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

NguCharlie Veron 

Iikorale zehlabathi liphulo elaqalwa ngomzamo weminyaka emihlanu wokudibanisa into eyaba yincwadi yeencyclopaedia enemiqulu emi-3 eprintiweyo enemifanekiso ebonisa ukohlukana kweekorale ehlabathini lonke, eyapapashwa ngowama-2000. kwi-intanethi, ehlaziyiweyo, inkqubo yofikelelo oluvulelekileyo ebandakanya izinto ezimbini eziphambili: I-Coral Geographic kwaye Coral Id.

Kule veki singabhengeza ngoloyiso loo nto I-Coral Geographic, enye yamacandelo amabini amakhulu Iikorale zehlabathi, iphezulu kwaye iyasebenza nangona (uxolo) kufuneka ikhuselwe igama eliyimfihlo de ibe ilungele ukundululwa. 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, Isazisi seCoral ngethemba iya kuba ngaphantsi komngeni 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 okulungileyo kunye nokudibanisa nayo I-Coral Geographic kwaye ngokuphambeneyo. Siceba ukongeza isitshixo se-elektroniki (inguqulelo yewebhusayithi ehlaziyiweyo yakudala Isazisi seCoral CD-ROM) kule nto, kodwa ikwi-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 se-coral taxonomy sele yamkelwe yi Ijenali yeZoological 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. Ke, emva kokuba senze uvavanyo lwedatha eninzi esinayo, ngoku siceba ukwakha imodyuli yesithathu, Umceli weCoral, ehamba ngaphaya 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 ayizukuqukwa kukhupho lokuqala lwe Iikorale zehlabathi ngoku esicwangcisela yona 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.