CCIMMI: Kumanga pa cholowa chazaka 50 cha kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi Channel Islands
California Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) idakhazikitsidwa ndi cholinga chothandizira maphunziro a biology yamitundu isanu ndi umodzi ya pinnipeds (mikango yam'nyanja ndi zisindikizo) ku Channel Islands. Pinnipeds ndi alonda oteteza nyanja zamchere—amapereka zizindikiro zochenjeza za kusintha kwa chilengedwe komwe kungakhudze zamoyo za m’nyanja zina ndi anthu chifukwa tonse timagawana zinthu za m’nyanja zofanana.
CCIMMI imagwira ntchito ngati mgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi pakati pa Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ndi The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Cholinga cha mgwirizanowu ndikuwonetsetsa kupitiliza kwa zaka zopitilira 50 za kafukufuku wofufuza nyama zam'madzi ku California Channel Islands zomwe zimadziwitsa zakusintha kwanyengo komanso zovuta zoteteza nyanja ku West Coast.
CCIMMI imathandizira pulogalamu yozikidwa pa sayansi ya pinniped population biology ku California Channel Islands motsogozedwa ndi California Current Ecosystems Programme (CCEP) ya Marine Mammal Laboratory ku AFSC. Ndi San Miguel Island Research Station ngati maziko oyambira pantchito yofunikira, pulogalamuyi imayang'ana kwambiri pakuwunika thanzi, kuchuluka, kubadwa ndi kufa, komanso kufunafuna zachilengedwe zamitundu isanu yomwe imaswana ku Channel Islands ndi momwe izi zimakhudzidwira ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. chilengedwe. Mgwirizano wamphamvu wasayansi wapangitsa kuti pakhale maphunziro ambiri apamwamba pankhani yazachilengedwe, miliri ya matenda opatsirana, komanso kuyambukira paumoyo wa poizoni wa chilengedwe (zonse zomwe zimachitika mwachilengedwe kuchokera kumaluwa owopsa a algal ndi zoipitsa zopangidwa ndi anthu monga DDT) kuphatikizapo kusabereka komanso khansa. CCIMMI imathandizira mgwirizano wopambanawu pakati pa feduro, maphunziro, ndi anzawo achinsinsi.
Pulojekiti 1: Maphunziro a kuchuluka kwa anthu kuti asunge anthu amsinkhu wodziwika a pinnipeds kuti amvetsetse zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo ya nyanja ku West Coast pinnipeds. Kuyika nyama pagulu lililonse kumalola kuwunika momwe ziwopsezo zachilengedwe zimakhudzira magulu amisinkhu yosiyanasiyana a anthu omwe ali ndi pinniped.
Pulojekiti 2: Kuchepetsa kutsekeredwa kwa mkango wa ku California mu zinyalala za m'madzi. Kuwombola ndi kusokoneza pinnipeds kumalepheretsa kufa komanso kumalola kuzindikira komwe kumachokera zinyalala.
Pulojekiti 3: Kulemba Zosalekeza Zowonongeka za Organochlorine ku California Channel Island pinnipeds. Tissue biopsies amalola kuunika kwa zotsatira za cholowa ndi magwero omwe angopezeka kumene a organochlorine oipitsa kuchokera kumadzi am'mphepete mwa nyanja ku California pa anthu okhala ndi pinniped.
Pulojekiti 4: Kuyang'ana machitidwe odyetserako zakudya komanso zachilengedwe munthawi yakusintha kwanyengo yam'nyanja. Kusanthula kachitidwe kazakudya kumathandizira kuwunika kwa zakudya zomwe zimagwirizana ndi thanzi la nyama ndikulemba momwe zakudya zimasinthira ndikusintha koyendetsedwa ndi nyengo pakupezeka kwa nyama.
Pulojekiti 5: Kuwunika kuchuluka kwa matenda omwe akubwera m'zinyama zam'madzi ku Channel Islands. Zitsanzo za minofu ya nyama zodziwika bwino zimathandizira kumvetsetsa zotsatira za zamoyo zatsopano paumoyo wa anthu omwe ali ndi pinniped.
Pulojekiti 6: Kugwirizana kwa mayendedwe ndi ndalama zothandizira San Miguel Research Station based Operations. Kupereka ndalama zoyendera ndege zamagulu ofufuza, zida ndi zida ndi kukonza malo opangira kafukufuku kumathandizira kufufuza bwino m'munda ku California Channel Islands.
Pokhala ndi zaka zopitilira 130 komanso zolemba zopitilira 400 zamaina awo, omwe adayambitsa CCIMMI ndi atsogoleri odziwika padziko lonse lapansi pankhani yasayansi yam'madzi. Gululi lili ndi Woyambitsa Pulogalamu ya CCEP, Robert DeLong, PhD; Frances Gulland, Vet MB, PhD; Woyang'anira Zoweta Zanyama ku The Marine Mammal Center, Sophie Guarasci, RVT; ndi mwamuna wake, Robert Guarasci, yemwe kale anali mkulu wamakampani ogulitsa ndalama komanso wokonda kwambiri kusunga nyanja. Gululi limagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Sharon Melin, PhD, Mtsogoleri wa Pulogalamu ya CCEP.
Cholinga cha CCIMMI ndikuthandizira pulogalamu yofufuza za anthu. Ndalama zofunika kwambiri zogwirira ntchito zikuphatikiza ndalama zoyendera ndi zonyamula katundu komanso bajeti yosamalira zomangamanga za San Miguel Research Station. Popanda malipiro kapena ndalama zokhazikika, tikuyembekeza bajeti yocheperako yapachaka pafupifupi $100,000 ndipo tikufuna kukweza $500,000 kuti tikwaniritse zaka zisanu zikubwerazi.