CCIMMI: Kuvaka pane 50-gore nhaka yeChannel Islands pinniped research
Iyo California Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) yakavambwa iine chinangwa chekutsigira huwandu hwevanhu biology zvidzidzo zvemarudzi matanhatu emapinnipeds (shumba dzegungwa nezvisimbiso) muChannel Islands. Pinnipeds varindi vehutano hwegungwa-vanopa zviratidzo zvekutanga zveyambiro yekuchinja mune ecosystem iyo inogona kukanganisa humwe hupenyu hwegungwa uye vanhu nekuti isu tese tinogovana zvakafanana zviwanikwa zvegungwa.
CCIMMI inoshanda semubatanidzwa wehurumende-yakavanzika pakati peAlaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic uye Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), uye The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Chinangwa chemubatanidzwa uyu ndechekuona kuenderera mberi kweanopfuura makore makumi mashanu ezvidzidzo zvekutsvagisa mhuka dzemugungwa muCalifornia Channel Islands inozivisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye nyaya dzekuchengetedza gungwa kuWest Coast.
CCIMMI inotsigira sainzi-yakavakirwa chirongwa chepinniped population biology muCalifornia Channel Islands inotungamirwa neCalifornia Current Ecosystems Program (CCEP) yeMarine Mammal Laboratory kuAFSC. NeSan Miguel Island Research Station sehwaro hwekutanga hwebasa remumunda rakakosha, chirongwa ichi chinotarisa kuongororwa kwehutano, kuwanda, kuberekwa uye kufa, uye ecology yekudyara kwemhando shanu dzepinniped kuberekesa muChannel Islands uye kuti izvi zvinokanganiswa sei nekuchinja muChannel Islands. iyo ecosystem. Kudyidzana kwakasimba kwesainzi kwakatungamira kune kuwanda kwezvidzidzo zvepamberi muminda yepinniped population ecology, epidemiology yezvirwere zvinotapukira, uye hutano kukanganisa kwechepfu yezvakatipoteredza (zvose zvinongoitika zvega domoic acid kubva kune zvinokuvadza algal blooms uye zvinosvibisa zvinogadzirwa nevanhu seDDT) kusanganisira kutadza kubereka negomarara. CCIMMI inogonesa kudyidzana kwakabudirira uku pakati pemubatanidzwa, vedzidzo, uye vega vega.
Project 1: Demographic zvidzidzo kuchengetedza vanozivikanwa-zera rehuwandu hwepinnipeds kuti vanzwisise kukanganisa kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze egungwa kuWest Coast pinnipeds.. Kumaka mhuka dzeboka rega rega kunobvumira ongororo yekuti kutyisidzira kwezvakatipoteredza kunokanganisa sei makirasi akasiyana ezera revanhu vane pinniped.
Chirongwa chechipiri: Kuderedza kubatwa kweshumba yegungwa muCalifornia mumarara emugungwa. Kununura uye kupatsanura pinnipeds kunodzivirira kufa uye kunobvumira kuzivikanwa kwekwakabva marara anopinza.
Project 3: Kunyora Persistent Organochlorine Kusvibisa mazinga muCalifornia Channel Island Island pinnipeds. Tissue biopsies inobvumira kuongororwa kwemaitiro enhaka uye ichangobva kuwanikwa organochlorine inosvibisa masosi kubva kuCalifornia kumahombekombe emvura pane pinniped vanhu.
Project 4: Kuongorora pinniped foraging maitiro uye ecology munguva yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze egungwa. Kuongororwa kwemaitiro echikafu kunobvumira kuongororwa kwekudya kunoenderana nehutano hwemhuka uye kunyora kuti kudya kunoshanduka sei nemamiriro ekunze anotungamirwa shanduko mukuwanikwa kwemhuka.
Project 5: Kuongorora kuwanda kwezvirwere zviri kubuda mumhuka dzemugungwa muChannel Islands. Tissue sampling yemhuka dzinozivikanwa-chembere inobatsira mukunzwisisa mhedzisiro yezvipenyu zvechirwere pahutano hwevanhu vane pinniped.
Project 6: Kurongeka kwerutsigiro nerutsigiro rwemari yeSan Miguel Research Station yakavakirwa maOperation. Kupa mari yekufambisa kwemhepo kwezvikwata zvevatsvagiri, zvishandiso uye zvekushandisa uye kugadzirisa kwechiteshi chekutsvagisa kunogonesa budiriro yemunda kutsvagurudza muCalifornia Channel Islands.
Neanopfuura 130 makore eruzivo rwakasanganiswa uye anopfuura mazana mana ekutsvagisa mapepa kumazita avo, vatangi veCCIMMI vatungamiriri vane mukurumbira pasi rose mumunda wesainzi yemhuka dzemugungwa. Chikwata ichi chine CCEP yekutanga Chirongwa Maneja, Robert DeLong, PhD; Frances Gulland, Vet MB, PhD; Mutariri Wehupfu hweMhuka paThe Marine Mammal Center, Sophie Guarasci, RVT; nemurume wake, Robert Guarasci, aimbove mukuru weindasitiri yekudyara mari aine chido chekuchengetedza gungwa. Chikwata chinoshanda padhuze naSharon Melin, PhD, iyezvino Chirongwa Mutungamiriri weCCEP.
Chinangwa cheCCIMMI ndechekutsigira chirongwa chekutsvagisa huwandu hwevanhu. Mutengo wakakosha wekushanda unosanganisira mari yekufambisa uye yekutakura pamwe nebhajeti rekuchengetedza zvivakwa zveSan Miguel Research Station. Tisina mihoro kana mitengo yakatarwa, tinofungidzira bhajeti repagore risingaite $100,000 uye tinotarisira kukwidza $500,000 yekuvhara makore mashanu anotevera ekushanda.