Data acquisition to construct habitat map for ecosystem management

Fiscal Year

2012

Title

Data acquisition to construct habitat map for ecosystem management

Project and Theme

Project 3. Research on factors controlling open ocean benthopelagic ecosystem dynamics
Representative Organization: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Theme5. Habitat and ecosystem mapping
Representative personHiroshi Kitazato
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Research Information

Period and Interval
2012/04/01 - 2013/03/31
Research Area
Coast and off Tohoku, North Pacific
Category
Others
Overview
The various data on geography, oceanography, biology, and tsunami-debris data accumulate from collaboration with other researchers on Thohoku neritic zone and by the efforts of TEAMS cruises.

Overview of the Observation

Results and Future Plan
The collaboration with Geological Survey of Japan in Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) will provide a high quality data set of sea floor classification on the offshore region of Sanriku area.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Data acquisiion from TEMS cruiesGeographical, Oceanographical, Biological data, and Tsunami-debris data

Reference

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personTakehisa Yamakita
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team
Representative personHiroyuki Yamamoto
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Keywords

Fiscal Year2012
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
CategoryOthers
Research AreaNorth Sanriku
South Sanriku
Off Tohoku
Ishinomaki Bay
DisciplineOcean environment -> Others
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Others