Researchers and students in Akkeshi Marine Station have been currently studying marine ecology and biological oceanography of variety of subjects, including population and community ecology of coastal ecosystems such as seagrass beds, rocky intertidal shore, tidal flat and kelp forest, and phytoplankton photophysiology. In addition, broader-scale ecosystem studies such as terrestrial and marine interactions have been conducted with various approaches, including biogeochemical analyses, satellite remote sensing, 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, seaweeds and phytoplankton.
Please refer to the study titles of AMS graduates below.
FY 2 0 1 8
Master thesis
- Author: Mone Ota
Title: Interactive effects of microplastics and ocean warming on the marine bivalve Mytilus trossulus
FY 2 0 1 7
Doctoral dissertation
- Author: Kyosuke Momota HUSCAP
Title: Bottom-up control on mobile invertebrate community in an eelgrass bed: Contribution of different functional groups of epibiotic organisms
Master thesis
- Author: Mizoho Namba
Title: Spatial variation in primary producers and epifaunal community of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Eastern Hokkaido
- Author: Haruka Yamaguchi
Title: Effects of ocean warming on plant-plant and plant-animal interactions in surfgrass bed
Graduation research
- Author: Takaaki Hasegawa (a member of GAME2017)
Title: The impact of warming on consumption rate of marine grazers
- Author: Ryo Futamura
Title: Predicting the distribution of bivalves in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas using species distribution model
FY 2 0 1 6
Master thesis
- Author: Takuya Teranishi
Title: The effect of vertical and horizontal microhabitat structure on predation pressure for small crustaceans in eelgrass bed
Graduation research
- Author: Mone Ota (a member of GAME2016)
Title: Temperature-dependency in the effect of Microplastic pollution on marine benthic filter feeters
FY 2 0 1 5
Doctoral dissertation
- Author: Venus Empron Leopardas HUSCAP
Title: Variation in community structure of seagrass macrofauna across multiple spatial scales
Master thesis
- Author: Minako Ito
Effects of ocean acidification on calcareous sessile polychaetes (Neodexiospira brasiliensis and Circeis spirillum) in seagrass bed
- Author: Mao Kusuzaki
Title: Combined effects of seawater warming and ocean acidification on epiphytic snail Lacuna decorata in eelgrass bed
- Author: Hiromi Sugai (a member of GAME2014)
Title: Effects of microplastics on the lugworm Abarenicola pacifica
Graduation research
- Author: Haruka Yamaguchi (a memner of GAME2015)
Title: Heat stress tolerance of the sea anemones Diadumene lineata and Metridium senile
FY 2 0 1 4
Doctoral dissertation
- Author: Masaaki Sato HUSCAP
Title: Larval dispersal patterns and their effects on population structures of two anemonefishes (Amphiprion frenatus and Amphiprion perideraion) in the Philippines
Graduation research
- Author: Miho Ito
Title: Spatical variation of phytoplankton and ocean enviroment in Hamanaka and Biwase Bays: Evaluating effects of Kiritappu Wetland
- Author: Takuya Teranishi
Title: The effect of seagrass morphological structure on predation rate of epifauna
FY 2 0 1 3
Graduation research
- Author: Minako Ito
Title: Effects of CO2 enrichment on Spirorbib polychete Neodexiospira brasiliensis
