The investigations of environments and living organisms in the estuary and tidal-flat sediments

Fiscal Year

2013

Title

The investigations of environments and living organisms in the estuary and tidal-flat sediments

Project and Theme

Project 1. Study on ecological succession of fisheries ground
Representative Organization: Tohoku University
Theme3. Research on the coastal fisheries resources and the tidal flat faunas off Miyagi Prefecture
Representative personSatoshi Katayama
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Research Information

Period and Interval
2013/04/01 - 2014/03/31
monthly
Research Area
Estuaries and tidal flats in the Sendai Bay
Category
Field survey
Overview
Environmental analyses of water and sediment quality Investigations of species composition and biomass of the macrobenthos and plankton

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
water and sediment quality surveywater tempreture, salinity, pH, DO
macrobenthos monitoringspecies composition and biomass of the macrobenthos
plankton monitoringspecies composition and biomass of the phytoplankton and zooplankton

Reference

Related Observation Result
FY2013 The investigations of environments and living organisms in the estuary and tidal-flat sediments

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personGoh Nishitani
OrganizationTohoku University
DepartmentGraduate School of Agricultural Science

Keywords

Fiscal Year2013
OrganizationTohoku University
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
Ishinomaki Bay
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Ocean chemistry -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Transparency
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biological classification
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biomass
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Physiology
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Mollusks
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Plankton
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Seaweed beds / Tidal flats distribution