Isayensi Ye-Coral Ngesikhathi Sobhubhane

Umqedazwe we-COVID-19 ubeke ingcindezi cishe kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabantu ongayicabanga. Ucwaningo lwasolwandle luncishiswe kakhulu kunanoma yiluphi olunye, njengoba isayensi yangaphansi kwamanzi idinga ukuhamba, ukuhlela, kanye nokuba seduze kwemikhumbi yocwaningo ukuze ifike ezindaweni zokufunda. NgoJanuwari 2021, iCentre for Marine Research of the University of Havana (“CIM-UH”) yenqaba zonke izinkinga ngokuqala umzamo wabo weminyaka eyishumi wokufunda i-elkhorn coral ezindaweni ezimbili ezisogwini lwaseHavana: eRincon de Guanabo naseBaracoa. Lolu hambo lwakamuva lwenziwe ngentando nangobuhlakani, futhi kugxilwe ekusukeni komhlaba ezindaweni zocwaningo lwamakhorali, okungenziwa ngamabomu ngesikhathi kuqinisekiswa ukuhlukaniswa kwezikhala okufanele kososayensi. Phonsa iqiniso lokuthi i-coronavirus ayikwazi ukusakazeka ngaphansi kwamanzi!

Kuyo yonke le phrojekthi, iqembu lososayensi baseCuba eliholwa uDkt. Patricia Gonzalez weNyuvesi yaseHavana lizokwenza ukubalwa kwabantu okubonakalayo kwamapetshi elkhorn kulezi zindawo ezimbili ezisogwini lwaseHavana futhi lihlole impilo kanye nokuminyana kwamakhorali, ukumbozwa kwe-substrate, kanye ukuba khona kwezinhlanzi nemiphakathi edla ezinye. Lo msebenzi usekelwa i-The Ocean Foundation ngezimali ezivela ku-Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

Amagquma ayizindawo zokuhlala ezibalulekile phakathi kwezixhobo zamakhorali. Lawa magquma anomthwalo wemfanelo wobukhulu obuthathu bolwandle, ahlinzeka ngokukhosela kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo zenani lezentengiselwano njengezinhlanzi nama-lobster, futhi avikele ugu ezenzakalweni zesimo sezulu esibi njengeziphepho neziphepho. E-Havana, e-Cuba, e-Rincon de Guanabo nase-Baracoa yizintaba ezimbili ezisemaphethelweni edolobha, kanti i-Rincon de Guanabo iyindawo evikelekile enesigaba se-Outstanding Natural Landscape. Ukwazi isimo sempilo yamagquma kanye namagugu azo emvelo kuzokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukutusa izindlela zokuphatha nezokongiwa ezizoba nomthelela ekuvikelekeni kwazo kwesikhathi esizayo.

Isithombe esivela kuDkt. Patricia González

Isithombe esivela ku-Fabián Pina Amargós

Isithombe esivela ku-Fabián Pina Amargós

Isithombe esivela ku-Shireen Rahimi

With inhloso jikelele ye ukuhlola impilo yezixhobo zezixhobo zaseRincon de Guanabo kanye neBaracoa, ukuhlola kwenziwa phakathi noJanuwari, February, noMarch yiqembu lososayensi baseCuba eliholwa uDkt. Gonzalez. Izinhloso eziqondile zalolu cwaningo yilezi ezilandelayo:

1. Ukuhlola ukuminyana, impilo kanye nosayizi wokwakheka A. palmata (i-elkhorn coral), A. ama-agaricites futhi P. astreoides.
2. Ukulinganisa ukuminyana, ukwakheka kosayizi, isiteji (intsha noma umuntu omdala), ukuhlanganisa kanye ne-albinism D. i-antillarum (i-urchin ende enomgogodla omnyama eyaba ne-die-off enkulu e-Caribbean ngeminyaka yawo-1980 futhi ingenye yezilwane ezidla uhlaza eziyinhloko zasolwandle).
3. Ukuhlola ukwakheka kwezinhlobo zezilwane, isigaba sokukhula, kanye nokuziphatha kwezinhlanzi ezidla uhlaza, kanye nokulinganisa ubukhulu bendawo ngayinye ekhethiwe.
4. Linganisa ukumbozwa kwe-substrate ngayinye yamaridge akhethiwe.
5. Linganisa ubulukhuni be-substrate endaweni ngayinye ekhethiwe.

Kwasungulwa iziteshi zokuhlola eziyisithupha endaweni ngayinye ukuze zibhekele ukuhlukahluka kwemvelo komfula ngamunye. Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo izoba nomthelela kuthisisi ye-PhD ka-Amanda Ramos, kanye nasezithimbeni ze-Master zika-Patricia Vicente noGabriela Aguilera, kanye neziqu zediploma zika-Jennifer Suarez noMelisa Rodriguez. Lezi zinhlolovo zenziwa ngesikhathi sasebusika futhi kuzobaluleka ukuthi ziphindeke ehlobo ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwemiphakathi yasolwandle kanye nempilo yamakhorali iyashintsha phakathi nezinkathi zonyaka.

Ukwazi isimo sempilo yamagquma kanye namagugu azo emvelo kuzokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukutusa izindlela zokuphatha nezokongiwa ezizoba nomthelela ekuvikelekeni kwazo kwesikhathi esizayo.

Ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, i-Ocean Foundation ngeshwa ayikwazanga ukujoyina lolu hambo futhi isekele ucwaningo lwalabo sosayensi mathupha, kodwa sibheke phambili ekuqhubekeleni phambili komsebenzi wabo nokufunda izincomo zabo mayelana nezinyathelo zokongiwa kwemvelo, kanye ukuhlangana kabusha nabalingani bethu eCuba ngemuva kobhubhane. I-Ocean Foundation futhi ihola umzamo omkhulu wokutadisha nokubuyisela amakhorali e-elkhorn nama-staghorn e-Jardines de la Reina National Park, indawo enkulu kunazo zonke evikelekile olwandle e-Caribbean. Ngeshwa, le phrojekthi isamisiwe njengoba i-COVID-19 ivimbele ososayensi eCuba ekusebenzeni ndawonye emikhunjini yocwaningo.

I-Ocean Foundation kanye ne-CIM-UH sebehlanganyele iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili naphezu kobudlelwane obunzima bezokusebenzela phakathi kweCuba ne-US. Ngomoya wokusebenzelana kwesayensi, izikhungo zethu zocwaningo ziyaqonda ukuthi ulwandle alunamingcele futhi ukufunda izindawo ezihlala olwandle kuwo womabili la mazwe kubalulekile ekuvikelekeni kwawo ngokuhlanganyela. Le phrojekthi ihlanganisa ndawonye ososayensi bamazwe womabili ukuze basebenzisane futhi bathole izixazululo ezinsongweni ezifanayo esibhekene nazo ezihlanganisa izifo zamakhorali kanye nokuba mhlophe ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukudoba ngokweqile, kanye nezokuvakasha.