Marine Biosciences Course
Fisheries Biology and Ecology
Introduction
Studies on fluctuating mechanisms of coastal resources, and fisheries management strategy
Laboratory of Fisheries Biology and Ecology studies the coastal fisheries biology and its relationship with environmental condition, and tries to reveal the fluctuation mechanism of coastal resources and to theorize the fisheries management for them.
- Fisheries biology of coastal fishes and fisheries management strategy
- Life histories of coastal fishes, bivalves and various aquatic animals
- Analysis and evaluation of function of coastal and estuarine areas as
nursery grounds for marine organisms
- Analysis of individual environmental record by otolith microchemistry
- Population analysis using environmental DNA technique
- Fisheries after the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March, 2011



Keywords
Fisheries resources, Coastal fisheries, Life history, Coastal ecosystem, Fisheries management, Otolith, Environmental DNA