INzululwazi yeCoral ngeXesha lobhubhani

Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ubeke uxinzelelo phantse kuzo zonke izinto ezenziwa ngabantu. Uphando lwaselwandle luye lwancitshiswa ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye, njengoko inzululwazi engaphantsi kwamanzi ifuna ukuhamba, ukucwangcisa, kunye nokusondelana kwiinqanawa zophando ukuya kwiindawo zokufunda. NgoJanuwari ka-2021, iZiko loPhando lwaseLwandle lweYunivesithi yaseHavana (“CIM-UH”) liye layidela yonke imiqobo ngokuqalisa iinzame zabo zeminyaka engamashumi amabini yokufunda i-elkhorn coral kwiziza ezibini ezikunxweme lwaseHavana: eRincon de Guanabo naseBaracoa. Olu hambo lwakutsha nje lwenziwe ngentando kunye nobuchule, kunye nokugxila kutyeshelo olusekwe emhlabeni kwiindawo zophando lwekorale, olunokwenziwa ngabom kwaye ngelixa kuqinisekiswa izithuba ezifanelekileyo zenzululwazi. Yiphose kwinto yokuba i-coronavirus ayinakusasazeka ngaphantsi kwamanzi!

Kuyo yonke le projekthi, iqela lezazinzulu zaseCuba elikhokelwa nguGqirha Patricia Gonzalez weYunivesithi yaseHavana liya kuqhuba ubalo olubonakalayo lweepatches ze-elkhorn kwezi ndawo zimbini ezikude nonxweme lwaseHaana kwaye zivavanye impilo kunye nokuxinana kweekorale, ukugubungela i-substrate, kunye ubukho beentlanzi kunye noluntu oluzingelayo. Le projekthi ixhaswa yi-The Ocean Foundation ngemali evela kuPaul M. Angell Family Foundation.

Imiqolomba ziindawo zokuhlala ezixabisekileyo phakathi kweengqaqa zekorale. Ezi nduli zinoxanduva lobukhulu obuthathu bolwandle, zibonelela ngekhusi kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo zexabiso lentengiso ezifana neentlanzi kunye neekreyifishi, kwaye zikhusela amanxweme kwizehlo zemozulu ezimandundu ezifana nezitshingitshane nezitshingitshane. EHavana, eCuba, eRincon de Guanabo naseBaracoa ziinduli ezimbini eziselunxwemeni lomda wesixeko, kwaye iRincon de Guanabo yindawo ekhuselweyo enodidi lweNkalo yeNdalo ebalaseleyo. Ukwazi imeko yempilo yee-ridges kunye nemilinganiselo yazo ye-ecological kuya kwenza ukuba kube lula ukucebisa amanyathelo olawulo kunye nokugcinwa okuya kuba negalelo ekukhuseleni kwabo kwixesha elizayo.

Ifoto evela kuGqirha Patricia González

Ifoto evela kuFabián Pina Amargós

Ifoto evela kuFabián Pina Amargós

Ifoto evela kuShireen Rahimi

kunye injongo jikelele ye ukuphonononga impilo ye-reef crests yase-Rincon de Guanabo kunye ne-Baracoa, uphando lwenziwa ngoJanuwari, ngoFebruwari, nangoMatshi liqela lezazinzulu zaseCuba elikhokelwa nguGqr Gonzalez. Iinjongo ezithile zolu phando zezi zilandelayo:

1. Ukuvavanya ukuxinana, impilo kunye nobungakanani bokwakheka A. palmata (elkhorn coral), A. agaricites kwaye P. astreoides.
2. Ukuqikelela ukuxinana, ukwakheka kobungakanani, inqanaba (lolutsha okanye umntu omdala), udityaniso kunye ne-albinism D. i-antillarum (i-urchin ende enomqolo omnyama eyathi yafumana ukufa okukhulu kwiCaribbean ngeminyaka yoo-1980 kwaye iyenye yezilwanyana ezitya utyani eziphambili kulwalwa).
3. Ukuvavanya ukwakheka kweentlobo, inqanaba lophuhliso, kunye nokuziphatha kweentlanzi ezidliwayo, kunye nokuqikelela ubungakanani bomqolo ngamnye okhethiweyo.
4. Vavanya ukugqunywa kwe-substrate nganye yeereji ezikhethiweyo.
5. Qikelela uburhabaxa be-substrate kwindawo nganye ekhethiweyo.

Kusekwe izikhululo zovavanyo ezintandathu kulwalwa ngalunye ukunika ingxelo ngokuguquguquka kwendalo komqolo ngamnye. Iziphumo zolu phando ziya kuba negalelo kwithisisi ye-PhD ka-Amanda Ramos, kunye nakwiithisisi zeMasters zikaPatricia Vicente noGabriela Aguilera, kunye neethisisi zediploma zikaJennifer Suarez noMelisa Rodriguez. Olu vavanyo lwenziwa ngexesha lasebusika kwaye kuya kubaluleka ukuba luphinde luphindwe ehlotyeni ngenxa yeentshukumo zoluntu lwaselwandle kunye nempilo yeekorale iyatshintsha phakathi kwamaxesha onyaka.

Ukwazi imeko yempilo yee-ridges kunye nemilinganiselo yazo ye-ecological kuya kwenza ukuba kube lula ukucebisa amanyathelo olawulo kunye nokugcinwa okuya kuba negalelo ekukhuseleni kwabo kwixesha elizayo.

Ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19, i-Ocean Foundation ngelishwa ayikwazanga ukujoyina olu hambo kunye nokuxhasa uphando lwezazinzulu ngokobuqu, kodwa sijonge phambili kwinkqubela phambili yomsebenzi wabo nokufunda izindululo zabo kumanyathelo olondolozo, kunye Ukuhlangana kwakhona namahlakani ethu eCuba emva kobhubhani. I-Ocean Foundation ikwakhokela umzamo omkhulu wokufunda nokubuyisela i-elkhorn kunye ne-staghorn corals kwi-Jardines de la Reina National Park, eyona ndawo inkulu ekhuselweyo yaselwandle kwi-Caribbean. Ngelishwa, le projekthi isamisiwe njengoko i-COVID-19 ithintele izazinzulu zaseCuba ekusebenzeni kunye kwiinqanawa zophando.

I-Ocean Foundation kunye ne-CIM-UH ziye zasebenzisana iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabini ngaphandle kobudlelwane obunzima bezozakuzo phakathi kweCuba ne-US. Ngomoya wonxibelelwano lwenzululwazi, amaziko ethu ophando ayaqonda ukuba ulwandle alunamida kwaye ukufunda ngeendawo zokuhlala elwandle kuwo omabini la mazwe kubalulekile kukhuseleko lwawo ngokudibeneyo. Le projekthi idibanisa izazinzulu ezivela kumazwe omabini ukuze zisebenze kunye kwaye zifumane izisombululo kwizisongelo eziqhelekileyo esijongene nazo kubandakanya isifo se-coral kunye nokutshisa ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu, ukuloba ngokugqithisileyo kunye nokhenketho.