Barcoding project and total ecological studies of the temperate living scleractinian corals

• Project/Area Number: 18770013
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: FUKAMI Hironobu Kyoto University, フィールド科学教育研究センター瀬戸臨海実験所, 助教 (50402756)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
• Keywords: サンゴ / 分子生態 / COI / 地理的分化 / 生殖 / 交雑 / 隠蔽種 / キクメイシ / 生殖隔離 / 遺伝子解析 / ミトコンドリア / 温帯 / 種分化 / ミドリイシ

Research Abstract

和歌山県白浜を中心にイシサンゴ類の分布、生殖、および水温変動を調査した。結果、白浜に優占していたのは12科27属47種で、そのうち、21種の産卵を観察することができた。産卵は水温が25度以上になった後の7-8月に観察された。一方、白化現象が冬季に見られ、低水温が白化を引き起こしていることが示唆された。また、交配実験および遺伝子解析の結果、特定の種間での交雑や、隠蔽種の存在が明らかとなった。さらに、遺伝子解析により遺伝子バーコードに使用可能となりうる遺伝子データを調査地点で見つけた全47種から得た。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Mitochondrial and nuclear genes suggest that stony corals are monophyletic but most families of stonycorals are not (order Scleractinia, class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria) (2008)
  • Author(s): Fukami H, Chen CA, Budd AF, Collins A, Wallace C, Chuang Y-Y, Chen C, Dai CF, Iwao F, Sheppard C, Knowlton N
  • Journal Title: PlosOne 3
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Short review : Molecular phylogenetic analyses of reef corals (2008)
  • Author(s): Fukami H
  • Journal Title: Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies 10 Pages: 47-55
  • NAID: 130000122987
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evidence of species-specific habitat selectivity of Acropora corals based on identification of new recruits by two molecular markers (2008)
  • Author(s): Suzuki G, Hayashibara T, Shirayama Y, Fukami H
  • Journal Title: Marine Ecology Progress Series 355 Pages: 149-159
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mitochondrial and nuclear genes suggest that stony corals are monophyletic but most families of stonycorals are not (order Scleractinia, class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria) (2008)
  • Author(s): Fukami H, Chen CA, Budd AF, Collins A, Wallace C, Chuang Y-Y, Chen C, Dai CF, Iwao F, Sheppard C, Knowlton N
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE 3(E-jaounal)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evidence of species-specific habitat selectivity of Acropora corals based on identification of new recruits by two molecular markers (2008)
  • Author(s): G. Suzuki, T. Hayashibara, Y. Shirayama, H. Fukami
  • Journal Title: Marine Ecology Progress Series 355 Pages: 149-159
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 分子から見た日本温帯域の造礁性イシサンゴ類の特異 (2008)
  • Author(s): 深見裕伸・鈴木 豪
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-24
• [Presentation] 温帯域のオオトゲキクメイシ属の種の実態調査 (2008)
  • Author(s): 座安佑奈・野村恵一・深見裕伸
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-24
• [Presentation] 分子から見た日本温帯域の造礁性イシサンゴ類の特異性 (2008)
  • Author(s): 深見裕伸・鈴木豪
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡グランシップ
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-24
• [Presentation] 温帯域のオオトゲキクメイシ属の種の実態調査 (2008)
  • Author(s): 座安佑奈・野村恵一・深見裕伸
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会第11回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡グランシップ
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-24
• [Presentation] Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (2008)
  • Author(s): Knowlton N, Fukami H, Chen A, Budd A
  • Organizer: 11th International Coral Reef Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-09
• [Presentation] Phylogeny of Faviidae Corals Based on Molecular and Morphological Data (2008)
  • Author(s): Huang D, Meier R, Todd A, Fukami H, Chou LM
  • Organizer: 11th International Coral Reef Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-08
• [Presentation] Species specific habitat selectivity of Acropora larvae in subtropical reefs (2008)
  • Author(s): Suzuki G, Hayashibara T, Shirayama Y, Fukami H
  • Organizer: 11th International Coral Reef Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-07
• [Presentation] Strong genetic structure of the widespread coral Acropora hyacinthus in the peripheral region of Indo-Pacific reefs (2008)
  • Author(s): Suzuki G, Hayashibara T, Shirayama Y, Fukami H
  • Organizer: 11th International Coral Reef Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-07
• [Presentation] Regional specific relationships of species in the genus Favia (2008)
  • Author(s): Fukami H, Nomura K, Iwao K, Hayashibara T, Suzuki G, Iwase F, Knowlton N
  • Organizer: 11th International Coral Reef Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-07
• [Presentation] 造礁サンゴ類の分子系統 (2007)
  • Author(s): 深見裕伸
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-23
• [Presentation] 造礁サンゴ類の分子系統 (2007)
  • Author(s): 深見裕伸
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄・琉球大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-23
• [Presentation] 高次分類群に対する分子系統解析-形態分類の見直しへ (2006)
  • Author(s): 深見裕伸
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会第9回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2006-11-26
• [Presentation] Chaos of the scleractinian coral family (2006)
  • Author(s): Fukami H, Chen CA, Knowlton N
  • Organizer: 1st Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-20
• [Presentation] Evolutionary mitogenomics of Pocilloporid corals : ATP8 gene loss, a novel open reading frame (ORF) and phylogenetic utility (2006)
  • Author(s): Chen C, Dai C, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Chen CA
  • Organizer: 1st Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-20