Recent Findings and Future Challenges of IMBER-Japan (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research) Activities

Update: 05. 29, 2012

(Jun. 4-5, 2012)

Date：June 4, 2012（Mon.）13:00～17:30
         June 5, 2012（Tue.）  9:30～12:00
Venue：Meeting Room (2F)
        Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo
        5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi,Chiba 277-8564, JAPAN
        Tel: +81-4-7136-6011
Conveners：
        Hiroshi Ogawa, BGC group, AORI, hogawa[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
        Hiroaki Saito, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries
        Research Institute (FRA), hsaito[at]affrc.go.jp

PROGRAM

June 4 (Mon.)
13:00-13:10  "Opening Remark"  Hiroshi Ogawa (AORI)

Chair: Atsushi Tsuda (AORI)

13:10-13:35 "Observations of vertical nitrate flux due to turbulent mixing in the western North Pacific"

Hitoshi Kaneko, Ichiro Yasuda, Kosei Komatsu, Sachihiko Itoh (AORI)

13:35-14:00 "Slowdown of the rate of CO2 increase in surface waters of the North Pacific subtropical and tropical zones"

Masao Ishii, Naohiro Kosugi, Daisuke Sasano (Meteorological Research Institute), Toshiya Nakano, Kazutaka Enyo (Global Environment and Marine Department,Japan Meteorological Agency), Takashi Midorikawa (Nagasaki Marine Observatory)

14:00-14:25 "The meridional distribution of nanomolar nutrients in the oligotrophic Pacific"

Taketoshi Kodama, Tadafumi Ichikawa(National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, FRA), Ken Furuya (Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), Fuminori Hashihama (Tokyho Univ. of Marine Science and Technology)

14:25-14:50 "Distribution and dynamics of dissolved organic matter along 160/170^oW transects across the central Pacific"

Youhei Yamashita(Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido Univ.), Hiroshi Ogawa (AORI)

14:50-15:15 "Iron dynamics in the North Pacific revealed from north-south ocean section observation"

Jun Nishioka (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ.)

15:15-15:30  Coffee Break

Chair: Hideki Fukuda (AORI)

15:30-15:55 "The property of biogeochemical cycles in the western North Pacific examined by vertical change in particle flux"

Hiroaki Saito (Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, FRA)

15:55-16:20 " Latitudinal trends of bacterial abundance, production, and community structure in the South Pacific Ocean"

Yuya Tada, Toshi Nagata, Koji Hamasaki (ARIO), Akito Taniguchi (Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki Univ.), Taichi Yokokawa (Center for Marine Environmental Science, Ehime Univ.)

16:20-16:45 " Phytoplankton assemblages in the western North Pacific"

Mitsuhide Sato (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo)

16:45-17:10 " Life cycle variations between subarctic and subtropic mesozooplankton: Adaptations and the roles in biogeochemical cycle"

Atsushi Tsuda (AORI), Shinji Shimode (Yokohama National Univ.), Kazutaka Takahashi (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo)

Chair: Hiroaki Saito (Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, FRA)
17:10-17:30  Synthesis

June 5 (Tue.)

Chair: Hiroshi Ogawa (AORI)
9:30-12:00  Research Strategy on the KH-12-3 cruise of R/V Hakuho-maru  (free discussion)