Spectroscopic analysis of penguin eyes on the ultra-violet radiation via ozone-hole

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Tatsuyuki 島根大学, 生物資源科学部, 教授 (60230570)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Naoyuki 名古屋大学, 大学院生命農学研究科, 教授 (80256974) ; ANDO Masahiro 早稲田大学, 位置研究所, 助教 (50620803)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): AKIYOSHI Hideo 島根大学, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (20150360) ; IMURA Satoshi 国立極地研究所, 教授 (90221788) ; KUDO Sakae 国立極地研究所, 准教授 (40221931)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: オゾンホール / 紫外線 / ペンギン / 眼 / 分光学 / ラマン / 解剖学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Icebreaker Shirase failed to arrive Syowa station at 2012 and 2013. By this accident, we could not perform the real-time Raman spectroscopic analysis. This is due to the change of the order of research plans at Antarctica and ewe could not use helicopters for this research because they were exclusively used for the transportation of staffs essential for the life of Syowa station through winter. We gave up the real-time spectroscopic analysis at Antarctica and performed anatomical study on the eye tissues of Adelie penguins. We succeeded in the basic analysis of ganglion cells of retina of them.

Free Research Field

分子分光学