CCIMMI: Iwulite na ihe nketa afọ 50 nke Channel Islands pinniped nyocha
Ewubere California Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) site na ebumnuche iji kwado ọmụmụ ihe ọmụmụ biology nke ụdị pinnipeds isii (ọdụm ọdụm na akara) na Channel Islands. Pinnipeds bụ sentinels nke ọdịmma oké osimiri-ha na-enye akara ịdọ aka ná ntị mmalite nke mgbanwe na gburugburu ebe obibi nke nwere ike imetụta ndụ oké osimiri ndị ọzọ na ụmụ mmadụ n'ihi na anyị niile na-ekerịta otu ihe onwunwe oké osimiri.
CCIMMI na-arụ ọrụ dịka mmekọrịta ọha na eze na nkeonwe n'etiti Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), na The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Ebumnuche nke mmekorita a bụ iji hụ na ọ ga-aga n'ihu nke ihe karịrị afọ 50 nke ọmụmụ nyocha nke mmiri ara ehi na California Channel Islands nke na-agwa mgbanwe ihu igwe na ihe nchekwa oke osimiri na West Coast.
CCIMMI na-akwado mmemme dabere na sayensị nke biology biology pinniped na California Channel Islands nke California Current Ecosystems Programme (CCEP) nke Marine Mammal Laboratory na AFSC na-edu. Site na ọdụ nyocha San Miguel Island dị ka isi ntọala maka ọrụ ubi dị mkpa, mmemme ahụ lekwasịrị anya na nyocha nke ahụike, ụbara, ọnụ ọgụgụ ọmụmụ na ọnwụ, yana nri anụ ụlọ nke ụdị mkpụrụ ndụ ise pinniped na Channel Islands na otú mgbanwe ndị a si emetụta. gburugburu ebe obibi. Mmekọrịta sayensị siri ike edugawo n'ọtụtụ ọmụmụ ihe dị elu n'ihe gbasara gburugburu ebe obibi pinniped, ọrịa na-efe efe nke ọrịa na-efe efe, na mmetụta ahụike nke nsị gburugburu ebe obibi (ma domoic acid na-emekarị site na okooko osisi algal na-emerụ ahụ na mmetọ mmadụ mere dị ka DDT) gụnyere ọdịda ọmụmụ na ọrịa kansa. CCIMMI na-enyere aka mmekorita ndị a na-aga nke ọma n'etiti ndị mmekọ gọọmenti etiti, agụmakwụkwọ na nkeonwe.
Ọrụ 1: Ọmụmụ ihe gbasara igwe mmadụ iji nọgide na-enwe ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ama ama nke pinnipeds iji ghọta mmetụta mgbanwe ihu igwe nke oke osimiri na pinnipeds West Coast.. Ịrịba anụmanụ akara n'ìgwè ọ bụla na-enye ohere nleba anya ka ihe iyi egwu gburugburu ebe obibi si emetụta klaasị afọ dị iche iche nke ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị a kpọkọtara ọnụ.
Ọrụ 2: Mbelata njikọ ọdụm oke osimiri California na irighiri mmiri. Nnapụta na ịpụpụ pinnipeds na-egbochi ịnwụ anwụ ma na-enye ohere ịchọpụta ebe irighiri ihe na-ejikọta ya.
Ọrụ 3: Ịdekọ ọkwa Organochlorine na-adịgide adịgide na California Channel Island pinnipeds. Biopsies anụ ahụ na-enye ohere nleba anya mmetụta nke ihe nketa na isi mmalite mmetọ organochlorine achọpụtara ọhụrụ sitere na mmiri dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri California na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị mmadụ.
Ihe oru ngo 4: Nyochaa omume nri nri na gburugburu ebe obibi n'oge mgbanwe ihu igwe nke oke osimiri. Nyocha omume nri na-enye ohere ntule nri nke metụtara ahụike anụmanụ ma detuo ka nri si agbanwe site na mgbanwe ihu igwe na-ebute na nnweta anụ oriri.
Ọrụ 5: Nyochaa oke ọrịa na-apụta na anụ mamma nke mmiri na Channel Islands. Nlele anụ ahụ nke anụmanụ ndị meworo agadi na-enyere aka n'ịghọta mmetụta dị n'ụdị ọrịa ọhụrụ na ahụike nke ndị mmadụ na-ata ahụhụ.
Ihe oru ngo 6: Nchikota nke ngwa agha na nkwado ego maka Ọrụ nyocha San Miguel. Inye ego njem ụgbọ elu nke ndị otu nyocha, akụrụngwa na akụrụngwa na mmezi nke ọdụ nyocha na-enyere aka nyocha ubi na-aga nke ọma na California Channel Islands.
N'ihe karịrị afọ 130 nke ahụmahụ jikọtara ọnụ na ihe karịrị akwụkwọ nyocha 400 n'aha ha, ndị CCIMMI na-emepụta bụ ndị isi ama ama n'ụwa n'ọhịa nke sayensị anụ anụ mmiri. Ndị otu ahụ mejupụtara CCEP's ntọala ntọala Program Manager, Robert DeLong, PhD; Frances Gulland, Vet MB, PhD; Onye njikwa anụ ụlọ anụmanụ na Marine Mammal Center, Sophie Guarasci, RVT; na di ya, Robert Guarasci, onye bụbu onye isi ụlọ ọrụ itinye ego nke nwere mmasị maka nchekwa oke osimiri. Ndị otu a na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na Sharon Melin, PhD, onye ndu mmemme ugbu a nke CCEP.
Ebumnuche CCIMMI bụ ịkwado mmemme nyocha ọnụọgụ mmadụ. Ọnụ ego ọrụ dị mkpa gụnyere mmefu njem na ngwa agha yana mmefu ego iji kwado akụrụngwa nke ọdụ nyocha San Miguel. Na-enweghị ụgwọ ọnwa ma ọ bụ akwụ ụgwọ a kapịrị ọnụ, anyị na-atụ anya mmefu ego kwa afọ nke ihe dị ka $100,000 na ebumnuche ịkwalite $500,000 iji kpuchie ọrụ afọ ise na-abịa.