Research activities
History
1991-1992 Immunohistological studies on early development of chick
embryos
1992-1994 Reproductive
ecology of cardinalfishes in coastal waters
1995-1998 Comparative
studies on reproductive and life history strategies among temperate cardinalfishes
1998-2001 Sexual
selection and parasite interaction in cardinalfishes
1999-2001 Molecular
phylogeny of cardinalfishes
in Northwest Pacific
2000-2006 Parental
care and sexual selection in freshwater gobies
2002-2005 Conservational
study on behavioral interaction between native and exotic freshwater gobies
2002- Stable isotopic study on trophodynamics of profundal fishery species in coastal
ecosystems
2003-2005 Habitat
rehabilitation using mixed-mariculture of bivalve and
macroalga in coastal ecosystems
2004-2006 Evaluation
of trophic structure in a coastal ecosystem using bivalve stable isotopes
2005- Assessment of human impacts on
ancient lake food webs using stable isotope analysis
2007- Mesocosm
experiments on biodiversity and functioning in lake ecosystems
2008- Assessing ecological and
physiological effects of global warming on a pelagic fish
Proposal
funded
1996-1997 Reproductive
ecology and life history of a sex-role reversed mouthbrooding
cardinalfish, Fujiwara Natural History Foundation
1998-2001 Coevolution
between cardinalfishes and their gonad parasitic nematoda, Research Fellowship of the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science for Young Scientists
1999-2001 Energetic
base of mating and parental behaviors by cardinalfishes:
a comparative approach, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in
Aid (C2)
2002-2007 Ecological
and fishery research on a glowbelly in the
2002-2005 Long-term
ecosystem assessment based on stable isotope analysis of a higher consumer in
the
2003-2005 Bio-remediation
and rehabilitation using mixed cultivation of a bivalve and a red macroalga, Mikimoto Marine
Ecological Research Fund
2005-2006 Assessing
effects of river water regimes on reproductive habitat for a nest-brooding
goby, WEC Applied Ecological Research Fund
2005-2007 Reconsideration
of basal trophic structure in the coastal ecosystem of Seto
Inland Sea using bivalve stable isotopes, Research Fund for Environmental
Conservation and Creation in Seto Inland Sea
2005-2007 Assessment
of anthropogenic impacts on ancient lake ecosystems using stable isotope
analysis, The 21 COE program for formation of a strategic base for the
multidisciplinary study of biodiversity,
2005-2007 Microhabitat
evaluation for conservation of a nest-brooding goby in fluctuating water
regimes, Kurita Research Fund for Water Resource and Environmental Science
2006-2009 Design
of ecological networks for the conservation of endemic freshwater fish,
Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Policy Bureau, Grant in Aid for
Scientific Research
2006-2008 Spatio-temporal
dynamics of coastal food webs in
2006-2007 Estimation
of habitat use by temporary water dwelling fishes using elemental stable
isotope analysis, Nissay Research Foundation
2007-2010 Ecological
study of fishery species using parasites as biological tags, The Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2007-2012 Mesocosm experiments for cascading effects of fish trophic
polymorphism on structure and functioning of lake ecosystems, Global COE
Program for formation of a strategic base for biodiversity and evolutionary
research: from genome to ecosystem, Kyoto University
2008-2011 Impact assessment of global
warming on the circulation and ecosystem of large lakes, The Global Environment
Research Fund (Fa-084) by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
2008-2012 Scaling-up effects of intra-specific
phenotypic polymorphism on lake ecosystems: experimental approaches, The Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2009-2012 Ecophysiology, phylogeography and environmental sociology on water blooms
of the globally distributed cyanobacterium Microcystis
aeruginosa,
The Global Environment Research Fund (F-093) by the Ministry of the
Environment,
2009-2010 Experimental and theoretical studies on
trophic cascading effects of fishery collapse due to anthropogenic disturbance
in aquatic ecosystems, Japan-Taiwan Joint Research Program by Interchange
Association, Japan
2009-2010 The
oxygen isotopic approach for measuring ecosystem metabolism in lakes, Kurita
Water and Environment Fund
2010-2011 Ecosystem assessment
of water reservoir under global climate changes: for adaptive ecosystem
management of Fei-Tsui Reservoir,
2010-2011 Effects of climate
changes on trophodynamics and energy transfer efficiency in the East China Sea
ecosystem, Joint-research by Center for Ecological
Research, Kyoto University
2011-2013 A
synthesis of metabolic theory of ecology: Toward an integration of allometric scaling and ecological stoichiometry, The Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in Aid for Challenging Exploratory
Research
2011-2016 Research
on quantitative assessment of biodiversity loss in freshwater ecosystems, The Environment Research Fund (S-9-4) by the Ministry of the Environment,
Japan
2011-2014 Research
on stable isotope indicators for assessing ecosystem functions of biodiversity,
The Environment Research Fund (D-1102) by the Ministry of the Environment,
Japan
2012-2015 Biodiversity
and phosphorous metabolism in watershed ecosystems: a blood vessel hypothesis, The Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2012-2015 Methanotrophic
food webs and carbon recycling in a sub-trophic lake, The Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science Grant-in Aid for Overseas Academic
Research (B)
2012-2013 The Intestinal Parasitofauna of Fish from Three Major
Aquaculture Lakes in Luzon Is., Philippines – Diversity, Ecology, Systematics
and Indicators of Ecosystem Health, Joint-research by Center for Ecological
Research, Kyoto University
2012-2013 Bioaccumulation of
mercury in food webs of Lake Biwa,
Joint-research by Center for Ecological
Research, Kyoto University
2012-2013 Spatial
genetic structure of breeding populations in Gymnogobius isaza, Joint-research
by Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
2012-2013 Biodiversity-driven nutrient cycling in
social-ecological systems and their ecohealth, Incubation Study by The Research Institute
for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
2012-2013 Methanotrophic
foodwebs and carbon recycling in a sub-trophic lake, Itoh Chubei Fund
2012-2013 Development
of phosphate-oxygen isotope analysis and application to environmental studies, Joint-research by The Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
2013-2015 Biodiversity-driven
nutrient cycling in social-ecological systems and their ecohealth, Feasible Study by The Research Institute
for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
2013-2014 Spatio–temporal
dynamics of methane oxidizing bacterial community and its methanotrophic
pathways in Fei-Tsui reservoir,
Joint-research by Center for Ecological
Research, Kyoto University
2013-2014 Development
of fatty acid analysis as molecular markers for methane oxidizing bacteria, Joint-research
by Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
2013-2014 Improvement
of accuracy for phosphate-oxygen isotope analysis and application to
environmental studies, Joint-research
by The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
2013-2014 Global
pattern of lacustrine methane oxidizing bacteria communities and methanotrophic
food webs, Joint-research by Institute of Low
Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
2013-2019 Multi-isotope
tracer technique for evaluation of coastal ecosystem functions, CREST, JST
Other
cooperation in research projects
2000-2004 Program
for developing technique of carbon dioxide fixation and effective use:
assessment of reduced emission and enhanced sequestration of green house gasses due to conservation and rehabilitation
of tropical mangrove forest ecosystems, NEDO
2003-2006 Fishery
management and environmental conservation of mariculture
in Southeast Asia, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in Aid
for Scientific Research (A)
2003-2007 Assessment
of chemical pollution in water environments and establishment of technique to
remove pollutants in India and Indonesia Peninsular, Geosymbiosis
for Humanity and Nature Project, RR2002 by MEXT Japan
2004-2007 Coastal
Marine Environmental Research, The 21 COE Program, Ehime University
2005-2008 Use
of stable isotopes for the diagnosis of watershed ecosystems, Core
Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) by JST
2005-2007 Formation
of a strategic base for the multidisciplinary study of biodiversity, The 21 COE Program,
Kyoto University
2006-2012 Effects
of environmental change on the interactions between pathogens and humans,
Research project by The Research
Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
2007-2012 Formation
of a strategic base for biodiversity and evolutionary research: from genome to
ecosystem, Global COE
Program, Kyoto University
Memberships
1993- The Ichthyological Society of Japan
1996- The Ecological Society of Japan
1996- Japan Ethological Society
1999- Society of Evolutionary Studies
2004-2007 The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
2005- The Japanese Society of
Limnology
Scientific activities
2005-2011 Editorial
Committee in Japanese Journal of Ecology
2005-2011 Editorial
Committee in Limnology
2006-2008 Secretaries
in The
Ichthyological Society of Japan
2008- Future Planning Committee in The
Ecological Society of Japan
2009-2010 Referee
Committee of JSPS Post-doc Research Fellow
2009-2011 Committee on
Biodiversity Assessment in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2009- Committee of J-BON (Japanese Biodiversity Observation Network)
2010- Committee of JaLTER (Japan Long Term Ecological
Research Network)
2011- Field
Risk Management Committee in
The
Ecological Society of Japan
2011-2012 Secretaries in The Japanese Society
of Limnology
2011-2012 Future Planning
Committee in JaLTER (Japan Long Term Ecological
Research Network)
2012-2014 Vise-president of JaLTER (Japan Long Term Ecological
Research Network)
2014-2015 Council
Committee in The Japanese Society of Limnology
2014-2015 Editorial Committee
in Japanese
Journal of Limnology