Research activities related to the Japan Earthquake disaster (2011.4-2012.3)

Most of the linked pages and files are in Japanese.

Research Project toward Reconstruction of the Sanriku Coast with a focus on the Otsuchi Bay

Effect of Tsunami impact on seagrass and seaweed beds, and seafloor environments in Funakoshi Bay and Otsuchi Bay
(20-24 June, 2011)

A SCUBA survey in macro-algal forests on rocky reefs at Tomari-hama on Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi
(8-10 June, 2011)

Monitoring physical and chemical environments and planktonic ecosystems in Otsuchi Bay (preliminary report)
(26-27 May, 2011)

Research activities related to radioactive materials

Marine biogeochemical studies and behavior of trace elements and isotopes in the Western North Pacific (ASIAN GEOTRACES_II)
(3-4 August, 2011 / Hakuho-11-7)

Survey of radioactive materials off Fukushima (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / AORI joint research)
(4-19 June, 2011 / R/V Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa)

Research cruise of R/V Tansei Maru: A part of research activities for restoration out of the 3.11 Japan Earthquake disaster

Distribution and dynamics of radioacti ve substances in coastal ecosystem
(4-9 Mar. 2012 / Tansei-12-1)

Biogeochemicalbehaviorsandtheirdistributionofradioactivematerials dispersed by the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants accident to atmosphere and ocean
(26 Oct. -3 Nov. 2011 / Tansei-11-27)

Water circulation and environment in the sea off the Joban Coast, Japan
(6-13 Sep. 2011 / Tanasei-11-22)

Studies on seafloor geodetic survey, sea current measurement with GPS boys, and homing ability of seafowls on- and off-shore Sanriku
(27 Aug. -2 Sep. 2011 / Tansei-11-21)

Research on sediment redistribution and ecosystem disturbance caused by the 3.11 Japan earthquake
(29 Jul. -5 Aug. 2011 / Tansei-11-17)

Research on aseismic slip along the Japan Trench based on geodetic and seismological observations on the seafloor
(19-23 Jul. 2011 / Tansei-11-16)

Characteristics of primary production and biogeochemical process dynamics in the Oyashio region during the spring diatom bloom
(7-12 May 2011 / Tansei-11-7)

Research on aseismic slip along the Japan Trench based on geodetic and seismological observations on the seafloor
(26 Apr. -4 May 2011 /  Tansei-11-6)

Impacts of Nutrient Stream on the ocean ecosystem and depletion processes of larval sardine in the Kuroshio downstream region in spring
(13-23 Apr. 2011 / Tansei-11-5)

Research cruise of R/V Hakuho Maru: A part of research activities for restoration out of the 3.11 Japan Earthquake disaster

Linkages in biogeochemical cycles between surface ocean and stratospheric atmosphere over the high productive region in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, and physiological and ecological study of the Oceanic Sea Skaters
(EqPOS: Equatorial Pacific Ocean and Stratospheric/Tropospheric Atmosphere Study)
(29 Jan. -7 Mar. 2012 / Hakuho-12-1)

Studies on plankton community dynamics and biogeochemical processes in the tropical and subtropical Pacific
(1 Dec. -25 Jan. 2011 / Hakuho-11-10)

Study of overturning circulation of deep water and subduction of surface water in the northeastern region of the North Pacific (1)
(12 Aug. -4 Oct. 2011 / Hakuho-11-8)

Marine biogeochemical studies and behavior of trace elements and isotopes in the Western North Pacific (ASIAN GEOTRACES_II)
(3-4 Aug. 2011 / Hakuho-11-7)