2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Formation mechanisms of patch reefs on the basis of hermatypic coral productions
| Project/Area Number |
22540474
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Stratigraphy/Paleontology
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
TORU Nakamori 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (00192229)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 造礁サンゴ / 温帯 / 亜熱帯 / パッチ分布 / 生物生産 |
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| Research Abstract |
2010 A.D.: Lists of living hermatypic corals weremade by sketches and underwater photographs along coasts of Otsuki To wn, Kochi Prefecture and Ishigaki-jima, Okinawa Prefecture. Temperate and subtropical communities were proposed by a statistical method.
2011 A.D.: Coral communities were observed by the same methods along coa sts of Otsuki Town and Amami-oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Sea water s amples were collected at the same localities to measure chemical compone nts, such as pH, Total Carbon, and Total Alkalinity. Organic and inorgani c carbon productions were calculated by photo-quantum sensor.
2012 A.D.: Densities of the living coral patches were reconstructed on th e aerial photographs taken at the same localities. Although no clusters o f hermatypic corals cannot be seen in the temperate, dense coral patches are abundant in the sub-tropics. Plots of the coral density and latitude are linear.
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Research Products
(11 results)
