I-CCIMMI: Ukwakha kwi-50-year legacy ye-Channel Islands pinniped uphando
ICalifornia Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) yasekwa ngenjongo yokuxhasa izifundo zebhayoloji yabantu kwiintlobo ezintandathu zepinnipeds (iingonyama zolwandle kunye netywina) kwiiChannel Islands. I-Pinnipeds ngabalindi bentlalontle yolwandle-babonelela ngemiqondiso elumkisa kwangaphambili yotshintsho kwi-ikhosistim enokuthi ichaphazele obunye ubomi bolwandle kunye nabantu kuba sonke sabelana ngemithombo yolwandle efanayo.
I-CCIMMI isebenza njengentsebenziswano yoluntu-yabucala phakathi kwe-Alaska Fisheries Science Centre (AFSC), i-National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), i-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), kunye ne-Ocean Foundation (TOF). Injongo yolu bambiswano kukuqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kweminyaka engaphezulu kwe-50 yezifundo zophando lwezilwanyana ezanyisayo zaselwandle kwiCalifonia Channel Islands ekwazisa ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nemiba yolondolozo lolwandle kuNxweme oluseNtshona.
I-CCIMMI ixhasa inkqubo esekelwe kwisayensi ye-pinniped ye-biology yabantu kwi-California Channel Islands ekhokelwa yi-California Current Ecosystems Programme (CCEP) ye-Marine Mammal Laboratory kwi-AFSC. NgeSikhululo soPhando seSiqithi saseSan Miguel njengesiseko esisisiseko somsebenzi obalulekileyo, inkqubo igxile kuvavanyo lwempilo, ubuninzi, amazinga okuzalwa kunye nokufa, kunye nokutya kokutya kwezilwanyana eziziintlobo ezintlanu ezifuywayo kwiZiqithi zeChannel kunye nendlela ezi zichatshazelwa ngayo lutshintsho kwiiChannel Islands. inkqubo yendalo. Intsebenziswano eyomeleleyo yezenzululwazi ikhokelele kwintaphane yezifundo eziqhubela phambili kwiinkalo ze-pinniped ye-ecology yabemi, i-epidemiology yezifo ezosulelayo, kunye neempembelelo zempilo ye-toxins yendalo (zombini i-domoic acid eyenzeka ngokwendalo evela kwi-algal blooms ezinobungozi kunye nezingcoliso ezenziwe ngabantu ezifana ne-DDT) kuquka ukusilela ekuzaleni kunye nomhlaza. I-CCIMMI yenza ezi ntsebenziswano ziphumeleleyo phakathi kwe-federal, academic, kunye namaqabane abucala.
Iprojekthi yoku-1: Izifundo zamanani abantu ukugcina abantu abaneminyaka eyaziwayo be-pinnipeds ukuqonda iimpembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu yolwandle kwi-West Coast pinnipeds. Ukumakisha izilwanyana zeqela ngalinye kuvumela uhlolo lwendlela izoyikiso zokusingqongileyo ezichaphazela iindidi ezahlukeneyo zeminyaka yabantu abaphinniweyo.
Iprojekthi yesi-2: Ukunciphisa ukubanjiswa kweengonyama zaselwandle zaseCalifornia kububutyobo baselwandle. Ukuhlangula kunye nokuqhawula iipinnipeds zithintela ukufa kwaye zivumela ukuchongwa komthombo wenkunkuma ebambekayo.
Iprojekthi yesi-3: Ukubhalwa phantsi kwe-Organochlorine eZingileyo amanqanaba angcolileyo eCalifornia Channel Island pinnipeds. Iibiopsies zezicubu zivumela uvavanyo lweempembelelo zelifa kunye nemithombo esanda kufunyanwa ye-organochlorine engcolisekileyo esuka kumanzi aselunxwemeni lwaseCalifornia kubantu abaphinniweyo.
Iprojekthi yesi-4: Uvavanyo lokuziphatha ngokutya kunye ne-ikholoji kwixesha lokutshintsha kwemozulu yolwandle. Uhlalutyo lweendlela zokutya luvumela ukuhlolwa kokutya okuhambelana nempilo yezilwanyana kunye nokubhala indlela yokutya okutshintsha ngayo utshintsho oluqhutywa yimozulu ekufumanekeni kwexhoba.
Iprojekthi yesi-5: Ukuvavanya ukuxhaphaka kwezifo ezikhulayo kwizilwanyana zaselwandle kwiiChannel Islands. Iisampulu zezicubu zezilwanyana ezaziwayo ezineminyaka yobudala zinceda ekuqondeni ifuthe lezinto eziphilayo zesifo kwimpilo yabantu abaphinniweyo.
IProjekthi yesi-6: Ulungelelwaniso lwenkxaso yolungiselelo nemali yeSikhululo soPhando saseSan Miguel esekwe kwiMisebenzi. Inkxaso-mali yothutho lomoya lwamaqela abaphandi, izixhobo kunye nokubonelela kunye nokugcinwa kwesikhululo sophando kwenza ukuba uphando lwentsimi luphumelele kwiiCalifornia Channel Islands.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-130 yamava adityanisiweyo kunye namaphepha angaphezu kwama-400 ophando kumagama abo, abasunguli beCCIMMI ziinkokeli ezidumileyo kwihlabathi kwicandelo lesayensi yezilwanyana zaselwandle. Iqela liquka uMphathi weNkqubo yokuseka iCCEP, uRobert DeLong, PhD; UFrances Gulland, iVet MB, PhD; Umphathi woBudlelwane beZilwanyana kwiZiko leMammal yaseMarine, uSophie Guarasci, RVT; kunye nomyeni wakhe, uRobert Guarasci, owayesakuba ngumlawuli weshishini lotyalo-mali onothando lolondolozo lolwandle. Iqela lisebenza ngokusondeleyo noSharon Melin, PhD, iNkokeli yeNkqubo yangoku yeCCEP.
Injongo yeCCIMMI kukuxhasa inkqubo yophando lwabantu be-pinniped. Iindleko zokusebenza ezibalulekileyo ziquka iindleko zothutho kunye nezothutho kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokugcina iziseko zeSikhululo soPhando saseSan Miguel. Ngaphandle kwemivuzo okanye iindleko ezimiselweyo, silindele uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olubhityileyo lonyaka olumalunga ne-100,000 yeedola kwaye sijonge ukunyusa i-500,000 yeedola ukuhlawula iminyaka emihlanu elandelayo yokusebenza.