Kalata yochokera kwa TOF Grantee: Kumene tili pano ndi Corals of the World

Wolemba Charlie Veron 

Ma Corals a Dziko ndi pulojekiti yomwe inayamba ndi khama la zaka zisanu lophatikiza buku lokhala ndi mabuku atatu lokhala ndi zithunzi zosonyeza kusiyanasiyana kwa miyala ya korali, lofalitsidwa mu 3. pa intaneti, pulogalamu yosinthika, yotseguka yomwe idaphatikizapo zigawo ziwiri zazikulu: Zithunzi za Coral Geographic ndi Chizindikiro cha Coral.

Sabata ino tikhoza kulengeza zimenezo mwachigonjetso Zithunzi za Coral Geographic, chimodzi mwa zigawo zikuluzikulu ziwiri za Ma Corals a Dziko, ikugwira ntchito ngakhale (pepani) iyenera kutetezedwa ndi mawu achinsinsi mpaka itakonzeka kuyambitsa. Zapangidwa kuti zipatse ogwiritsa ntchito chida chatsopano kuti adziwe zonse zomwe ma coral ali. Pochita izi zimaposa zomwe zinkayembekeza poyamba chifukwa zimalola ogwiritsa ntchito kusankha mbali zosiyanasiyana za dziko lapansi, kuziphatikiza kapena kuzisiyanitsa, kupanga mapu ndikulemba mitundu yoti achite zimenezo. Ukatswiri watsamba lawebusayiti womwe ukukhudzidwa, womwe ukuyenda pa nsanja ya Google Earth, watenga chaka chimodzi kuti upangidwe, koma yakhala nthawi yayitali.

Chigawo china chachikulu, Coral ID mwachiyembekezo sizikhala zovuta zaukadaulo. Ipatsa ogwiritsa ntchito amitundu yonse mwayi wodziwa zambiri zamakorali, mothandizidwa ndi mafotokozedwe osavuta kuwerenga komanso zithunzi pafupifupi 8000. Masamba amitundu adapangidwa ndipo pamapeto pake tili ndi zigawo zambiri kuphatikiza mafayilo amakompyuta owerengeka pasadakhale pokonzekera. Chitsanzo chimagwira ntchito bwino - chimangofunika kukonzedwa bwino ndikulumikizana nacho Zithunzi za Coral Geographic ndi mosemphanitsa. Tikukonzekera kuwonjezera kiyi yamagetsi (masamba osinthidwa akale Coral ID CD-ROM) ku izi, koma zomwe zili kumbuyo pakadali pano.

Pakhala pali zinthu zingapo zochedwetsa. Choyamba ndi chakuti tazindikira mochedwa kuti tiyenera kufalitsa zotsatira zazikulu za ntchito yathu m'magazini asayansi omwe amawunikiridwa ndi anzathu tsambalo lisanatulutsidwe, apo ayi, wina angatichitire izi (momwemo ndi momwe sayansi ikulowera) . Kufotokozera mwachidule za coral taxonomy kwangovomerezedwa ndi a Zoological Journal ya Linnean Society. Mpukutu waukulu wachiwiri pa coral biogeography ukukonzedwa tsopano. Zotsatira zake ndi zabwino kwambiri. Nthawi zonse ntchito yapita mu izi ndipo tsopano kwa nthawi yoyamba timatha kukoka zonse pamodzi. Zolemba izi zidzakhalanso pa tsamba la webusayiti zomwe zimalola ogwiritsa ntchito kudumpha pakati pazowunikira komanso tsatanetsatane. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zonsezi zikhala dziko loyamba, kwa zamoyo zam'madzi.

Kuchedwa kwachiwiri kumakhala kovuta kwambiri. Tikuphatikizira kuwunika kwa chiwopsezo cha zamoyo m'kutulutsidwa koyamba. Kenako, titawunika kuchuluka kwa deta yomwe tili nayo, tsopano tikukonzekera kupanga gawo lachitatu, Wofufuza za Coral, zomwe zimapitilira kuwunika kwachiwopsezo. Ngati titha kulipirira ndikuzipanga (ndipo izi zikhala zovuta pazigawo zonse ziwiri), izi zipereka mayankho ozikidwa pa sayansi ku funso lililonse lachitetezo lomwe lingaganizidwe. Ndizofuna kwambiri, kotero siziphatikizidwa mu kutulutsidwa koyamba kwa Ma Corals a Dziko zomwe tsopano tikukonzeratu koyambirira kwa chaka chamawa.

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Charlie Veron (aka JEN Veron) ndi wasayansi wam'madzi yemwe ali ndi ukadaulo wosiyanasiyana wamatanthwe ndi matanthwe. Iye ndi Chief Scientist wakale wa Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) ndipo tsopano ndi Adjunct Pulofesa wa mayunivesite awiri. Amakhala pafupi ndi Townsville Australia komwe adalembapo mabuku 13 ndi monographs komanso pafupifupi 100 zolemba zodziwika bwino komanso zasayansi pazaka 40 zapitazi.