AN INVESTIGATION OF ALGAL FLORA IN ALASKAN ARCTIC LAKES

1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 63044094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: Joint Research
• Research Institution: YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY (1989); Kobe University (1988)
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Eiji YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, 理学部, 教授 (50030771)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): PETER SIVER 西コネチカット大学, 生物学科, 助教授 ; VERA ALEXAND アラスカ大学, 水産学部・海洋研究所, 教授 ; SATOH Yasuhiro YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 理学部, 助教授 (60007177) ; NAGUMO Tamotsu NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY LECTURER, 生物学, 講師 (70120706) ; INOUE Isao TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 生物科学系, 講師 (70168433) ; ALEXANDER VERA UNIV. OF ALASKA-FAIRBANKS PROFESSOR
• Project Period (FY): 1988 – 1989
• Keywords: ALASKA / ALGAL FLORA / ARCTIC LAKE / JAPAN / MINUTE ALGAE / TEMPERATE LAKE / WATER QUALITIES / 藻類相

Research Abstract

The cooperative research is 1) to clarify in detail the algal flora and some associated chemical and physical properties of Alaskan arctic and subarctic lakes, 2) to search and identify undescribed minute algae in Alaskan lakes, 3) to investigate the response of algae to the extremely cold conditions in arctic lakes, 4) to make clear each distinctive feature of algal flora in Alaskan arctic and subarctic lakes and Japanese temperate lakes by comparing characteristics of boreal organisms which are common to both countries.