Biogeochemical cycles based on fine-sediment dynamics in shallow water body

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K06227
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hydraulic engineering
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Koibuchi Yukio 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (60349800)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 増永 英治 茨城大学, 広域水圏環境科学教育研究センター, 助教 (90779696)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 細粒土砂 / 物質循環 / 沿岸域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Enclosed bays are one of the most productive areas of seas, and they have long pro-vided humans with uncountable benefits. Because enclosed bays are the boundary between land and open sea, they are also significant for material cycles. However, eutrophication has been occurring in many enclosed bays around the world. In order to maintain sustainable utilization of the ecosystems of bays such as these, advanced inter-disciplinary research is needed. This research describes the mechanisms of fine-sediment transport variation under typical currents and introduces an ecosystem model as a tool for the integrated management of enclosed bays.

Free Research Field

沿岸環境