Research on the disturbance and recovery process of the ecosystem in Sanriku coastal area after the Tsunami and geophysical investigation of ground instability factor in a very gentle continental slope.

2012

Research on the disturbance and recovery process of the ecosystem in Sanriku coastal area after the Tsunami and geophysical investigation of ground instability factor in a very gentle continental slope.

Project 2. Studies on the mechanisms of marine ecosystem change

Theme3. Study on material circulation process changes accompanying the earthquake

Representative person	Toshi Nagata
Organization	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Department	Department of Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biochemistry

Theme4. Elucidation of the actual situation and impact of land-based pollutant inflow

Representative person	Hiroshi Ogawa
Organization	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Department	Department of Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biochemistry

Theme5. Construction of an ecosystem model integrating physical processes

Representative person	Kiyoshi Tanaka
Organization	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Department	International Coastal Research Center, Coastal Ecosystem

Period and Interval

Research Area

Category

Overview

Investigation Item	Data Acquisition
CTD	Depth, Temperature, and Salinity at 16 points.
Sediment sampling	Multiple Corer will be used at 16 points.
Water sampling	Niskin water samplers attached to CTD will be used at 16 points.

Related Observation Result

Representative person	Kazuhiro Kogure
Organization	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Department	Center for Earth Surface System Dynamics, Genetic Research

Fiscal Year	2012
Organization	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Category	Research Cruise
Research Area	South Sanriku
Discipline	Ocean physics -> Water temperature Ocean physics -> Salinity Ocean chemistry -> Nutrients Ocean chemistry -> Organic matter Ocean chemistry -> Salinity Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen Ocean environment -> Nutrients Ocean environment -> Plant pigments Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> ARRAY(0x56ce68c)