahimman farashin aiki sun haɗa da kuɗin sufuri da kayan aiki da kuma kasafin kuɗi don kula da abubuwan more rayuwa na tashar Bincike ta San Miguel. Ba tare da albashi ko ƙayyadaddun farashi ba, muna tsammanin ƙarancin kasafin kuɗi na shekara-shekara na kusan $ 100,000 kuma muna da niyyar tara $500,000 don cika shekaru biyar na ayyuka masu zuwa.