Elucidation of current status and the mechanism on changes in coastal ecosytems off Fukushima after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear disaster

About this project

Japan Grant Number
JP18H03962
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Project/Area Number
18H03962
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type
  • Single-year Grants
Review Section / Research Field
  • Medium-sized Section 40:Forestry and forest products science, applied aquatic science, and related fields
Research Institution
  • National Institute for Environmental Studies
Project Period (FY)
2018-04-01 〜 2022-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
44,200,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 34,000,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 10,200,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

We investigated population densities and spawning characteristics in the rock shell, as well as species richness and population densities in intertidal invertebrates at sites in Ibaraki, Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures, including sites near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). We also examined the gonads of the rock shell specimens collected at sites near FDNPP (Okuma and Tomioka) and at a reference site,120 km south of FDNPP (Hiraiso), histologically to evaluate their reproductive cycle and sexual maturation. The gonads of the rock shells collected at Okuma,1 km south of FDNPP, exhibited consecutive sexual maturation, whereas sexual maturation of the gonads of specimens collected at Hiraiso was observed only in summer. Results on fisheries-independent bottom-trawl and larval surveys in the coastal water off Fukushima revealed total megabenthic population densities had shown a decreasing tendency and that no or few larvae of Penaeoidea were collected at all sites.

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