Ke hoʻolaha nei i ka 2023 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 Robert Gammariello ka mea lanakila o kēia makahiki.

E heluhelu i kāna hōʻuluʻulu noiʻi ma lalo nei:

Loaʻa i nā manu kuhukukū kai i ka moana ma hope o ka puka ʻana mai o ko lākou pūnana ma ka neʻe ʻana i nā kukui kokoke i ka lewa, a ua hōʻike ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu māmā i nā pane like ʻole, me ke kukui ʻulaʻula e huki ana i nā honu ma lalo o ke kukui uliuli. Eia naʻe, ua mālama ʻia kēia mau haʻawina ma luna o kahi pūʻulu koho o nā ʻano honu kai (ʻo ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā loggerheads). 

Nā honu kai Hawksbill (ʻO Eretmochelys imbricata) ʻaʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia no kēlā ʻano makemake a, no ka mea, e hoʻomoe ana nā hawksbills ma lalo o nā mea kanu kahi i ʻoi aku ka pōʻeleʻele, manaʻo kekahi e ʻokoʻa ko lākou makemake a me ka naʻau i ka mālamalama mai nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe. He mau hopena kēia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kukui palekana honu, no ka mea, ʻo ke kukui palekana no nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā loggerheads ʻaʻole paha ia he kukui palekana no nā hawksbills. 

ʻElua mau pahuhopu kaʻu papahana:

1. e hoʻoholo i ka paepae o ka ʻike ʻana (ka ikaika māmā) e loaʻa ai kahi pane kiʻi kiʻi mai nā hawksbill hatchling ma waena o ka spectrum hiʻona, a
2. e hoʻoholo inā hōʻike ka hawksbills i ka makemake like no nā lōʻihi hawewe pōkole (uliuli) o ka mālamalama i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lōʻihi hawewe (ʻulaʻula) o ke kukui.

Ua like ke kaʻina hana no kēia mau pahuhopu ʻelua: hoʻokomo ʻia kahi hawksbill i loko o ka Y-maze, a ma hope o ka manawa o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ʻae ʻia e hele i loko o ka maze. No ka pahuhopu mua, hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻokiʻoki me kahi kukui ma ka hope o kekahi lima a me ka pōʻeleʻele ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. Inā hiki ke ʻike i ke kukui e neʻe aku i laila. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa mākou i ka ikaika ma nā hoʻāʻo ma hope ma ke ʻano heʻe a hiki i ka neʻe ʻole ʻana o nā pua i kēlā mālamalama. ʻO ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e neʻe aku ai kahi ʻokiʻoki i kona paepae ʻike no kēlā kala o ka mālamalama. A laila, hana hou mākou i kēia kaʻina hana no nā kala he nui ma ka spectrum. 

No ka lua o ka pahuhopu, hōʻike mākou i nā ʻōpuʻu me nā kala ʻokoʻa ʻelua o ka mālamalama ma kēia mau helu paepae, e hoʻoholo ai i kahi makemake e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka nalu. E hōʻike pū ana mākou i nā pua pua me nā kukui ʻulaʻula i pālua i ka waiwai paepae e ʻike ai inā ʻo ka ikaika pili ka mea hoʻokele i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ma mua o ke kala.

ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o kēia noiʻi ʻana, ʻo ia ka hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hana kukui palekana honu kai no nā kahakai nesting hawksbill.