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2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

How microbial activities in the snow and ice reduce glacial albedo?

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19310020
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
Research InstitutionKyoto University (2008-2009)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (2007)

Principal Investigator

KOHSHIMA Shiro  Kyoto University, 野生動物研究センター, 教授 (60183802)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) USHIDA Kazunari  京都府立大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (50183017)
SHIRAIWA Takayuki  , 総合地球環境学研究所, 准教授 (90235739)
YOSHIMURA Yoshitaka  玉川大学, 農学部・生命化学科, 教授 (90384718)
TAKEUCHI Nozomu  千葉大学, 大学院・自然科学研究科, 准教授 (30353452)
FUJITA Koji  名古屋大学, 大学院・環境学研究科, 准教授 (80303593)
Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2009
Keywords氷河 / 微生物 / バクテリア / 藻類 / アルベド / 環境変動 / 遺伝子解析 / リモートセンシング
Research Abstract

To understand how microbial activities on the glacier accelerate melting of the glaciers by reducing the surface albedo and estimate the intensity of such biological albedo-reducing effects, we conducted field researches on glacier albedo, microorganisms, surface structure and environmental conditions at various types of glaciers. We could clarify various regional differences in microbiological communities, albedo and environmental conditions on the glaciers that could provide important cues to understand the relationship between the microbial activity and the albedo of glaciers.

  • Research Products

    (71 results)

All 2010 2009 2008 2007 Other

All Journal Article (34 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 32 results) Presentation (34 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Bacterial communities in two Antarctic ice cores analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis2010

    • Author(s)
      Segawa T, Ushida K, Narita H, Kanda H, Kohshima S
    • Journal Title

      Polar Science (accepted)

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Altitudinal changes in bacterial community on the Gulkana Glacier in Alaska2010

    • Author(s)
      Segawa T, Takeuchi N, Ushida K, Kanda H, Kohshima S.
    • Journal Title

      Microbes and Environments (accepted)

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Communities of algae and cyanobacteria on glaciers in west Greenland.2010

    • Author(s)
      Uetake J, NaganumaT, Hebsgaard MB, Kanda H, Kohshima S
    • Journal Title

      Polar Science 4(1)

      Pages: 71-80

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Application of real-time PCR array to the multiple detection of antibiotic-resistant genes in glacier ice samples.2009

    • Author(s)
      Ushida K, Segawa T, Kohshima S, Takeuchi N, Fukui K, Zhongqin Li, Kanda H.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 56

      Pages: 43-52

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A snow algal community on the surface and in an ice core of Rikha-Samba Glacier in Western Nepali Himalayas.2009

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi, N, Fujita, K., Nakazawa, F., Nakawo, M., Rana, B.
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Glaciological Research 27

      Pages: 23-35

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Morphological and molecular analysis of centropagids from the high Andean plateau (Copepoda: Calanoidea).2009

    • Author(s)
      Scheihing R, Cardenas L, Nespolo RF, Krall P, Walz K, Kohshima S, Labarca P.
    • Journal Title

      Hydrobiologia 637(1)

      Pages: 45-52

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A shallow ice core re-drilled on the Dunde Ice Cap, western China: recent changes in the Asian high mountains.2009

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi, N., Miyake, T., Nakazawa, F., Narita, H., Fujita, K., Sakai, A., Nakawo, M., Fujii, Y., Duan, K., Yao, T.
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Research Letter 4

      Pages: 045207

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Recent changes in Imja Glacial Lake and its damming moraine in the Nepal Himalaya revealed by in-situ surveys and multi-temporal ASTER imagery.2009

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K, Sakai A, Nuimura T, Yamaguchi S, Sharma RR
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Research Letters 4

      Pages: 045205

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Formation conditions of supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayas.2009

    • Author(s)
      Sakai A, Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 56(195)

      Pages: 177-181

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Amur River basin as a Giant Fish-Breeding Forest for the Sea of Okhotsk and Oyashio.2009

    • Author(s)
      Shiraiwa, T.
    • Journal Title

      Geography 54

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temporal and spatial variations in spectral reflectance and characterisitics of surface dust on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska Range.2009

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi, N.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 55(192)

      Pages: 701-709

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Onset of calving at supraglacial lakes on debris covered glaciers of the Nepal Himalayas.2009

    • Author(s)
      Sakai A, Nishimura K, Kadota T, Takeuchi N
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 55(193)

      Pages: 909-917

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Simplification of heat balance calculation and its application to the glacier runoff from the July 1st Glacier in northwest China since the 1930s2009

    • Author(s)
      Sakai A, Fujita K, Nakawo M, Yao T
    • Journal Title

      Hydrological Processes 23(4)

      Pages: 585-596

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 雪氷上の生物群集2009

    • Author(s)
      竹内望
    • Journal Title

      Japan Geoscience Letters 5(4)

      Pages: 6-8

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Glacier mass balance interpreted from biological analysis of firn cores in the Chilean lake district2008

    • Author(s)
      Santiban~ez P, Kohshima S, Scheihing R, Jaramillo J, Shiraiwa T, Matoba S, Kanda D, Labarca P, Casassa G.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 54(186)

      Pages: 452-461

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Performance of ASTER and SRTM DEMs, and their potential for assessing glacier lakes in the Lunana region, Bhutan Himalayas2008

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K, Suzuki R, Nuimura T, Sakai A
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 54(185)

      Pages: 220-228

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Seasonality of snow accumulation at Mt. Wrangell, Alaska2008

    • Author(s)
      Kanamori, S., Benson, C.S., Truffer, M., Matoba, S., Solie, D.J., Shiraiwa, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 54(185)

      Pages: 273-278

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Influence of precipitation seasonality on glacier mass balance and its sensitivity to climate change.2008

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Glaciology 48

      Pages: 88-92

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of precipitation seasonality on climatic sensitivity of glacier mass balance2008

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K.
    • Journal Title

      Earth and Planetary Science 276(1-2)

      Pages: 14-19

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Rapid decrease of mass balance observed in the Xiao (Lesser) Dongkemadi Glacier, in the central Tibetan Plateau2008

    • Author(s)
      Pu J, Yao T, Yang M, Tian L, Wang N, Ageta Y, Fujita K
    • Journal Title

      Hydrological Processes 22(16)

      Pages: 2953-2958

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Miaoergou Glaciers in the Kalik Mountains, western China: Report of a reconnaissance for future ice core drilling and biological study.2008

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi, N., Nakawo, M., Narita, H., Han, J.
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Glaciological Research 26

      Pages: 33-40

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Characteristics of surface dust on Urumqi Glacier No.1 in the Tien Shan Mountains2008

    • Author(s)
      Takeuchi, N., Li, Z.
    • Journal Title

      China. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40

      Pages: 744-750

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Climate reconstruction since the Little Ice Age by modelling Koryto glacier, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.2008

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, S., Naruse, R., Shiraiwa, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Glaciology 54184

      Pages: 125-130

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 空を巡る微生物2008

    • Author(s)
      幸島司郎
    • Journal Title

      エアロゾル研究 25(1)

      Pages: 43-47

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 氷河の生物2008

    • Author(s)
      幸島司郎
    • Journal Title

      遺伝 62(1)

      Pages: 66-70

  • [Journal Article] ヒマラヤから海中へ, 氷河から熱帯雨林へ2008

    • Author(s)
      幸島司郎
    • Journal Title

      科学 78(7)

      Pages: 792-793

  • [Journal Article] Chemical characteristics of pond wateres within the debris area of Lirung Glacier in Nepal Himalaya.2007

    • Author(s)
      Bhatt, M.P., Masuzawa, T., Yamamoto, M., Takeuchi, N.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Limnology 66(2)

      Pages: 71-80

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Estimation of net accumulation rate at a Patagonian glacier by ice core analyses using snow algae.2007

    • Author(s)
      Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Uetake, J., Shiraiwa, T., Uemura, R., Yoshida, N., Matoba, S., Godoi, M.A.
    • Journal Title

      Global and Planetary Change. 59

      Pages: 236-24

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Intra-annual variations in atmospheric dust and tritium in the North Pacific region detected from an ice core from Mount Wrangell, Alaska2007

    • Author(s)
      Yasunari, T., Shiraiwa, T., Kanamori, S., Fujii, Y., Igarashi, M., Yamazaki, K., Benson, C.S., Hondoh, T.
    • Journal Title

      Jour. Geophys. Res. 112

      Pages: D10208

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Multiproxy records of climate variability for Kamchatka for the past 400 years.2007

    • Author(s)
      Solomina, O., Wiles, G., Shiraiwa, T., D'Arrigo, R.
    • Journal Title

      Climate of the Past 3

      Pages: 119-128

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Modern landuse in the Amur basin.2007

    • Author(s)
      Ganzei, S.S., Ermoshin, V.V., Mishina, N., Shiraiwa, T.
    • Journal Title

      Geography and Natural Resources 3

      Pages: 17-25

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of dust event timing on glacier runoff: sensitivity analysis for a Tibetan glacier.2007

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Hydrological Processe 21(21)

      Pages: 2892-2896

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Characteristics and climatic sensitivities of runoff from a cold-type glacier on the Tibetan Plateau.2007

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, K, Ohta, T., Ageta, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Hydrological Processes

      Pages: 2882-2891

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ヒマラヤの氷河生態系2007

    • Author(s)
      幸島司郎
    • Journal Title

      ヒマラヤ学誌 8

      Pages: 113-119

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Antarctic MARIMO as ecosystem- Structure, microorganisms and organic matter in a mass of the algae.2009

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa M, Yoshimura Y, others
    • Organizer
      10th SCAR, International Biology Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Sapporo
    • Year and Date
      20090726-20090731
  • [Presentation] Preliminary studies for distribution and alteration of living microorganisms and organic compounds in the extreme Antarctic environments.2009

    • Author(s)
      Mita H, Yoshimura Y, others
    • Organizer
      10th SCAR, International Biology Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Sapporo
    • Year and Date
      20090726-20090731
  • [Presentation] アジア・アラスカの山岳氷河上の鉱物粒子および有機物のSr, Nd同位体比2009

    • Author(s)
      永塚尚子, 中野孝教, 竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] Landsat衛星画像を使った中国新彊ウイグル, 天山山脈の氷河表面反射率と表面ダストの空間分布の解析.2009

    • Author(s)
      Abake Gulkianati, 竹内望, 西尾文彦
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] アジアの3つの氷河におけるクリオコナイト粒の比較2009

    • Author(s)
      西山大陸, 竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] アジアの山岳氷河のアイスコア中に含まれる固体粒子の特性2009

    • Author(s)
      石田依子, 竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] 衛星画像をつかったグリーンランド氷床裸氷域の不純物分布の解析ースペクトル特性による表面条件の推定ー2009

    • Author(s)
      伊藤弘樹, 竹内望, ほか
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] Microbial flora of glaciers in West Greenland2008

    • Author(s)
      Kohshima S, Uetake J, Segawa T, Naganuma T Hebsgaard M, Kanda K.
    • Organizer
      XXXI Symposium on Polar Biology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2008-12-03
  • [Presentation] Changes of biological community from the 1990s to 2008 on the Yala Glacier, Nepali Himalayas.2008

    • Author(s)
      Nozomu Takeuchi, Yoriko Ishida
    • Organizer
      XXXI Symposium on Polar Biology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2008-12-03
  • [Presentation] グリーンランド氷床西部における雪氷藻類の地域分布.2008

    • Author(s)
      植竹淳, 長沼毅, マーティン・ヘプスガード, 神田啓史, 幸島司郎
    • Organizer
      日本微生物生態学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2008-11-26
  • [Presentation] チリ・モチョ氷河における微生物群集の解析2008

    • Author(s)
      吉村義隆, 瀬川高弘, 山下智大, 見上貴教, 吉川永美, 長沼毅, ジーノ・カサッサ, 幸島司郎
    • Organizer
      平成19年度極域生物シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      2008-11-15
  • [Presentation] Snow algal communities on the glaciers in West Greenland.2008

    • Author(s)
      Uetake J, Naganuma T, Hebsgaard M, Kanda K, Kohshima S.
    • Organizer
      First International Symposium on the Arctic Research
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2008-10-04
  • [Presentation] キルギスタン・グリゴレア氷帽から掘削した87mアイスコア2008

    • Author(s)
      竹内望, 藤田耕史, 岡本祥子, 直木和弘, 奈良町千之, Vladimir Aizen
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2008-09-26
  • [Presentation] Microbial analysis of subglacial samples drilled at Dome Fuji2008

    • Author(s)
      Segawa T, Abe T, Motoyama H, Imura S, Kohshima S, Kanda H.
    • Place of Presentation
      Russia
    • Year and Date
      2008-07-09
  • [Presentation] Exploration of microorganisms from snow environments.2008

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura Y, Nakazato Y, Inoue G, Segawa T, Inoue G, Segawa T, Uetake J, Kohshima S.
    • Organizer
      International Conference "Cryogenic Resources of Polar Regions"
    • Place of Presentation
      Salekhard, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2008-06-19
  • [Presentation] 西グリーンランドの氷河における雪氷藻類群集と雪氷面アルベド2008

    • Author(s)
      植竹淳, 長沼毅, マーティン・ヘプスガード, 神田啓史, 幸島司郎
    • Organizer
      地球惑星科学連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-30
  • [Presentation] 中国祁連山およびロシアアルタイ山脈のアイスコアから復元した過去100年の風送ダストの年変動2008

    • Author(s)
      竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合合同大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-29
  • [Presentation]2008

    • Author(s)
      Uetake J, Naganuma T, Hebsgaard MB, Kanda H, Kohshima S.
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology
    • Place of Presentation
      Banff
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-14
  • [Presentation] Yeast distribution in ice core from Russian Altai mountains2008

    • Author(s)
      Uetake J, Nakazawa F, Kohshima S, Miyake T, Narita H, Fujita K, Takeuchi N, Aizen V, Nakawo M.
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology
    • Place of Presentation
      Banff
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-14
  • [Presentation] Effect of precipitation seasonality on glacier mass balance.2008

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K.
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Mass Balance Measurements and Modelling
    • Place of Presentation
      Skeikampen, Norway
    • Year and Date
      2008-03-28
  • [Presentation] Studies on bacterial community on Antarctic ice sheet by 16S rRNA gene2007

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Segawa, Jun Uetake, Shiro Kohshima, Andres Rivera, Motoyama Hideaki, Hiroshi Kanda
    • Organizer
      XXX Symposium on Polar Biology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20071100
  • [Presentation] Biological Ice Core Analysis in Russian Altai2007

    • Author(s)
      Jun Uetake, Fumio Nakazawa, Shiro Kohshima, Takayuki Miyake, Hideki Narita, Koji Fujita, Nozomu Takeuchi, Vladimir Aizen, Masayoshi Nakawo
    • Organizer
      2007AGU Fall meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-14
  • [Presentation] A rapid shrinkage of glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas.2007

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K.
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Recent Change of Climate and Cryosphere in Nepal Himalayas
    • Place of Presentation
      Kathmandu, Nepal
    • Year and Date
      2007-11-22
  • [Presentation] Biogenic dirt materials and albedo of glaciers in West Greenland.2007

    • Author(s)
      Shiro Kohshima, Jun Uetake, Nozomu Takeuchi, Takahiro Segawa, Takeshi Naganuma, Martin Hebsgaard, Keiji Kanda.
    • Organizer
      XXX Symposium on Polar Biology
    • Place of Presentation
      NIPR, Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2007-11-15
  • [Presentation] 富山県・立山の融雪期の積雪面における不純物の特性と積雪面アルベド2007

    • Author(s)
      古川隆朗, 西山大陸, 竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-28
  • [Presentation] 角川咲江, 伊吹山頂上付近の雪渓の雪氷藻類2007

    • Author(s)
      竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-27
  • [Presentation] アジアの氷河表面の汚れ物質のストロンチウム同位体比2007

    • Author(s)
      永塚尚子, 中野孝教, 竹内望
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-27
  • [Presentation] 中国天山ウルムチNO. 1氷河の表面汚れ物質の特性2007

    • Author(s)
      竹内望, 李忠勤
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山(口頭)
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-26
  • [Presentation] アルタイ山脈ベルーハ氷河におけるアイスコア中の氷層を用いた夏期気温復元2007

    • Author(s)
      岡本祥子, 藤田耕史, 成田英器, 植竹淳, 竹内望, 三宅隆之, 中澤文男
    • Organizer
      日本雪氷学会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-26
  • [Presentation] A distinctive snow algal community on a glacier in the Tienshan Mountains2007

    • Author(s)
      Nozomu Takeuchi, Takahiro Segawa, Li Zhongqin
    • Organizer
      China. IUGG
    • Place of Presentation
      Perugia
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-12
  • [Presentation] Shiro Kohshima Significant Effect of Biogenic Material (cryoconite) on Surface Albedo of Asian Glaciers:-Geographical Comparison of the Amounts of Cryoconite and Surface Albedo of Glaciers.2007

    • Author(s)
      Nozomu Takeuchi
    • Organizer
      IUGG
    • Place of Presentation
      Perugia
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-09
  • [Presentation] Inter-annual variability of d-T relation at Dome Fuji, east Antarctica.2007

    • Author(s)
      Fujita K.
    • Organizer
      International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
    • Place of Presentation
      Perugia, Italy
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-07
  • [Presentation] Exploration of microorganisms from snow environments.2007

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura Yoshitaka, Nakazato Yuki, Inoue Genki, Segawa Takahiro, Uetake Jun, Shiro Kohshima
    • Organizer
      International Conference "Cryogenic Resources of Polar Regions"
    • Place of Presentation
      Salekhard, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-19
  • [Presentation] 中国祁連山のアイスコアの分析から明らかになった中国乾燥域の近年の環境変動2007

    • Author(s)
      竹内望, ほか
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合合同大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張
    • Year and Date
      2007-05-22
  • [Book] アイスコアによる黒河流域の環境の変化の復元,黒水城人文与環境研究2007

    • Author(s)
      竹内望, 他
    • Total Pages
      104-118
    • Publisher
      中華人民大学出版社
  • [Book] 京都とオアシスとクリオコナイト,アジア遊学・特集地球環境を黒河に探る2007

    • Author(s)
      竹内望
    • Total Pages
      224
    • Publisher
      勉誠出版
  • [Book] ヒマラヤと地球温暖化ー消え行く氷河

    • Author(s)
      竹内望
    • Total Pages
      159
    • Publisher
      昭和堂

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Published: 2011-06-18   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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