2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Vegetation change and carbon cycle in the high Arctic
| Project/Area Number |
19255003
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Polar Research |
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Principal Investigator |
KANDA Hiroshi National Institute of Polar Research, 名誉教授 (70099935)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUZAWA Takehiro 静岡大学, 理学部, 教授 (40111801)
SAKATA Yukiko (別宮 有紀子) 都留文科大学, 文学部, 教授 (20326094)
OSONO Takashi 京都大学, 生態学研究センター, 准教授 (90335307)
KUME Atsushi 九州大学, 農学部, 准教授 (20325492)
IMURA Satoshi 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (90221788)
UCHIDA Masaki 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (70370096)
WADA Naoya 富山大学, 極東地域研究センター, 教授 (40272893)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 北極 / 植生 / 氷河後退 / 蘚苔類 / 遷移 / 炭素循環 / 微生物 / 土壌 |
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| Research Abstract |
The climate warming has been accelerated for dozens of years in the Arctic. However, enough studies are not done whether it is a source areas releasing carbon or a sink areas absorbing carbon in the Arctic. We established the reference sites for the vegetation change considering to be affected by the climate warming in Spitsbergen Island and Ellesmere Island. We investigated topography, edaphic features, analyses of air and satellite photographs, biological diversity, vegetation pattern and carbon cycle process, and evaluated an ecosystem change with special references with vegetation and carbon cycle influenced by the climate warming.
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