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H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_7, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
On 11 March 2011, the fi fth most powerful earthquake in recorded history
occurred off Japan in the northeastern (Tohoku) Pacifi c coastal area of
Japan known as the Sanriku Coast. Now known as the Great East Japan
Earthquake (or Tohoku-Oki Earthquake), it was a moment magnitude 9.0
undersea megathrust-type earthquake with its epicenter approximately
70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture. Approximately
20,000 people were confi rmed as dead or are still missing. In addition, the
tsunami-related nuclear accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant in Fukushima Prefecture resulted in the release of large amounts of
radioactive substances into the environment. The impact of the earthquake
and tsunami on the Sanriku area and the subsequent processes of transition
over time are yet to be determined. Tohoku Ecosystem- Associated Marine
Sciences (TEAMS) is a national project to observe marine ecosystem
change after the Great East Japan Earthquake in Tohoku region. TEAMS
is composed of research groups at three institutions in Japan. Tohoku
University is a representative institution of TEAMS and conducts studies
on the environmental change processes in the fi shing environment. The
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI) of the University of
Tokyo is performing “Studies on the mechanisms of marine ecosystem
change.” AORI will evaluate the processes of reconstruction in the Sanriku
sea area. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
(JAMSTEC) is charged with “Elucidation of the mechanisms of ecosystem
change on the seafl oor around the coastal area.” JAMSTEC also manages
T. Nakano (*)
Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Graduate
School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University ,
Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555 , Japan
e-mail: nakanot@bios.tohoku.ac.jp
Rising to the Challenge
of Reconstructing the Coastal
Fisheries Environment After
the Massive Tsunami: The National
“Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated
Marine Sciences (TEAMS)” Project
Toshiki Nakano
H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_7, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
On 11 March 2011, the fi fth most powerful earthquake in recorded history
occurred off Japan in the northeastern (Tohoku) Pacifi c coastal area of
Japan known as the Sanriku Coast. Now known as the Great East Japan
Earthquake (or Tohoku-Oki Earthquake), it was a moment magnitude 9.0
undersea megathrust-type earthquake with its epicenter approximately
70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture. Approximately
20,000 people were confi rmed as dead or are still missing. In addition, the
tsunami-related nuclear accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant in Fukushima Prefecture resulted in the release of large amounts of
radioactive substances into the environment. The impact of the earthquake
and tsunami on the Sanriku area and the subsequent processes of transition
over time are yet to be determined. Tohoku Ecosystem- Associated Marine
Sciences (TEAMS) is a national project to observe marine ecosystem
change after the Great East Japan Earthquake in Tohoku region. TEAMS
is composed of research groups at three institutions in Japan. Tohoku
University is a representative institution of TEAMS and conducts studies
on the environmental change processes in the fi shing environment. The
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI) of the University of
Tokyo is performing “Studies on the mechanisms of marine ecosystem
change.” AORI will evaluate the processes of reconstruction in the Sanriku
sea area. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
(JAMSTEC) is charged with “Elucidation of the mechanisms of ecosystem
change on the seafl oor around the coastal area.” JAMSTEC also manages
T. Nakano (*)
Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Graduate
School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University ,
Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555 , Japan
e-mail: nakanot@bios.tohoku.ac.jp
Rising to the Challenge
of Reconstructing the Coastal
Fisheries Environment After
the Massive Tsunami: The National
“Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated
Marine Sciences (TEAMS)” Project
Toshiki Nakano