Field survey of rocky shore ecosystem in Onagawa Bay

Fiscal Year

2013

Title

Field survey of rocky shore ecosystem in Onagawa Bay

Project and Theme

Project 1. Study on ecological succession of fisheries ground
Representative Organization: Tohoku University
Theme2. Ecosystems and genetic researches to conserve and restore the coastal fisheries areas in Miyagi Prefecture
Representative personYukio Agatsuma
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Research Information

Period and Interval
2013/07/01 - 2013/12/31
July, September, and November, in 2013
Research Area
Category
Field survey
Overview
We will obtain data or samples of seaweeds, invertebrate animals, and environments in 7 sites in Onagawa Bay. At each site, survey will be conducted at 1 m-intervals from 0 m water depth to maximum of 10 m water depth, or be conducted along the transect line. Survey interval depends on survey item: most items will be conducted only at July, but some items at July, September, and November.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
abundancedensity (indiv. /m2) of each species of sea urchins, abalones, and other benthic animals.
abundancecoverage (%) of each species of seaweeds.
size distributionsize distributin of each species of sea urchins and abalones
gonad index of sea urchinsgonad index (an indicator of quality of sea urchin as fishery product) of each species of sea urchin
growth and age of sea urchinsgrowth and age distribution of each species of sea urchin
water quality(1) vertical profile data of salinity, water temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, chl a. (2) nutrient of surface and bottom layer.
sedimentcoverage (%) and thickness (mm) of sediment (sand+mud) at each water depth

Reference

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personHikaru Endo
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Contact person about data & samples

Representative personAyaka Horikoshi
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Keywords

Fiscal Year2013
OrganizationTohoku University
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean physics -> Transparency / Turbidity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Ocean chemistry -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Plant pigments
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biomass
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Sea algae
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Arthropods
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Mollusks
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Others
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Bottom sediment