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 […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Mike Thorndyke on January 25, 2022. We would like to express our deepest condolences for the loss of Professor Thorndyke. Professor Thorndyke was director of the Kristineberg Marine Research Station on the west coast of Sweden for many years and greatly contributed to […]
A special issue of the scientific journal Zoological Science was published. In this issue, with a theme of ‘Diversity of Coastal Organisms Around Japan’, many discoveries from the JAMBIO Coastal Organisms Joint Surveys are reported, and more than 10 new species are described from the seas around Japan. Some of the papers in the special […]
A research group led by Associate Professor Hirotaka Sakamoto (Neuroendocrinology) of the Faculty of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, has discovered a neuropeptide homologous to a mammalian neuropeptide from marine flatworms and published their findings in a paper. An international research team including researchers from JAMBIO members; Ushimado (Okayama University), Noto (Kanazawa University) and […]
The Tara Ocean Foundation and the Jambio Network survey microplastic pollution in Japan’s coastal waters and conduct outreach events around Japan for the second year. After surveying the coastal waters around marine stations in West Japan, the team will be surveying waters in North East Japan. The objective of the surveys is to assess plastic […]
The sea anemone “Yosai sea anemone Capnea japonica (Carlgren, 1940)”, has not been collected since it was discovered in 1914. After about 100 years, Dr. Kensuke Yanagi, Senior Researcher at the Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, and Dr. Takato Izumi, Research Fellow at Ryukyu University, reported the rediscovery of this species […]
A research team including Oki Marine Biological Station, a member of JAMBIO, presented their joint research on ocean dynamics in the Japan Sea. The second branch of the Tsushima Warm Current was discussed by examining the surface distribution of radium isotopes in the surface seawater of the southwest region of the Japan Sea and their […]
A research team including researchers from Shimane University has decoded the partial genome of the firefly squid and reported on bioluminescent genes in the genome. Based on the result, they developed microsatellite markers and demonstrated that the firefly squids are exceptionally close to monogamous reproductive patten. For more details, please refer to the following papers; […]
All Nippon eDNA Monitoring Network (ANEMONE, a network for biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA) website has been updated and JAMBIO was introduced as a collaborating organization. From JAMBIO, Akkeshi, Asamushi, Shirahama, Noto, Sado, Oki, Ushimado, Sugashima, Hamamatsu, Shimoda, and Shikinejima participate in the annual survey of fish fauna of the coast. The ANEMONE website is […]
