Frontiers in ecological studies of jellyfish
Update: 10. 03, 2013
(Nov. 18-19, 2013)
Date:Nov.18.2013(Mon)13:00~17:40
Nov.19.2013(Tue) 9:30~16:15
Venue:Auditorium
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, JAPAN
Tel: +81-4-7136-6011
Conveners:Masaya Toyokawa, Fisheries Research Agency mtoyokaw[at]affrc.go.jp
Hiroshi Miyake, Kitasato University, miyake[at]kitasato-u.ac.jp
Jun Nishikawa, University of Tokyo, jn[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Contact Person at AORI: Atsushi Tsuda, Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, tsuda[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
November 18 (Mon)
13:00-13:05 Opening
13:05-13:45 Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
Keynote Lecture: Studies of jellyfish blooms in Japan: what were accomplished and what will be carried out?
13:45-14:25 Ilka Straehler-Pohl (Hambourg University)
The results of 20 years of scyphozoan life cycle research with new results on cubozoan life cycles to suggest a new nomenclature referring to both classes
14:25-14:45 Sho Toshino, Hiroshi Miyake (Kitasato University)
Life cycle and taxonomy of Japanese Cubozoa
14:45-15:15 Hideki Ikeda, Htun Thein, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
Role of podocysts in the massive blooms of scyphozoan jellyfishes
15:15-15:35 Break
15:35-15:55 Zhilu Fu, Masashi Shibata, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
Point-of-no-return in ephyrae of the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l.: High starvation resistance to cope with seasonal food scarcity
15:55-16:15 Kana Takayama, Hiroshi Miyake (Kitasato University), Shin-ichiro Ikeguchi (Notojima Aquarium), Toshio Sekiguchi, Nobuo Suzuki (Kanazawa University)
Study on Aurelia aurita s.l. which develops ephyrae directly from planulae
16:15-16:35 Haruka Shibata, Hiroshi Miyake (Kitasato University), Tomoaki Goto (Iwate Fisheries Technology Center), Aya Adachi (Enoshima Aquarium)
Jellyfish polyps attached on deep-sea litter off Sanriku
16:35-16:55 Ryuji Furukawa (Hiroshima University), Ryosuke Makabe (Ishinomaki Senshu University), Mariko Takao, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
Population dynamics of the moon jellyfish polyps on the undersurface of a new floating pier
16:55-17:20 Yuko Miyajima (Kyoto University)
Jellyfish as prey for fishes
17:20-17:40 Shugo Watabe (Kitasato University)
Annual changes in the mitochondrial DNA haploid type composition of the moon jellyfish populations in Ise Bay
18:00-20:00 Party
November 19 (Tue)
9:30- 9:50 Jun Nishikawa (University of Tokyo)
Jellyfish fisheries in Southeast Asia and ecology of harvested species
9:50-10:10 Hiroshi Miyake, Shiho Honda (Kitasato University), Jun Nihsikawa (University of Tokyo)
Life cycle of Edible jellyfishes in Southeast Asia
10:10-10:40 Susumu Ohtsuka, Yusuke Kondo, Shoma Okada (Hiroshima University)
Symbiotic communities on large-sized jellyfish in Asian waters
10:40-10:50 Break
10:50-11:20 Naoto Hanzawa (Yamagata University)
Genetic population structure and dispersal of Nemopilema nomurai
11:20-11:50 Minoru Hamada (Chubu Electric Co. Ltd.), Masaya Toyokawa (Fisheries Research Agency)
Ecological studies of moon jellyfish in the Ise-Mikawa bay system and application to the prediction of jellyfish outbreaks
11:50-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Haruto Ishii (Tokyo University of Marine Science)
A comparative study of population dynamics of Aurelia aurita polyps in the mouth and the innermost parts of Tokyo Bay
13:30-14:00 Ryusuke Makabe (Ishinomaki Senshu University), Takuya Kurihara, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
Quantitative observation of Aurelia medusae by using Dual frequency IDentification SONar (DIDSON)
14:00-14:30 Yasuyuki Nogata, Noriyuki Endo, Kentaro Suzuki (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Application of acoustic monitoring system and underwater video camera to observation of jellyfish distribution
14:30-14:50 Break
14:50-15:20 Naoto Honda (Fisheries Research Agency)
Research methods for spatial distribution and behaviors of giant jellyfish
15:20-15:40 Naoki Fujii (Saga University)
Survey of jellyfish abundance using stationary cameras
15:40-16:10 Dhugal Lindsay (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
Climate Change and Jellyfishes: the importance of genetics, in situ imagery and taxonomy in the characterization of species niches
16:15 Closing