Long term monitoring of bottom water and sea floor environments in off Otsuchi, Iwate. (1000m)

Fiscal Year

2012

Title

Long term monitoring of bottom water and sea floor environments in off Otsuchi, Iwate. (1000m)

Project and Theme

Project 3. Research on factors controlling open ocean benthopelagic ecosystem dynamics
Representative Organization: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Theme3. Long-term monitoring of the physic-chemical environment in fisheries grounds
Representative personShuichi Watanabe
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Research Information

Period and Interval
2012/08/14 - 2013/11/30
Research Area
39-19.9775'N, 142-27.5189'E, 1000m in water depth
Category
Mooring system(Observation buoy)
Overview
Deployment of long term monitoring system.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Mooring system (Observation bouy)Water temperature, Salinity, Water depth, Turbidity, Dissolved oxygen concentration, Current direction and intensity (1 hour interval). Picture of sea floor (1 day interval). Movie of sea floor (5 minutes in 1 week interval).

Reference

Related Observation Result
FY2012 Long term monitoring of bottom water and sea floor environments in off Otsuchi, Iwate. (1000m)

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personKazumasa Oguri
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Keywords

Fiscal Year2012
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
CategoryMooring system (Observation buoy)
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean physics -> Ocean current / Tidal current (Current direction/Current speed)
Ocean physics -> Transparency / Turbidity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Seabed morphology