[01] Sxedon ena ekatommyrio eidh zwwn kai fytwn zoyn stis qalasses
[01] Sxedon ena ekatommyrio eidh zwwn kai fytwn zoyn stis qalasses
H prwth epishmh ``apografh'' ths qalassias zwhs katelhje sthn ektimhsh
oti peripoy ena ekatommyrio eidh zwwn kai fytwn diabioyn stis qalasses
toy planhth mas, alla apo ayta molis 226.000 exoyn epishma katagrafei
(plhn twn qalassiwn bakthriwn), ek twn opoiwn ta 20.000 kata thn
teleytaia dekaetia.
O synolikos pragmatikos ariqmos twn qalassiwn eidwn ypologizetai oti einai
treis ews tesseris fores megalyteros apo ta 226.000 eidh poy epishma
exoyn tajinomhqei apo toys episthmones, dhladh kymainetai apo 704.000
ews 972.000 eidh, symfwna me tis statistikes analyseis se hlektronikoys
ypologistes.
To gegonos ayto shmainei oti oi wkeanoi ths Ghs paramenoyn mia terastia
``axartografhth'' perioxh apo apoch biosfairas, kaqws enas poly megalos
ariqmos eidwn den exoyn akoma anakalyfqei, ta perissotera apo ta opoia
einai ostrakoeidh, malakia, skoylhkia kai spoggoi.
O Pagkosmios Katalogos Qalassiwn Eidwn (http://www.marinespecies.org)
einai mia dieqnhs bash dedomenwn, ena on-line ``mhtrwo'', poy exoyn
dhmioyrghsei kai synexws employtizoyn 270 qalassioi biologoi kai alloi
episthmones apo 146 ereynhtika institoyta 32 xwrwn, se mia prospaqeia
na dwsoyn apanthsh sto palio erwthma: ``ti zei mesa sth qalassa;''. Oi
ereynhtes, me epikefalhs ton Goyornt Apeltans ths Diakybernhtikhs
Wkeanografikhs Epitrophs ths Unesco, dhmosieysan tis nees ektimhseis
toys sto dieqnoys kyroys periodiko biologias "Current Biology".
