Kulengeza za 2022 Boyd Lyon Scholar

Chaka chilichonse, Bungwe la Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund limapereka maphunziro kwa wophunzira wa sayansi ya zam'madzi yemwe kafukufuku wake amayang'ana kwambiri akamba am'nyanja. Wopambana chaka chino ndi Joseph Munoz.

Sefa (Josefa) Muñoz adabadwira ndikukulira ku Guam ndipo adapeza BS mu Biology kuchokera ku University of Guam (UOG).

Monga wophunzira wamaphunziro apamwamba, adapeza chidwi chake chofufuza ndi kusunga akamba akunyanja pomwe amadzipereka ngati Mtsogoleri Woyang'anira Haggan (kamba m'chinenero cha Chamoru) Woyang'anira Pulogalamu, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kuyang'anira ntchito yomanga zisa za kamba. Atamaliza maphunziro awo, Sefa adagwira ntchito yaukamba wam'madzi ndipo anali wotsimikiza kuti akufuna kupititsa patsogolo chidziwitso cha akamba akunyanja aku US Pacific Island (PIR)Chelonia mydas). Monga National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Sefa tsopano ndi Marine Biology PhD wophunzira wolangizidwa ndi Dr. Brian Bowen ku yunivesite ya Hawai'i ku Mānoa (UH Mānoa).

Ntchito ya Sefa ikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito satellite telemetry ndi stable isotope analysis (SIA) kuti azindikire ndikuwonetsa madera ofunikira opezera zakudya ndi njira zosamukira zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi akamba obiriwira omwe amakhala ku US PIR, kuphatikiza American Sāmoa, Hawaiian Archipelago, ndi Mariana Archipelago. Zakudya za isotopi zimalembetsedwa m'thupi la nyama chifukwa michere imadziunjikira kuchokera kuzakudya kwa nthawi yayitali, motero kukhazikika kwa isotope kwa minofu ya nyama kumawonetsa zakudya zake komanso chilengedwe chomwe imadyeramo. Chifukwa chake, kukhazikika kwa isotopu kumatha kuwulula komwe nyama idakhalako ikadutsa muzakudya zodziwika bwino komanso zosiyana.

SIA yakhala njira yolondola, yotsika mtengo yophunzirira za nyama zomwe zimasoweka (monga akamba am'nyanja).

Ngakhale kuti telemetry ya satellite imapereka kulondola kwambiri popeza malo odyetserako akamba omwe akakhala zisa, ndiyokwera mtengo ndipo nthawi zambiri imatulutsa chidziwitso kwa anthu ochepa okha. Kuthekera kwa SIA kumapangitsa kuti pakhale zitsanzo zokulirapo zomwe zimayimira kwambiri kuchuluka kwa anthu, zomwe zimatha kuthana ndi malo omwe amadyera omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi akamba obiriwira omwe atsala pang'ono kumanga zisa. SIA yophatikizidwa ndi data ya telemetry yatulukira ngati njira yophatikizira yodziwira malo omwe ali ndi akamba am'nyanja, ndipo yotsirizirayi ingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuthetsa njira zosamuka. Pamodzi, zidazi zitha kuthandiza kudziwa malo omwe ali patsogolo pakusamalira akamba omwe ali pachiwopsezo komanso omwe ali pachiwopsezo.

Mothandizana ndi NOAA Fisheries 'Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program, Sefa yatumiza ma tag a satellite a GPS ku zisa za akamba obiriwira ku Guam komanso kusonkhanitsa ndi kukonza zitsanzo za minofu ya SIA. Kulondola kwa ma GPS ogwirizanitsa kuchokera pa satellite telemetry kumathandizira njira zosamukira ku kamba wobiriwira ndi malo odyetserako chakudya ndikutsimikizira kulondola kwa SIA, zomwe sizinachitikebe ku US PIR. Kuphatikiza pa pulojekitiyi, kafukufuku wa Sefa amayang'ana kwambiri kayendedwe ka kamba kobiriwira kozungulira ku Guam. Komanso, mofanana ndi zomwe Boyd Lyon amaika patsogolo pa kafukufuku, Sefa akufuna kudziwa zambiri za akamba aamuna akunyanja pophunzira njira zokwerera komanso kuswana kwa akamba obiriwira ku Guam.

Sefa adapereka zoyambira za kafukufukuyu pamisonkhano itatu yasayansi ndipo adapereka chidziwitso kwa ophunzira asukulu zapakati komanso omaliza maphunziro ku Guam.

Munthawi yake, Sefa adapanga ndi kutsogolera 2022 Sea Turtle Research Internship komwe adaphunzitsa ophunzira asanu ndi anayi ochokera ku Guam kuti azichita okha kafukufuku wam'mphepete mwa nyanja kuti alembe zochitika zomanga zisa ndikuthandizira pazachilengedwe, kuyika chizindikiro, kuyika ma satelayiti, ndi kukumba chisa.

Akamba a ku Guam Green Sea Hatchlings

Sea Turtle Research Interns

Zitsanzo za Khungu La Hatchling

Nesting Green Sea Turtle Return