2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Construction of coastal biodiversity monitoring site in relation to global warming: applying intertidal organisms in coasts of the Kuroshio Current
| Project/Area Number |
15H06514
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aquatic bioproduction science
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| Research Institution | University of Miyazaki |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Iwatsuki Yukio
Koyama Akihiko
Senou Hiroshi
Miki Ryohei
Miyazaki Yusuke
Motomura Hiroyuki
Wada Masaaki
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 沿岸生物相 / 潮間帯 / 緯度的変化 / 生物地理学 / 魚類 / 甲殻類 / 九州 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to construct criterion for effects of global warming on marine ecosystem, the present study investigated latitudinal change of assemblage structure in intertidal fishes and crabs along the eastern coasts of Kyushu (Tanegashima Island, Miyazaki and Oita prefectures) in rocky shores and estuarine tidal flats. As the results, proportion of subtropical/tropical species was higher in Tanegashima Island than in the other sites. Proportion of tropical species tended to decrease with latitude in rocky shore although such faunal change was not detected in estuarine tidal flat. These results indicated that fauna of estuarine tidal flat is inappropriate measure to latitudinal change of assemblage but that of intertidal rocky shore can be good indicator for monitoring faunal changes in relation to global warming in the sea (e.g. tendency of going north in tropical species with climate change).
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| Free Research Field |
沿岸生態学
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