Current survey on biological and nonbiological environment of coastal area in southern Iwate

Fiscal Year

2015

Title

Current survey on biological and nonbiological environment of coastal area in southern Iwate

Project and Theme

Project 1. Study on ecological succession of fisheries ground
Representative Organization: Tohoku University
Theme5. Studies on the coastal environment and marine resources in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture
Representative personRyusuke Kado
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences

Research Information

Period and Interval
2015/04/01 - 2016/03/31
Once a month
Research Area
Okirai Bay, Ofunato Bay
Research Point Table
Polygon
NameOkirai Bay
Coordinates39.117566,141.807761/39.09199,141.886725/39.063206,141.874366/39.0776,141.801581
NameOfunato Bay
Coordinates39.081438,141.71575/39.022782,141.699271/38.990768,141.743903/39.020115,141.763129/39.03025,141.741843/39.066512,141.74047
Category
Field survey
Overview
We examine seasonal variations in water environment, and phyto- and zooplankton in Okirai Bay and Ofunato Bay to estimate the impact of the 2011 disater and monitor its recovery process.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Water environmentTemperature, salinity, DO, in vivo fluorescence of Chl-a, nutrients
Phyto- and zooplanktonPhyto- and zooplankton community composition

Reference

Related Observation Result
FY2015 Current survey on biological and nonbiological environment of coastal area in southern Iwate

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personRyusuke Kado
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences
Representative personNobuyoshi Nanba
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences

Keywords

Fiscal Year2015
OrganizationKitasato University
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Ocean chemistry -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Seawater
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biological classification
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Plankton