Survey on sessile organisms fauna in Matsushima Bay

Fiscal Year

2016

Title

Survey on sessile organisms fauna in Matsushima Bay

Project and Theme

Project 2. Studies on the Mechanisms of Marine Ecosystem Change
Representative Organization: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Theme2. Study on the disruption and subsequent recovery process in the ecosystem suffered from earthquake and tsunami
Representative personTomohiko Kawamura
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute The University of Tokyo
DepartmentInternational Coastal Research Center, Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

Research Information

Period and Interval
2016/04/01 - 2017/03/31
once every three months
Research Area
Matsushima Bay
Research Point Table
Point
NameStation 1
Coordinates38.359725,141.102217
NameStation 2
Coordinates38.347144,141.0937
Category
Field survey, Mooring system(Observation buoy)
Overview
We deploy settlement panels and a logger for temperature at several oyster culturing shelves in Matsushima Bay. The goal is to elucidate the seasonality of sessile organisms on cultured oysters in the bay.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
settlement panelssessile organisms

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personMasato Hirose
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
DepartmentInternational Coastal Research Center, Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

Keywords

Fiscal Year2016
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
CategoryField survey
Mooring system (Observation buoy)
Research AreaIshinomaki Bay
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Others
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biological classification
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biomass
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Ecology
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Others