Monitoring of intertidal fauna and flora on rocky shore and pier wall in southern Iwate

Fiscal Year

2014

Title

Monitoring of intertidal fauna and flora on rocky shore and pier wall in southern Iwate

Project and Theme

Project 1. Study on ecological succession of fisheries ground
Representative Organization: Tohoku University
Theme5. Studies on the coastal environment and marine resources in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture
Representative personRyusuke Kado
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences

Research Information

Period and Interval
2014/04/01 - 2015/03/31
Once a year in Yoshihama bay, every three months at Ofunato bay
Research Area
Yoshihama bay, Ofunato bay
Category
Field survey
Overview
We examine fauna and flora of intertidal organisms in rocky shore and pier wall to estimate the impact of the 2011 disaster and monitor the recovery process from it by video camera in case for vertical pier wall. We also survey an alien barnacle which was found after the disaster in northeast Honsyu Japan and examine its expansion in relation to anthropogenic activities by restorations from the disaster.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Water qualityTemperature, Salinity, DO (Ofunato bay)
Flora (Yoshihama bay)Species composition
Fauna (Yoshihama bay)Species composition
Fauna (Ofunato bay)Video, Vertical densities of major benthos
Distribution of an alien barnacleDistribution map

Reference

Related Observation Result
FY2014 Monitoring of intertidal fauna and flora on rocky shore and pier wall in southern Iwate

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personRyusuke Kado
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences
Representative personNobuyoshi Nanba
OrganizationKitasato University
DepartmentSchool of Marine Biosciences

Keywords

Fiscal Year2014
OrganizationKitasato University
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Ocean environment -> Plant pigments
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Biological classification
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Ecology
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Sea algae
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Others