Kuzivisa iyo 2022 Boyd Lyon Scholar

Gore rega rega, iyo Boyd Lyon Gungwa Turtle Fund inotambira mudzidzi wemarine biology ane tsvakiridzo yakanangana nekamba dzegungwa. gore rino ndiJosefa Munoz.

Sefa (Josefa) Muñoz akaberekerwa uye akakurira muGuam uye akawana BS muBiology kubva kuYunivhesiti yeGuam (UOG).

Semunhu akapedza kudzidza, akawana chido chake chekutsvagisa nekuchengetedza kamba yegungwa achizvipira sePatrol Mutungamiriri weHaggan (turtle mumutauro weChamoru) Chirongwa cheWatch, icho chakanangana nekutarisa kuita kwekamba yegungwa matendere. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza, Sefa akashanda senyanzvi yezvipenyu zvegungwa uye aive nechokwadi chekuti aida kufambisira mberi ruzivo paUS Pacific Island Region (PIR) green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) SeNational Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Sefa iye zvino ave Marine Biology PhD mudzidzi anorayirwa naDr. Brian Bowen paYunivhesiti yeHawai'i kuMānoa (UH Mānoa).

Chirongwa cheSefa chine chinangwa chekushandisa satellite telemetry uye yakagadzikana isotope ongororo (SIA) kuona uye kuratidza nzvimbo dzakakosha dzekudyira uye nzira dzekufambisa dzinoshandiswa negirinhi turtles inogara muUS PIR, inosanganisira American Sāmoa, Hawaiian Archipelago, uye Mariana Archipelago. Isotopic kukosha kwechikafu kunonyoreswa munyama yemhuka sezvo zvinovaka muviri zvinoungana kubva mukudya kwenguva yakareba uye nekudaro yakagadzikana isotope kukosha kwenyama yemhuka inoratidza chikafu chayo uye ecosystem yainodya. Naizvozvo, yakagadzikana isotopu kukosha kunogona kuratidza kwaimbove nzvimbo yemhuka sezvainofamba nemunzvimbo uye isotopically distinct chikafu chewebhu.

SIA yave nzira yakarurama, isingadhuri yekudzidza mhuka dzisinganzwisisike (semugungwa).

Kunyangwe setiraiti telemetry ichipa humbowo hwekutsvaga nzvimbo yekudyira yeturtles dzinopfuura-nesting, inodhura uye kazhinji inoburitsa ruzivo rwechikamu chidiki chevanhu. Kukwanisika kweSIA kunobvumira saizi yakakura yemuenzaniso iyo inomiririra zvakanyanya pahuwandu hwehuwandu, iyo inogona kugadzirisa nzvimbo dzekutsvagira dzinoshandiswa neakawanda eidzi girinhi huturu. SIA yakapetwa nedatha ye telemetry yabuda senzira yekubatanidza yekuona nzvimbo dzekutsvagira tumba dzegungwa, uye iyo yekupedzisira inogona kushandiswa kugadzirisa nzira dzekutama. Pamwe chete, maturusi aya anogona kubatsira kuona nzvimbo dzekutanga dzekuyedza kuchengetedza kune dziri kutyisidzirwa uye dziri mungozi yegirinhi turtles.

Mukubatana neNOAA Fisheries 'Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Marine Turtle Biology uye Assessment Chirongwa, Sefa yakaisa satellite GPS ma tag kune matendere egirinhi egungwa turtles muGuam pamwe nekuunganidza uye kugadzirisa masamples eganda reSIA. Iko kurongeka kweGPS kurongeka kubva kune satellite telemetry kuchabatsira kufambisa nzira dzegirinhi turtle dzekutama uye nzvimbo dzekudyara uye kusimbisa huchokwadi hweSIA, izvo zvisati zvaitwa muUS PIR. Pamusoro pechirongwa ichi, tsvakiridzo yaSefa inotarisa kune yakasvibira yegungwa turtle inopindirana-nesting mafambiro akatenderedza Guam. Zvakare, zvakafanana nezvakakoshesa kutsvagisa kwaBoyd Lyon, Sefa anotarisira kuwana nzwisiso pahururu dzegungwa nekudzidza nzira dzekukwirana uye kuberekana kwebonde rehuwandu hweGuam yegirinhi turtle.

Sefa yakaratidza zvakawanikwa zvekutanga zvechidzidzo ichi pamisangano mitatu yesainzi uye yakapa ruzivo kune vechikoro chepakati nevadzidzi vepasikiri muGuam.

Munguva yemwaka wake wemunda, Sefa akagadzira uye akatungamira 2022 Sea Turtle Research Internship kwaakadzidzisa vadzidzi vapfumbamwe kubva kuGuam kuti vazvimiririre kuitisa ongororo yemahombekombe kurekodha chiitiko chekuisa dendere uye kubatsira mukuita sampling yebhayoroji, kuisa chiratidzo, satellite tagging, uye kuchera matendere.

Guam Green Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Sea Turtle Research Interns

Hatchling Skin Sampling

Nesting Green Sea Turtle Return