Abaphandi abatyelele iZiko laseOstreliya leNzululwazi yaseLwandle baya kuba kwiziko lesenzo xa kuzalwa ikorale - yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo emhlabeni phantsi kwamanzi - kule veki.
Ngaphezulu kwe-18 yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zekorale ezimiselweyo ukukhupha iinyanda ezincinci zethemba kwimifula yexesha elizayo, kwiSimulator yoLwandle yeSizwe kwii-AIMS kufutshane naseTownville.
UNjingalwazi uMadeleine van Oppen osisazi se-AIMS, uthe uphando olwenziwe kwi-AIMS kule veki beluyinxalenye yenkqubo yoBuyiselo lwaManzi eLwandle olubandakanya ukukhenkceza kunye nokugcina isidoda se-coral, ngenjongo yokukhusela iintlobo ezinobungozi kunye nokwahluka kwemfuza.
UNjingalwazi van Oppen uthe iSimulator yoLwandle yeSizwe yayikuphela kwesibonelelo sophando esiluhlobo lwaso emhlabeni ukuphinda-phinda iimeko zokuzala kwindawo yolingo.
"Abaphandi bahamba bevela kwihlabathi liphela bezokusebenza kwi-SeaSim kwaye ngexesha lokuzala kwamakhorali eGreat Barrier Reef kuhlala kuxakekile," utshilo.
Iingcali zebhayoloji ezizalayo ezivela eTaronga Conservation Society Australia, AIMS naseMelika esekwe eSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, zizakuqokelela zize zifrize amadlozi ekorale, aza kugcinwa ebhankini njengenxalenye yengqokelela yamatye ekorale yaseGreat Barrier Reef yaseTaronga.
Abaphandi be-AIMS baqokelele iisampulu zokomelela kobushushu I-Acropora tenuis Iikorale zamasebe ngexesha lokhenketho lwe-GBR yeLifa lokuKhangela iZisombululo kumantla eGreat Barrier Reef, kwaye wazidlulisela ngenqwelomoya kwiNational Sea Simulator AIMS apho zilungele ukukhupha iqanda kunye nesidoda kule veki.
Umphengululi weSmithsonian Institute uGqirha Jonathan Daly uthe ubuchule bokuchuma kwabantu buza kusetyenziswa ukuvavanya ukuba isidoda siqokelelwe saze safakwa ebhankini ngo-2012, sisenokuchumisa amaqanda amatsha kula matyotyombe asemantla.
"Sizise iisampulu zesidoda esomileyo ezivela kwibhanki yaseTaronga eDubbo, NSW ukuya eTownsville, ukuphonononga indlela ukucocwa okungagcinwa ngayo kungayinceda ngayo imfuza kwiReef," utshilo uGqirha Daly.
Ingcali yebhayoloji ephezulu yokuzala yokuzala kukaTaronga uGqirha Rebecca Hobbs uthe ulingo lokuchumisa olunqamlezileyo kulo msitho wokuzala kulo nyaka luza kuvumela inkqubo yoBuyiselo lwaManzi kwakhona ukuqhubela phambili.
Ugqirha Hobbs uthe isiKwakha seLwandle seSizwe sabonelela ngeqonga lophando oluzinzileyo elinomgangatho olungileyo wamanzi, amaqondo obushushu azinzileyo kunye nokukhanya kwendalo okukuko, ukwenza uphando olunobuzaza.
"I-SeaSim ivumela iikorale ukuba zikhulule iqanda kunye neembewu zesidoda ngendlela efanayo kunye nexesha elifanayo njengoko bebeya kwenza kwindalo," utshilo.
Uthe isidoda esivela kula matyotyombe omeleleyo asemantla siyakumiswa ngumkhenkce sisiwe ebhankini esele ineentlobo ezili-16 zekorale ezigcinwe kwiiBhanki ezimbini zaseCryoDiversity eSydney naseDubbo.
Inkqubo yoBuyiselo lwaManzi eLwandle yaqala ngo-2011, ngeGreat Barrier Reef Foundation exhasa ngemali le projekthi ukusukela ngo-2016, idibanisa iTaronga, iAustralia Institute of Marine Science kunye neSmithsonian Institute, ukuze iqhubeke nomsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu wokugcina iReef nokudala eyona bio inkulu- Ibhanki yeekorale ezinqabileyo emhlabeni.
phumela ngaphandle ngalo msebenzi ku:
IZiko laseSmithsonian: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/center-for-species-survival/corals
Iprojekthi yokubuyiselwa kweTaronga Reef: https://taronga.org.au/conservation-and-science/current-research/reef-recovery
IINJONGO: https://www.aims.gov.au/2018-seasim-spawning-search
Isiseko seGreat Barrier Reef: https://www.barrierreef.org/science-with-impact/freezing-the-reef
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Inkqubo yoBuyiselo lwaManzi eLwandle yaqala ngo-2011, ngeGreat Barrier Reef Foundation exhasa ngemali le projekthi ukusukela ngo-2016, idibanisa iTaronga, iAustralia Institute of Marine Science kunye neSmithsonian Institute, ukuze iqhubeke nomsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu wokugcina iReef nokudala eyona bio inkulu- Ibhanki yeekorale ezinqabileyo emhlabeni.
- AIMS' marine geneticist Professor Madeleine van Oppen said research being undertaken at AIMS this week was part of a Reef Recovery program which involves freezing and banking coral sperm, in a bid to safeguard at-risk species and their genetic diversity.
- AIMS researchers have collected samples of heat-resilient Acropora tenuis branching corals during a GBR Legacy `Search for Solutions' expedition to the far northern Great Barrier Reef, and transferred them by aircraft to the National Sea Simulator AIMS where they are due to release egg and sperm bundles this week.
