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Elucidation and modeling flow rate dependence on photosynthetic and calcification rates of hermatypic corals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K12134
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 63010:Environmental dynamic analysis-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Nakamura Takashi  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 准教授 (20513641)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsサンゴ / 光合成速度 / 石灰化速度 / 流速依存性 / 拡散境界層 / 造礁サンゴ / モデル化
Outline of Research at the Start

サンゴの代謝速度の流速依存性を明らかにしモデル化するために、まず、サンゴ表面のミクロスケールの乱流構造や拡散境界層の状態を定量的に観測するとともにサンゴの代謝速度を調べ、サンゴ表面での物質交換速度の定量化およびモデル化を行う。さらに、サンゴ礁の実海域におけるサンゴ群集においても、現場計測によって流れと代謝速度の関係を調べることで、ミクロスケールのモデルを実海域のリーフスケールへアップスケーリングおよび適切なパラメタリゼーションを行う。そして、このモデルをリーフスケールの3次元流動-物質循環モデルに結合させることで、数値シミュレーションによってサンゴ礁生態系の将来予測を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is considered that coral metabolic rates are greatly affected by flow conditions. However quantitative assessment of this factor is completely lacking. In this study, the net photosynthetic and respiration rates of corals and the thickness of the diffuse boundary layer (DBL) were investigated using micro-dissolved oxygen electrodes under controlled flow velocity in a recirculating aquarium. In this result, it is confirmed that DBL thickness was proportional to the -0.8 power of the mean flow velocity. This is consistent with the theoretical and semi-empirical relationships of previous works. This leads to the conclusion that the rate of mass exchange at the coral surface is proportional to the 0.8th power of the mean flow velocity. However, photosynthetic and respiration rates did not correlate well with flow velocity, suggesting that they may be limited mainly not by material transfer at the coral surface but by other metabolic factors of corals.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年の大気二酸化炭素の増加に伴う地球温暖化や海洋酸性化は、海洋生物に様々な影響を与えることが予想され、その実態解明に向けた様々な研究が行われている。特に海洋酸性化はサンゴなどの石灰化生物の石灰化速度を低下させることが実験的に示されており、サンゴ礁生態系の衰退をもたらすことが危惧されている。一方で、流速の違いによる石灰化速度の変動幅は、海洋酸性化で予想されている成長速度の減少幅に比べて1桁大きい。本研究では、サンゴ表面での物質交換速度は流速の0.8乗に比例することが確認された。この流速依存性の感度は高く、本研究の成果は、サンゴ礁生態系の将来予測の精度を上げるためには非常に重要である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Appraisal of coral bleaching thresholds and thermal projections for the northern Red Sea refugia2022

    • Author(s)
      Eladawy Ahmed、Nakamura Takashi、Shaltout Mohamed、Mohammed Asmaa、Nadaoka Kazuo、Fox Michael D.、Osman Eslam O.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Marine Science

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.3389/fmars.2022.938454

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Field Measurement and Prediction of Drag in a Planted Rhizophora Mangrove Forest2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikai Masaya、Nakamura Takashi、Bautista Dominic M.、Herrera Eugene C.、Baloloy Alvin、Suwa Rempei、Basina Ryan、Primavera‐Tirol Yasmin H.、Blanco Ariel C.、Nadaoka Kazuo
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

      Volume: 127 Issue: 11 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021jc018320

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ハインドキャストシミュレーションによる過去のサンゴ礁域の環境復元2022

    • Author(s)
      中村隆志, 小又寛也, 佐久間魁史, BA Oumou Kalsom Diegui
    • Journal Title

      月刊海洋

      Volume: 54 Pages: 468-475

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Towards modeling the coral reef ecosystem response to multiple environmental factors: development of a coupled coral polyp and hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model2020

    • Author(s)
      中村隆志
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society

      Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Pages: 45-60

    • DOI

      10.3755/jcrs.22.45

    • NAID

      130008005578

    • ISSN
      1345-1421, 1882-5710
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Coral Bleaching simulation in the Sekisei Lagoon, Okinawa, Japan, based on a coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical-polyp-scale coral bleaching model2022

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Nakamura, Toshihiro Miyajima, Tomihiko Higuchi, Sylvain Agostini, Ikuko Yuyama, Hiroyuki Fujimura
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A coupled watershed-ocean-ecosystem model for assessing the turbidity and nutrient reduction ability of seagrass meadows2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuta A. Takagi, Takashi Nakamura, Dominika Wara Christiana, Faisal Amri, Masaya Yoshikai, Novi Susetyo Adi, Kazuo Nadaoka
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Integrated Modeling and Mapping for Assessing Red Sea Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability to Multiple Stressors2022

    • Author(s)
      Ahmed Eladawy, Takashi Nakamura
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Modeling coral polyp-scale bleaching phenomenon and upscaling to reef-scale2021

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Nakamura
    • Organizer
      14th International Coral Reef Symposium
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] GitHub: reef ecosystem model repository

    • URL

      https://github.com/NakamuraTakashi/reef_ecosys

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] High-resolution hindcast in Sekisei Lagoon

    • URL

      http://www.nakamulab.mei.titech.ac.jp/yaeyama_hindcast_simulation

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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