Introduction (1:45 PM - 1:50 PM)
Session information
[JJ] Oral
A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences) » A-CG Complex & General
[A-CG50] [JJ] Coastal Ecosystems -- 2. Coral reefs, seagrass and macroalgal beds, and mangroves
Wed. May 24, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 301A (International Conference Hall 3F)
convener:Toshihiro Miyajima(Marine Biogeochemistry Group, Division of Ocean-Earth System Science, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Yu Umezawa(Nagasaki University), Atsushi Watanabe(School of Environment and Society、Tokyo Institute of Technology), Chairperson:Toshihiro Miyajima(Marine Biogeochemistry Group, Division of Ocean-Earth System Science, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Chairperson:Atsushi Watanabe(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Coastal marine ecosystems are complex open system interacting with surrounding watersheds, outer ocean, and the atmosphere, providing a wealth of various ecosystem services to human life. Simultaneously, they are also influenced strongly and often negatively by human activities. This session, together with a companion session dedicated for the water cycle and land-ocean interactions, aims to provide a platform for interdisciplinary discussion covering various aspects of frontiers in coastal ecosystem sciences. This session particularly focuses shallow-water benthic communities ranging from temperate to tropical regions, such as coral reefs, seagrass and macroalgal beds, and mangroves. All these communities are characterized by intrinsically high primary production, active material cycling, and biodiversity hot spots. However, increasing human demand for coastal marine resources and industrial development concentrating on coastal regions incur the risk of rapid degradation and diminishment. Comprehensive assessment and monitoring of ecosystem functions and development of effective means for conservation and restoration are urgently needed for such communities. This session is dedicated to organizing and promoting such research and management activities by sharing state-of-the-art science and technology among ecologists, geologists, geochemists, biogeographers, etc. Field-based and modeling studies concerning the following topics are especially welcome: material cycling and ecosystem functions; community connectivity; environmental changes such as global warming, ocean acidification, and sea-level rise; ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient regulation, and fisheries production; broad-scale comparison; long-term ecological researches.
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
[ACG50-01] Functions of mangrove plants-roots and soil chemicals
★Invited papers
*Tomomi Inoue1 (1.National Institute for Enviornmental Studies, Japan)
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
[ACG50-02] Carbon sequestration and storage in seagrass meadows
★Invited papers
*Kenta WATANABE1, Koji SEIKE2, Tatsuki TOKORO1, Shigeru MONTANI3, Tomohiro KUWAE1 (1.Port and Airport Research Institute, 2.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 3.Hokkaido University)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
*Tomihiko Higuchi1, Sylvain Agostini2 (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
*Takashi Nakamura1, Kazuo Nadaoka1, Tomihiko Higuchi2, Toshihiro Miyajima2, Takahiro Yamamoto3, Atsushi Watanabe1 (1.School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 3.Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
*Kazuhiko Ichikawa1 (1.(post) Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)