Monitoring of marine environment in Otsuchi Bay

Fiscal Year

2014

Title

Monitoring of marine environment in Otsuchi 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
Theme5. Construction of an ecosystem model integrating physical processes
Representative personKiyoshi Tanaka
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute The University of Tokyo
DepartmentInternational Coastal Research Center, Coastal Ecosystem

Research Information

Period and Interval
2014/04/01 - 2015/03/31
Once per two months
Research Area
Otsuchi Bay
Category
Field survey
Overview
Monitoring of marine environment is conducted at 40 stations in the Otsuchi Bay every two month.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Water propoertyTemperature, Salinity, Dissolved oxygen, Chlrophyll-a, turbidity, nutrients
PlanktonPhytoplankton
Saline mudPhytoplankton cyst

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personKosei Komatsu
OrganizationThe University of Tokyo
DepartmentGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Natural Environmental Studies

Keywords

Fiscal Year2014
OrganizationThe University of Tokyo
CategoryField survey
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Salinity
Ocean chemistry -> Dissolved oxygen
Ocean chemistry -> Others
Ocean environment -> Nutrients
Ocean environment -> Plant pigments
Ocean biology / Ocean ecology -> Plankton