As part of the Blue Carbon Project targeting seaweed beds across Japan, the second survey of 2025 was conducted at Nakadori Island (Arikawa Bay) in the Goto Islands of Nagasaki. It was conducted in collaboration with Professor Gregory N. Nishihara, Nagasaki University, and the Arikawa Town Fisheries Cooperative. With the cooperation of local residents, we […]
As part of the Blue Carbon Project targeting seaweed beds across Japan, the Shimoda site survey was performed in April. We conducted underwater surveys in the seaweed beds, collected water and mud samples from the research vessel, and evaluated from various perspectives the process by which seaweed sequesters carbon. On the final day, an event […]
The 2nd World Congress of Marine Stations (WCMS2024) was held at GRANSHIP Shizuoka Convention & Arts Centre, Shizuoka City from 27 to 29 November, 2024. JAMBIO organized the congress as the host association. Totally 84 participants, including 40 from outside Japan, had active discussion and deepened a friendship among the marine station community. ▶programme (PDF)
The 2nd World Congress of Marine Stations will be held in November 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan. The congress will be organized by JAMBIO. The purpose of World Association of Marine Stations (WAMS) is to provide a forum for marine stations from all regions of the world to establish inclusive partnerships and strengthen collaboration among marine […]
５th JAMBIO International Symposium Symposium “Japanese Marine Station: History, current activity and international network” Date March 11th, 2023 13：30－17：30 Venue Chuo University 1-23-27 Kasuga Bunkyo 112-8551 JAPAN Program 13：30 Opening remarks Kazuo Inaba（Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba） 13：35 Activities of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Kaoru Kubokawa（ACRO, Teikyo University） 13：45 […]
A special exhibition “Investigating Marine Life! -Introduction of JAMBIO Coastal Organisms Joint Survey-” will be held at the Shirahama Aquarium, Kyoto University to display the results of the JAMBIO Coastal Organisms Joint Survey. Date: February 1st until May 14th → Click here for details → Click here for the exhibition
A research group led by Associate Professor Mas-aaki Yoshida of Shimane University’s Oki Marine Station has published their research result, “Success in decoding the whole genome of Argonaut, a mysterious octopus with a shell – New findings on the origin and evolution of the shell,” was published in the online edition of the international journal […]
The All Nippon eDNA Monitoring Network (ANEMONE), in which JAMBIO participates, has launched an open eDNA database of the ANEMONE Database (ANEMONE DB). A map of the fish fauna of all of Japan, covering 861 locations and 885 detected fish species on 2020, is now available. https://db.anemone.bio/ In addition, the ANEMONE Consortium was established on […]
Exploring the transport patterns of ocean currents under the Tsushima Warm Current in the Japan Sea is necessary to clarify the dynamics of material transport in the Japan Sea, especially environmental pollutants attached to PM2.5 and transported through the atmosphere and ocean. So far, we have conducted monthly monitoring to clarify radioisotope markers and pollutant […]
Focusing on herbivorous fish, which do not have stomachs, we investigated the types of bacteria living in their intestines. We discovered that they have many types of intestinal bacteria to break down the algae they use as food. We were also able to discover an interesting phenomenon: the Vibrio species of intestinal bacteria do not […]