Biogeography of marine tardigrades in the northern part of Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16H06636
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Biodiversity/Systematics
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	Fujimoto Shinta 東北大学, 生命科学研究科, 助教(研究特任) (40779758)
Project Period (FY)	2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	生物地理学 / 系統分類学 / 緩歩動物門 / メイオベントス学 / 系統地理学 / 分類学 / 系統地理 / メイオファウナ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Our knowledge on the marine tardigrade fauna of northern Japan was enriched by the survey conducted as a part of this study. Among the collected species, those found from at least two localities were subjects of investigating the intra-specific diversities. The magnitude of intra-specific variations differed depending on the taxa.