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Katsu Tanaka, Chief Research Fellow, International Institute for Advanced Studies

Revitalization of the Ariake Sea (the dying sea): Recommendations from the perspectives and integrated studies of the connectivity between hills, humans and oceans

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Project Description

Verification of linkages between forest ecosystems and coastal estuary ecosystems, viewing the region from the headwaters to estuaries as a single ecosystem, in the field of the Chikugo River system of the Ariake Sea. At the same time, clarifying in social scientific terms how the various activities related to people's livelihoods in the basin area affect these processes; and integrating collaboration between science and the NPOs involved with the revitalization of the river basin. By verifying a model to deepen understanding of the connectivity between hills, humans and oceans, recommend ways to revitalize the Ariake Sea.

Fields
Marine resources/foodPreservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
Grant year
FY2010 Research Grants
Grant term
3 years
April 2011 - March 2014
Grant amount
29,734,000 yen
Activity region
Ogura, Tara-chou, Saga Prefecture; Fukuoka Prefecture; Chikugo River Basin, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Background to the tideland regeneration study that conducted at the low tide of the New Moon tide each month

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Katsu Tanaka, Chief Research Fellow
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Katsu Tanaka, Chief Research Fellow
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Specialist fields
Fisheries resources biology, Connectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans (CoHHO)
Affiliated academic societies
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, ISJ, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography, Japanese Society for Aquiculture Science
Background
Doctorate in agriculture (Kyoto University) 1973; Researcher, Seikai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Fisheries Agency, 1974; Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 1982; Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 1994; Director, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 2003; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Visiting Professor, Malaysia University of Sabah, 2007; Chief Research Fellow, International Institute for Advanced Studies, 2010
Collaborators
Akihide Kasai, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University; Ikuo Yoshinaga, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University; Toshi Yokoyama, Researcher, National Research Institute of Aquiculture; Mitsuo Yamamoto, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Katsuhide Yokoyama, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Takeshi Naganuma, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University; Tan Ryuu, Professor, National Institute of Technology, Ariake College; Kunihiro Iseta, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
Research record
  • (1) Gyorui no Shoki Hatsuiku (Early development of fish) (ed.) Kouseisha-kouseikaku Corporation, 1991;
  • (2) Hirame no Ikimonogaku to Shigen Biyou (Biology of flounder and resource culture) (colab. ed.) Kouseisha-kouseikaku Corporation, 1997
  • (3) Gyorui-gaku Ka (Fish science) (co-authored), Kouseisha-kouseikaku Corporation, 1998
  • (4) Suzuki to Seibutsu Tayou-sei (Japanese sea bass and biodiversity) (colab. ed.) Kouseisha-kouseikaku Corporation, 2002
  • (5) Connectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans (CoHHO) (participation), Kyoto University Academic Press, 2007
  • (6) Mori Satoumirenkangaku e no Michi (The path to the connectivity of hills, humans and oceans), Junpou-sha, 2008
  • (7) Chigyo-gaku - Tayouna Seiri Seitai (Studies of juvenile fish—various physiological ecologies) (colab. ed.) Aquabiology, 2008
  • (8) Chigyo - Ikinoko to Hentai no Seiri Seitaigaku (Studies of juvenile fish—physiological ecology of survival and metamorphosis) (co-authored), Kyoto University Press, 2009
and 5 other publications (ed.), 200 original papers, 50 review articles