Apho sikhoyo ngoku kunye neeCorals zeHlabathi

Ileta evela kuMboneleli we-TOF: Apho ngoku sikunye neeCorals zeHlabathi

NguCharlie Veron 

ICorals of the World yiprojekthi eyaqaliswa ngemigudu yeminyaka emihlanu yokudibanisa into eyaba yintyilalwazi enemiqulu emi-3 eprintiweyo enemifanekiso ebonisa ukuhlukahluka kweekorale ehlabathini lonke, eyapapashwa ngowama-2000. Ukanti loo msebenzi mkhulu wawusisiqalo nje—ngokucacileyo. besidinga i-interactive kwi-intanethi, ehlaziyiweyo, inkqubo yokufikelela evulekileyo ebandakanya amacandelo amabini amakhulu: i-Coral Geographic kunye ne-Coral Id.

Kule veki sinokubhengeza ngoloyiso ukuba iCoral Geographic, enye yezinto eziphambili zeCorals zeHlabathi, iphezulu kwaye iyasebenza nangona (uxolo) kufuneka ikhuselwe ngegama eliyimfihlo de ilungele ukuqaliswa. Yenzelwe ukunika abasebenzisi isixhobo esitsha sokufumana konke malunga nokuba ziphi iikorali ziphi. Ngokwenza njalo ingaphezulu kakhulu konke obekulindelwe ngaphambili njengoko ivumela abasebenzisi ukuba bakhethe iindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi, badibanise okanye bathelekise, bavelise iimephu ngoko nangoko kwaye badwelise iintlobo zokwenza njalo. Ubunjineli bewebhusayithi obubandakanyekayo, obusebenza kwiqonga leGoogle Earth, lithathe unyaka ukuphuhlisa, kodwa ixesha lichithwe kakuhle.

Elinye icandelo eliphambili, i-ID yeCoral ngethemba iya kuba ngaphantsi komceli mngeni wobugcisa. Iya kunika zonke iintlobo zabasebenzisi ukufikelela ngoko nangoko kulwazi malunga neekorale, zincediswa ziinkcazo ezifundeka lula kunye neefoto ezimalunga nama-8000. Amaphepha eentlobo ayilwe kwaye ekugqibeleni sinamalungu amaninzi aquka iifayile zedatha ezifundekayo zekhompyuter kwangaphambili kwimeko yolungiselelo. Iprototype isebenza Kulungile-idinga nje ukulungiswa kakuhle kunye nokudibanisa neCoral Geographic kwaye ngokuphambeneyo. Siceba ukongeza isitshixo se-elektroniki (inguqulelo yewebhusayithi ehlaziyiweyo ye-CD-ROM endala ye-Coral ID) kule nto, kodwa oko kuse-backburner okwangoku.

Kubekho izinto ezimbalwa zokulibazisa. Eyokuqala kukuba siye saqonda kade ukuba kufuneka sipapashe iziphumo eziphambili zomsebenzi wethu kwiijenali zenzululwazi eziphononongwe ngoontanga ngaphambi kokukhululwa kwewebhusayithi, kungenjalo omnye umntu uya kusenzela oku (leyo yindlela isayensi esingisa ngayo) . Isishwankathelo secoral taxonomy isandula kwamkelwa yiZoological Journal yeLinnean Society. Umbhalo-ngqangi wesibini omkhulu kwi-coral biogeography uyalungiswa ngoku. Iziphumo ziyamangalisa. Ubomi bomsebenzi buhambile kule nto kwaye ngoku okokuqala siyakwazi ukuyitsala yonke into. La manqaku aya kuba kwiwebhusayithi evumela abasebenzisi ukuba batsibe phakathi kokujonga ngokubanzi kunye neenkcukacha ezintle. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba konke oku kuya kuba lihlabathi kuqala, kubomi baselwandle ubuncinci.

Ukulibaziseka kwesibini kunomngeni ngakumbi. Besiza kubandakanya uvavanyo lobuthathaka beentlobo ekukhululweni kokuqala. Emva koko, emva kokuba senze uhlolo lwedatha eninzi esinayo, ngoku siceba ukwakha imodyuli yesithathu, iCoral Enquirer, ehamba ngaphezu kovavanyo lokuba sesichengeni. Ukuba sinokuxhasa ngemali kwaye siyinjineli (kwaye oku kuya kuba ngumngeni kuwo omabini amacala), oku kuya kubonelela ngeempendulo ezisekwe kwisayensi phantse kuwo nawuphi na umbuzo wolondolozo onokuthi ucingelwe. Inamabhongo kakhulu, ke ngoko ayizukuqukwa kukhupho lokuqala lweCorals of the World ngoku siyicwangcisela ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.

Ndiza kukugcina usazi. Awunakuthelekelela indlela esinombulelo ngayo ngenkxaso (inkxaso-mali yohlangulo) esiyifumeneyo: konke oku bekuya kuphelela elubala ngaphandle kwayo.

UCharlie Veron (owaziwa ngokuba ngu-JEN Veron) ngusosayensi waselwandle onobuchule obahlukeneyo kwiikorali kunye noqaqa. Ungowayesakuba nguNzululwazi oyiNtloko weZiko lase-Australia leSayensi zaseLwandle (AIMS) kwaye ngoku unguNjingalwazi oyiNjingalwazi kwiiyunivesithi ezimbini. Uhlala kufutshane neTownsville Australia apho abhale khona iincwadi ezili-13 kunye neemonographs kunye namanqaku angama-100 adumileyo nawenzululwazi kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo.