Aia mākou i kēia manawa me Corals of the World

Leta mai kahi TOF Grantee: Aia mākou i kēia manawa me Corals of the World

Na Charlie Veron 

ʻO Corals of the World kahi papahana i hoʻomaka me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ʻelima mau makahiki e hoʻohui i ka mea i lilo i 3-volume hard copy encyclopaedia me nā kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ka ʻokoʻa honua o nā ʻākoʻa, i paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 2000. Akā, ʻo ia hana nui ka hoʻomaka wale nō - maopopo. Ua makemake mākou i kahi ʻōnaehana pili pūnaewele, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, wehe ʻia i loaʻa i ʻelua mau mea nui: Coral Geographic a me Coral Id.

I kēia pule hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolaha lanakila ʻo Coral Geographic, kekahi o nā ʻāpana nui ʻelua o Corals of the World, ke kū nei a holo ʻoiai (e kala mai) pono e mālama ʻia ka ʻōlelo huna a hiki i kona mākaukau e hoʻomaka. Hoʻolālā ʻia ia e hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻohana i kahi mea hana hou e ʻike i nā mea āpau e pili ana i nā ʻākoʻa ma hea. Ma ka hana ʻana pēlā, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o nā manaʻolana mua a hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke koho i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka honua, hoʻohui a hoʻohālikelike paha iā lākou, hana koke i nā palapala ʻāina a papa inoa i nā ʻano e hana pēlā. ʻO ka ʻenekinia pūnaewele e pili ana, e holo ana ma kahi kahua o Google Earth, ua lawe ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki e hoʻomohala ai, akā ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia ka manawa.

ʻO ka mea nui ʻē aʻe, ʻo Coral ID ke manaʻolana nei e liʻiliʻi i kahi paʻakikī ʻenehana. Hāʻawi ia i nā ʻano mea hoʻohana āpau i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻākoʻa, i kōkua ʻia e nā wehewehe heluhelu maʻalahi a ma kahi o 8000 mau kiʻi. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā ʻaoʻao ʻano ʻano a loaʻa iā mākou ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana me nā faila ʻikepili hiki ke heluhelu ʻia i ka lolouila ma mua o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana. Hana maikaʻi kahi prototype - pono wale ka hoʻokani maikaʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana me Coral Geographic a me ka hope. Hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻohui i kahi kī uila (kahi mana pūnaewele hou o ka CD-ROM Coral ID kahiko) i kēia, akā aia ma ka backburner i kēia manawa.

Aia kekahi mau mea lohi. ʻO ka mea mua, ua hoʻomaopopo koke mākou he pono mākou e hoʻolaha i nā hopena koʻikoʻi o kā mākou hana ma nā nūpepa ʻepekema i loiloi ʻia e nā hoa ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka pūnaewele, inā ʻaʻole e hana kekahi i kēia no mākou (ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka ʻepekema) . Ua ʻae ʻia e ka Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻauhau ʻaʻa. Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia nei kahi manuscript nui ʻelua e pili ana i ka biogeography coral. He nani nā hopena. Ua komo nā ola o ka hana i kēia a i kēia manawa no ka manawa mua hiki iā mākou ke huki like. Aia kēia mau ʻatikala ma ka pūnaewele e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻohana ke lele ma waena o ka ʻike ākea a me nā kikoʻī maikaʻi. Manaʻo wau e lilo kēia mau mea i honua mua, no ke ola kai ma ka liʻiliʻi.

ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lohi ʻelua. E hoʻokomo mākou i kahi loiloi nawaliwali o nā ʻano i ka hoʻokuʻu mua. A laila, ma hope o ka hana ʻana i kahi loiloi o ka nui o ka ʻikepili i loaʻa iā mākou, ke hoʻolālā nei mākou e kūkulu i ke kolu o ka module, ʻo Coral Enquirer, kahi e hele ai ma mua o ka loiloi vulnerability. Inā hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi kālā a ʻenekinia iā ia (a he mea paʻakikī kēia ma nā helu ʻelua), e hāʻawi kēia i nā pane e pili ana i ka ʻepekema i kahi o nā nīnau mālama mālama. He manaʻo nui loa ia, no laila ʻaʻole e hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana o Corals of the World a mākou e hoʻolālā nei no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki aʻe.

E mālama wau iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ko mākou mahalo no ke kākoʻo (hoʻopakele kālā) i loaʻa iā mākou: ua hāʻule kēia mau mea a pau me ka ʻole.

ʻO Charlie Veron (aka JEN Veron) he kanaka ʻepekema moana me ka ʻike ākea i nā ʻākoʻa a me nā ʻāʻu. ʻO ia ka Luna ʻepekema Nui o ka Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) a i kēia manawa ʻo Adjunct Professor o ʻelua mau kula. Noho ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke i Townsville Australia kahi āna i kākau ai i nā puke 13 a me nā monographs a ma kahi o 100 mau ʻatikala kaulana a ʻepekema i nā makahiki he 40 i hala.