Projects

Unit LeaderSayaka Yasunaka

Research and development for monitoring the physical and chemical environment from coastal areas to the open ocean
Developing new analytical techniques for detecting and reconstructing marine environmental changes and research on co-variations between marine environment and ecosystems using bioindicators
Integrated geophysical analysis for clarifying the mechanisms of changes in the marine environment and climate

Unit LeaderMichio Kondoh

Research and foundational development of ecological monitoring and modeling that contributes to our understanding of the state of ecosystems and biodiversity
Theoretical and empirical research on ecosystems and biodiversity aimed at uncovering what drives them, what sustains them, and how they respond to global change
Research focused on elucidating harmonious connections between ecosystems and human society

Unit LeaderTakeshi Obayashi

Elucidation of the response mechanisms of coastal ecosystems to changes in the marine physical and chemical environment.
Elucidation of the response mechanisms of ecosystem services to human activities in coastal areas.
Development of evaluation and analysis methods for marine ecosystems utilizing functional genomics and related approaches.

Unit LeaderYusaku Ohta

Research on seafloor observations for investigation of ocean-solid earth dynamics process, including seafloor water pressure observation
Research on spatio-temporal characterization of oceanographic phenomena for the advancement of underwater acoustic ranging
Research on modeling of ocean-solid earth dynamics processes

Unit LeaderCheryl Ames

Investigating environmental response and adaptation mechanisms of marine organisms at the individual and community levels and developing novel monitoring and analysis methods.
Clarifying the underlying mechanisms of regime shifts including the phenomena of mass outbreaks and mortality of marine organisms.
Understanding the reciprocal interactions and impacts of changes in marine ecosystems and human societies.

Unit LeaderTatsuhiko Hoshino

Development of methods for molecular biological analysis of marine microbial ecosystems
Research and technological development on marine particles and their associated element cycles
Research and technology development on microbial response and adaptation mechanisms to changing marine environments

Unit LeaderShinya Koketsu

Observation and investigation of the effects of ocean circulation and the microbial loop on the distribution of biogeochemical substances
Maintenance and development of automated ocean observation networks
Research and development for integrated analysis of ocean observation data and simulations

Unit LeaderMichio Kawamiya

Modeling research on marine ecosystems (including the physical and chemical environment of the surrounding ocean and atmosphere)
Research on the application of artificial intelligence to obtain a comprehensive understanding of marine ecosystem dynamics
Development and operation of the computer infrastructure that will serve as the basis for the research described in (1) and (2) above

Unit LeaderSherwood Lan Smith

Research to understand the response and adaptive capacity of marine ecosystems to environmental change in estuarine, coastal, and open ocean settings.
Matters related to the development and testing of equations to describe the structure and dynamics of marine ecosystems and associated biogeochemical cycles.
Development of models to describe and simulate the dynamic response of marine ecosystems, their biodiversity, and interactions with the physical and chemical environment.
Research analyzing data from laboratory experiments and ocean/field observations related to marine ecosystems and evaluating model performance by comparison to such data.