da gorgonian lambuna sune mahimmin tsarin halittu na dabbobi masu yawa, kamar su kifi. Koyaya, yayin da duniya ke dumama zai iya ɓacewa sakamakon aikin fungi mai cuta, musamman daga Aspergillus sydowii, wanda shine babban abin da ke haifar da yawan mutuwar gorgonians a cikin Caribbean.
Dangane da binciken da masu bincike suka yi daga babbar majalisar bincike kan kimiya (CSIC) da kuma bugawa ta mujallar PLOS One, idan yanayin muhalli ya canza, wannan naman gwari zai iya kashe gorgonians din Ecuador, inda a yanzu haka yake cikin wani halin latti.
Akwai jimlar nau'ikan nau'ikan fungi 17 da ke iya haifar da cutarwa ga gorgonians waɗanda aka gano a cikin tekun Ecuadorian Pacific. Dukansu na iya haifar da babbar illa, amma A. Sydwi, wanda ke haifar da cutar da aka sani da aspergillosis, shine mafi mutuƙar duk waɗannan ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta.
A cewar mai binciken CSIC M. Mar Soler Hurtado, daga National Museum of Natural Sciences, »kasancewar waɗannan ƙwayoyin cuta, musamman na A. Sydwi, yana faɗakar da mu game da yiwuwar haɗarin rayuwar rayuwar waɗannan al'ummomin benthic. Saboda haka, wadannan nau'o'in karatun suna da mahimmancin mahimmanci a cikin waɗannan abubuwan halittu, inda wadannan fungi, wadanda basuda illa ga 'yan gorgoni kawai, zasu kai hari ga kwayoyin halitta kai tsaye, wanda ke wakiltar daya daga cikin manyan hatsarin dake fuskantar halittu masu yawa a duniya.
Aikin, wanda masu bincike suka yi daga National Museum of Natural Sciences da kuma Royal Botanical Garden, ya nuna mana ɗayan tabbatattun shaidun da ke akwai cewa, hakika, canje-canje a yanayin yana faruwa kuma cewa lokaci yayi da za'a ɗauki matakan zama dole don hana irin waɗannan kyawawan wurare kamar lambunan gorgonian ɓacewa har abada.
Kuna iya karanta karatun a nan (Turanci ne).