Research facilities

 

We have a lot of joint-use facilities and archival data on Lake Biwa to promote cooperative research projects. If you cooperate with us, please contact me by e-mail.

 

Research vessel “Hasu

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It is used for field researches in Lake Biwa. It has a capacity of 20 persons, showing a high performance with the maximum speed of 20 knot.

 

Mesocosm Experimental System (MES)

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Twelve 2000L-tanks are used for mesocosm experiments to examine ecological interactions between micro- and macro-organisms in lake ecosystems. Air temperature, lihght intensity and L:D length can be controlled.

 

Aquatron

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Sixteen 70L-tanks are used for microcosm experiments to examine microbial interaction and process in lake ecosystems. Water temperature, light intensity, L:D length and nutrient supply can be controlled.

 

Experimental ponds

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Eight artificial ponds with 8m width * 8m length * 1m depth can be used for field experiments to examine ecological interactions between micro- and macro-organisms or community dynamics of micro-organisms under semi-natural condition.

 

Aquaria

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More than 50 aquaria with 30cm width * 60cm length * 36cm height can be used for laboratory experiments with macro-organisms. Air temperature can be controlled.

 

Stable isotope mass spectrometers

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Four machines, Delta-V, Delta-XP, Delta-S and MAT-252, is available for stable isotope analysis of C, H, N and O of solid, liquid and gas samples.

 

DNA sequencer

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TA new high-performance machine (ABI3130xl with Gene Scan) is now available.

 

Archival specimens

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Archival biological specimens can be used to reconstruct the past ecosystem of Lake Biwa since 1962. Specimens of zooplankton, benthos and Isaza (Chaenogobius isaza) which is an endemic fish are fixed in formalin and transformed in 70% ethanol.

 

 

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