Ke hoʻolaha nei i ka 2022 Boyd Lyon Scholar

I kēlā me kēia makahiki, mālama ʻia ka Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund i kahi haʻawina no kahi haumāna biology moana nona ka noiʻi ʻana i nā honu kai. ʻO Josefa Muñoz ka mea lanakila o kēia makahiki.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Sefa (Josefa) Muñoz ma Guam a loaʻa iā ia kahi BS ma Biology mai ke Kulanui o Guam (UOG).

Ma ke ʻano he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻike ʻo ia i kona makemake no ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka honu kai ʻoiai ʻo ia e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi Patrol no ka Haggan (honu ma ka ʻōlelo Chamoru) Mākaʻikaʻi Papahana, i kālele ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka honu kai. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua hana ʻo Sefa ma ke ʻano he mea ola honu kai a ua maopopo kona makemake e hoʻonui i ka ʻike ma ka US Pacific Island Region (PIR) nā honu kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo.ʻO Chelonia mydas). Ma ke ʻano he National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, ʻo Sefa he haumāna PhD Marine Biology i aʻo ʻia e Dr. Brian Bowen ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa (UH Mānoa).

Manaʻo ka papahana a Sefa e hoʻohana i ka telemetry satellite a me ka stable isotope analysis (SIA) no ka ʻike ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi ʻai nui a me nā ala neʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e nā honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo e noho pū ana ma ka US PIR, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻAmelika Sāmoa, ka pae ʻāina Hawaiʻi, a me ka pae ʻāina ʻo Mariana. Hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā waiwai isotopic o ka meaʻai i loko o ke kino kino o ka holoholona no ka mea e hōʻiliʻili ana nā meaʻai mai ka meaʻai i kahi manawa lōʻihi a no laila ʻo nā waiwai isotope paʻa o ka ʻiʻo holoholona e hōʻike ana i kāna ʻai a me ka kaiaola kahi e ʻai ai. No laila, hiki i nā waiwai isotope paʻa ke hōʻike i kahi o kahi holoholona ma mua i kona hele ʻana ma nā pūnaewele meaʻai ʻokoʻa a me ka isotopically.

Ua lilo ʻo SIA i ʻano hana kūpono a me ke kumu kūʻai no ke aʻo ʻana i nā holoholona paʻakikī (e laʻa i nā honu kai).

ʻOiai ke hāʻawi pololei nei ka telemetry satellite i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka wahi hānai ʻana o nā honu ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana, he pipiʻi a maʻamau e hoʻopuka i ka ʻike no kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o ka heluna kanaka. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka SIA hiki ke loaʻa kahi laʻana nui i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka pae heluna kanaka, hiki ke hoʻoholo i nā wahi wela no ka hānai ʻana i hoʻohana ʻia e ka hapa nui o kēia mau honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo post-nesting. Ua puka mai ʻo SIA i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻikepili telemetry ma ke ʻano he ala hoʻohui e hoʻoholo ai i nā wahi wela o nā honu kai, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia hope no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā ala neʻe. Hiki i kēia mau mea hana ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā wahi koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo weliweli a make.

Ma ka launa pū ʻana me ka NOAA Fisheries' Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program, ua hoʻonoho ʻo Sefa i nā leka uila GPS no ka hoʻomoe ʻana i nā honu kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Guam a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā ʻiʻo ʻili no SIA. ʻO ka pololei o nā hoʻonohonoho GPS mai ka telemetry satellite e kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ala neʻe ʻana o nā honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā wahi noho ʻai a hōʻoia i ka pololei SIA, ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ma ka US PIR. Ma waho aʻe o kēia papahana, ua kālele ka noiʻi a Sefa i ka neʻe ʻana o nā honu kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma waena o Guam. Eia kekahi, e like me ko Boyd Lyon mau noiʻi mua, ua manaʻo ʻo Sefa e loaʻa ka ʻike e pili ana i nā honu kai kāne ma ke aʻo ʻana i nā hoʻolālā male a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka male kāne o ka heluna honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Guam.

Ua hōʻike ʻo Sefa i nā ʻike mua o kēia haʻawina ma ʻekolu mau ʻaha kūkā ʻepekema a hāʻawi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā haumāna kula waena a me nā haumāna lae pua ma Guam.

I loko o kāna kau kula, ua hana a alakaʻi ʻo Sefa i ka 2022 Sea Turtle Research Internship kahi āna i aʻo ai i ʻeiwa mau haumāna mai Guam e alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa i nā noiʻi kahakai no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hana nesting a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka laʻana olaola, ka hōʻailona hōʻailona, ​​​​ka hōʻailona ukali, a me ka ʻeli pūnana.

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