Research

Researchers and students in Akkeshi Marine Station have been currently studying marine ecology of variety of subjects, including population and community ecology of coastal ecosystems such as seagrass beds, rocky intertidal shore, tidal flat and kelp forest. In addition, broader-scale ecosystem studies such as terrestrial and marine interactions have been conducted with various approaches, including biogeochemical analyses and biologging/acoustic telemetry. Target marine organisms are also variable, ranging from marine mammals like harbor seal, birds like whooper swan and blue heron, many species of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrate amimals, seagrasses and seaweeds and microscopic algae and bacteria.

The station in open to visiting scientists and students, and diverse array of reserach has been conducted by collaboration. In addition to ecological studies, the station is serving experimental animals (sea urchins and sea stars) for cell biology and developmental biology.

For the research by station members, please see lab page of Marine Ecology Lab