Core Research 1
Objective
Material transport and cycling between land, tidal flat and offshore water. -Toward the successful restoration and preservation of ecosystem health-
Overview
In order to clarify the mechanism of the environmental crisis of the Ariake Sea and restore or preserve the ecosystem health, we work on the above study theme. Our core research group is consisted of 3 research divisions; Research Division of Sediment and Material Transport, Research Division of Environmental Science and Technology of Tidal Flat and Sediment, and Research Division of Environmental Modeling. It is the biggest core group in this project where half of the research divisions are included.
Research Topics
- Estimation of the terrestrial loading and development of the reduction technology in the Ariake Sea
- Analysis of the fluxes related to the sediment in the inner area of the Ariake Sea
- Study on the variation in transparency in the Ariake Sea.
- Study on the metal accumulation in the tidal flat and organisms in there
- Study on the mechanism of the occurrence of the hypoxic water mass and development of the prevention technology in the western area of the inner area of the Ariake Sea.
- Study on the nitrogen cycling in the tidal flat sediment
- Study on the verification of the restoration technology of the bottom sediment.
- Study on the methods for the reduction of effluent load from coastal area
- Study on the material transport in the inner area of the Ariake Sea
- Study on the dynamics of the ecosystem in the inner area of the Ariake Sea
- Development of the ecosystem model of the Ariake Sea and analysis of the environmental change