Simemezela i-Boyd Lyon Scholar yango-2022

Minyaka yonke, iBoyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund isingatha umfundaze womfundi wesayensi yebhayoloji yasolwandle ocwaningo lwakhe lugxile ezimfudumeni zasolwandle. Odle umhlanganiso kulo nyaka nguJosefa Muñoz.

U-Sefa (Josefa) Muñoz wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eGuam futhi wathola i-BS in Biology e-University of Guam (UOG).

Njengomuntu othole iziqu, wathola uthando lwakhe lokucwaninga nokulondoloza ufudu lwasolwandle ngenkathi evolontiya njengoMholi we-Patrol for the Haggan (ufudu ngolimi lwesi-Chamoru) Uhlelo lokubuka, olugxile ekuqapheni umsebenzi wokuzalela kofudu lwasolwandle. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, uSefa wasebenza njengesazi sezinto eziphilayo zofudu lwasolwandle futhi wayeqinisekile ukuthi ufuna ukuthuthukisa ulwazi ngezimfudu zasolwandle eziluhlaza zase-US Pacific Island Region (PIR)I-Chelonia mydas). Njengomngane Kazwelonke Wezesayensi Yeziqu Zokucwaninga Ngeziqu, u-Sefa manje usengumfundi we-PhD ye-Marine Biology owalulekwa uDkt. Brian Bowen eNyuvesi yase-Hawaii e-Mānoa (UH Mānoa).

Iphrojekthi ka-Sefa ihlose ukusebenzisa i-satellite telemetry kanye nokuhlaziywa kwe-isotope okuzinzile (SIA) ukuze kuhlonzwe futhi kubonakale izindawo ezibalulekile zokudla kanye nezindlela zokufuduka ezisetshenziswa izimfudu eziluhlaza ezihlala e-US PIR, okuhlanganisa i-American Sāmoa, i-Hawaiian Archipelago, kanye ne-Mariana Archipelago. Amanani e-Isotopic okudla abhalisiwe esicutshini somzimba wesilwane njengoba imisoco inqwabelana ekudleni isikhathi eside futhi ngaleyo ndlela amanani azinzile we-isotope yezicubu zezilwane ayizinkomba zokudla kwaso kanye ne-ecosystem lapho idla khona. Ngakho-ke, amanani azinzile we-isotope angaveza indawo yangaphambilini yesilwane njengoba sidabula kumawebhu okudla ahlukene ngokwendawo nangokwe-isotopically.

I-SIA isiphenduke indlela enembayo, engabizi kakhulu yokufunda ngezilwane ezingatholakali kalula (isb. izimfudu zasolwandle).

Nakuba i-telemetry yesathelayithi inikeza ukunemba okwengeziwe ekutholeni indawo edlayo yezimfudu zangemuva kokuzalela, iyabiza futhi ngokuvamile ikhiqiza ulwazi lweqembu elincane labantu. Ukukwazi ukuthengeka kwe-SIA kuvumela usayizi omkhulu wesampula omele kakhulu ezingeni labantu, elingaxazulula izindawo ezithandwa kakhulu zokudla ezisetshenziswa iningi lalezi zimfudu eziluhlaza ngemva kokuzalela. I-SIA ebhangqwe nedatha ye-telemetry iye yavela njengendlela ehlanganisayo yokunquma izindawo ezithandwa kakhulu zezimfudu zasolwandle, futhi lezi zakamuva zingasetshenziswa ukuxazulula imizila yokufuduka. Ngokuhlangene, lawa mathuluzi angasiza ekunqumeni izindawo ezibalulekile zemizamo yokulondoloza izimfudu eziluhlaza ezisengozini futhi ezisengozini.

Ngokusebenzisana ne-NOAA Fisheries' Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Programme, i-Sefa ikhiphe omaka be-GPS besathelayithi ukuze izidleke zezimfudu zasolwandle eziluhlaza e-Guam kanye nokuqoqa futhi kwacutshungulwa amasampula ezicubu zesikhumba ze-SIA. Ukunemba kwezixhumanisi ze-GPS kusuka ku-satellite telemetry kuzosiza ukukhomba izindlela zokufuduka kofudu oluluhlaza kanye nezindawo ezidla ukudla futhi kuqinisekise ukunemba kwe-SIA, okusamele kwenziwe e-US PIR. Ngaphezu kwale phrojekthi, ucwaningo lukaSefa lugxile ekunyakazeni kofudu lwasolwandle oluluhlaza phakathi kokuzalela eGuam. Futhi, ngokufana nalokho okubekwe eqhulwini ocwaningweni lukaBoyd Lyon, uSefa uhlose ukuthola ukuqonda ngezimfudu zasolwandle zesilisa ngokufunda amasu okukhwelana kanye nesilinganiso sobulili sokuzalanisa kofudu oluluhlaza lwaseGuam.

U-Sefa wethule imiphumela yokuqala yalolu cwaningo ezingqungqutheleni ezintathu zesayensi futhi wanikeza usizo kubafundi basesikoleni esiphakathi kanye nabafundi abenza iziqu eGuam.

Ngesizini yakhe yasensimini, u-Sefa udale futhi wahola i-2022 Sea Turtle Research Internship lapho aqeqeshe khona abafundi abayisishiyagalolunye baseGuam ukuthi benze ngokuzimela ucwaningo lwasolwandle ukuze barekhode umsebenzi wokuzalela izidleke futhi basize ekuthatheni amasampula ezinto eziphilayo, ukumaka ukuhlonza, ukumaka ngesathelayithi, kanye nokumbiwa kwesidleke.

I-Guam Green Sea Hatchlings yoFudu Lwasolwandle

Abafundi be-Sea Turtle Research

Isampula Yesikhumba Echanyuselwa

I-Nesting Green Sea Turtle Return