Blue carbon dynamics and global environmental impact prediction in coral triangle island-studded area

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25257305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Hydraulic engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Nadaoka Kazuo 東京工業大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (70164481)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAMURA TAKASHI 東京工業大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 講師 (20513641) ; WATANABE ATSUSHI 東京工業大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 助教 (00378001) ; MIYAJIMA TOSHIHIRO 東京大学, 大気海洋研究所, 助教 (20311631)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ブルーカーボン動態 / コーラル・トライアングル / 地球環境影響予測 / 沿岸生態系劣化 / 炭酸系計測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Conducting international joint studies in Indonesia and Philippines, where blue carbon in coastal ecosystems has been rapidly decreasing due to degradation of the ecosystem, we could clarify carbon dynamics and associated ecosystem characteristics and material cycles in blue carbon ecosystems consisting of mangroves, seagrass and others in the joint study areas. We conducted also the development of various simulation models to analyze and predict blue carbon dynamics in an integrated atmosphere-land-ocean system, and remote sensing analyses. Based on all these results, we succeeded in developing a model system which would enable the future prediction of the changes in the carbon dynamics and the decrease in the blue carbon stock under global warming and other anthropogenic impacts.

Free Research Field

沿岸環境学、生態系保全学、海岸工学