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Fundamental taxonomic studies on common minke whales around the Japanese coast.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K18599
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Biodiversity/Systematics
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Nakamura Gen  東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 助教 (50751913)

Research Collaborator Kato Hidehiro  
Fujise Yoshihiro  
Yoshida Hideyoshi  
Isoda Tatsuya  
Hirose Ayumi  
Haug Tore  
Ryeng Kathrine  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords形態 / 骨格 / 亜種 / 系群 / 分類 / 鯨類 / ミンククジラ / 外部形態 / 系群構造 / 回遊
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Common minke whale is one of the large balaenopterids whale, which distribute world wide. The aim of this study is to contribute to population management of this species by clarifying morphological difference between stocks and subspecies. Although, morphological characters, such as skeleton and external characters are one of the fundamental taxonomic character, little is known on these differences in large whales. We collected the data and clarified morphological differences between stocks and subspecies.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本が商業捕鯨を再開した際には主要対象種になるとみられ、本種がいつ、どこに、どのくらいの数生息しているかを把握することは、本種の適切な資源管理にとって必要不可欠である。日本の周辺海域には遺伝的な交流がないとされる”系群”が知られ、さらに北太平洋と大西洋、そして南半球では亜種レベルで異なるとされている。本研究はこれらの系群、亜種間における形態学的違いを明らかにすることで、本種を適切かつ持続的に管理していくうえで、重要な貢献をした。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Institute of Marine Research,(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Institute of Marine Research(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Sightings of dwarf minke whales in the southern hemisphere under the IWC/IDCR-SOWER programme2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato, H., Matsuoka, K., Nakamura, G. and Best, P.B.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Measurement based inter-subspecific differences of the shape of the white patch on the flipper of the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)2018

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, G., Kadowaki, I., Hayashi, R., Nagatsuka, S., Hirose, A., Fujise, Y., Ryeng, A.K., Haug, T
    • Journal Title

      Cetacean Population Studies

      Volume: 1 Pages: 25-18

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Measurement based inter-subspecific differences of the shape of the white patch on the flipper of the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)2018

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, G., Kadowaki, I., Hayashi, R., Nagatsuka, S., Hirose, A., Fujise, Y., Ryeng, A.K., Haug, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cetacean Population Studies

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Nasal mucosa resembling an olfactory system in the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)2018

    • Author(s)
      Hirose, A., Kishida, T. and Nakamura, G.
    • Journal Title

      Cetacean Population Studies

      Volume: 印刷中

    • NAID

      130007705911

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sightings of dwarf minke whales in the southern hemisphere under the IWC/IDCR-SOWER programme2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato, H., Matsuoka, K., Nakamura, G. and Best, P.B.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Movement of Antarctic minke whales on their Antarctic feeding grounds from mark-recapture surveys under the IWC/IDCR programme2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato, H., Inoue, S. and Nakamura, G.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Matching of the gray whales of off Sakhalin and the Pacific coast of Japan, with a note on the stranding at Wadaura, Japan in March, 20162017

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, G., Katsumata, H., Kim, Y., Akagi, M., Hirose, A., Arai, K. and Kato, H.
    • Journal Title

      Open Journal of Animal Sciences

      Volume: 7 Pages: 168-178

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Growth and reproductive activity of a captive female harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from Japanese water2017

    • Author(s)
      Arai,K., Nakamura, G., Maeda, Y., Katsumata, E., Katsumata, H., Taya, K. and Kato, H.
    • Journal Title

      Open Journal of Animal Sciences

      Volume: 7 Pages: 305-314

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Developmental changes in the morphology of western North Pacific Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni)2017

    • Author(s)
      Bando,T., Nakamura, G., Fujise, Y. and Kato, H.
    • Journal Title

      Open Journal of Animal Sciences

      Volume: 7 Pages: 344-355

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 北西太平洋産ミンククジラ (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) の頭骨における系群間変異2018

    • Author(s)
      西村双葉,藤瀬良弘,吉田英可,中村玄,加藤秀弘
    • Organizer
      日本哺乳類学会 2018年大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ミンククジラにおける鼻粘膜の組織学的観察2017

    • Author(s)
      廣瀬亜由美,中村玄,吉田英可,加藤秀弘
    • Organizer
      日本哺乳類学会 2017年大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Recent increase in the occurrence of the western gray whales, off Japanese coast through 1955 to 20172017

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, G., Hirose, A., Kim, Y., Akagi, M., Kato, H.
    • Organizer
      22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Analysis of asymmetry of skulls for the elucidation of odontocete biosonar system2017

    • Author(s)
      Hirose, A., Nakamura, G. and Kato, H.
    • Organizer
      22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] みんなが知りたいシリーズ⑨ クジラ・イルカの疑問502018

    • Author(s)
      加藤秀弘、中村玄
    • Publisher
      成山堂
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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