Survey of debris distribution in Onagawa Bay

Fiscal Year

2015

Title

Survey of debris distribution in Onagawa Bay

Project and Theme

Project 1. Study on ecological succession of fisheries ground
Representative Organization: Tohoku University
Theme1. Environmental monitoring in coastal sea areas of Miyagi Prefecture
Representative personYoshinari Endo
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Research Information

Period and Interval
2015/04/01 - 2016/03/31
once a year
Research Area
Onagawa Bay
Category
Field survey
Overview
A change in the distribution situation of debris in Onagawa Bay were surveied using echo souding machine.

Overview of the Observation

Results and Future Plan
It increased in the measurement impossible areas due to the increase of shipping compared with a last investigation of 2013. The place where becomes shallow with several tens of cm in the water depth, and also agreed with a quay rise phenomenon at the inner part of Onagawa bay. The 28 debris-like objects more than 1m in height were discovered in the sea bottom, and the number decreased compared with the data of 3 years ago. This decrease was considered according to the outflow of woods and subsidence of the concrete block piece.

Reference

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personMotoyuki Hara
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Keywords

Fiscal Year2015
OrganizationTohoku University
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineTopography / Geology / Geophysics -> Others