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4
Conclusions
and Perspectives
From a scientifi c standpoint, TEAMS will contribute to reconstructing the regional fi sheries industries by determining revealing the mechanisms of
ecosystem recovery based on long-term surveys
and research. The biological, chemical, and
physical data, which have been archived to build
databases available to the public, are expected to
provide signifi cant information for facilitating the
reconstruction of the coastal environment and fi sheries in the Tohoku area and for predicting when
the next disaster will occur in the world.
Further investigations (now in progress) are
required to determine the effects of massive tsunamis on marine ecosystems and life in general.
Acknowledgments The author is grateful to Profs.
A. Kijima and M. Hara at Tohoku Univ., Japan, for the
valuable suggestion and offer of materials to prepare this
paper and the presentation at the 15th CFJO. The author
also wishes to thank Dr. H.-J. Ceccaldi, Prof. Emeritus, at
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France, for giving an
opportunity to present our research topics during the 15th
CFJO symposium. The author would like to dedicate this
commentary to the late Dr. T. Nomura, Prof. Emeritus, at
Tohoku Univ., Japan, who was decorated with offi cier of
the Palmes Academiques in 2013 and introduced the
author to Prof. H.-J. Ceccaldi. TEAMS project has been
supported by MEXT, Japan.
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Kahoku Shimpo (2011) The Great East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami. Kahoku Shimpo Pub. Co., Sendai
Motojima I (2014) Nuclear accident in Fukushima. J Jpn
Sci 49:6–12
Normile D (2013a) Taking the pulse of a ravaged ocean.
Science 340:546
Normile D (2013b) The Pacifi c swallows Fukushima’s
fallout. Science 340:547
Oguri K, Kawamura K, Sakaguchi A, Toyofuku T, Kasaya
T, Murayama M, Fujikura K, Glud RN, Kitazato H
(2013) Hadal disturbance in the Japan Trench induced
by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Sci Rep 3:1915.
doi: 10.1038/srep01915
Ozawa S, Nishimura T, Saito H, Kobayashi T, Tobita M,
Imakiire T (2011) Coseismic and postseismic slip of
the 2011 magnitude-9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Nature
475:373–376
Sagiya T (2011) The great east Japan earthquake. J Jpn
Sci 46:1340–1346
Sakurai Y, Wada T, Katayama S (2012) Beyond the terrible disaster of the great east Japan earthquake. PICES
Press 20:10–12
Sato M, Ishikawa T, Ujihara N, Yoshida S, Fujita M,
Mochizuki M, Asada A (2011) Displacement above
the hypocenter of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake.
Science 332:1395
Seike K, Shirai K, Kogure Y (2013) Disturbance of shallow marine soft-bottom environments and megabenthos assemblages by a huge tsunami induced by the
2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake. PLoS ONE
8:e65417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065417
Suzuki Y (2011) Unexpected problems in the great east
Japan earthquake. J Jpn Sci 46:1347–1353
TEAMS project (2013) Available: http://www.agri.
tohoku.ac.jp/teams/english/index.Html
Tsuji Y (2011) Tsunami and the great east Japan earthquake. J Jpn Sci 46:1354–1360
Urushihara J (2013) Development of new sustainable fi shing industries in disaster stricken area, where huge
tsunami occurred. Sci Window 4:20–23
Yamaguchi T, Nakano T, Yamauchi A, Kaneko K, Seki A,
Sasaki M (2014) The changes in the features of bottom
materials in Pacifi c coastal area of Miyagi Prefecture.
In: Book of abstract, 3rd annual conference TEAMS,
Sendai, Japan, May 17, p 6
Yokota M, Kikkawa T (2013) Radioactive substances
detected in marine products. Foods Food Ingredients J
218:216–223
Yoshida N, Kanda J (2012) Tracking the Fukushima
radionuclides. Science 336:1115–1116
T. Nakano
4
Conclusions
and Perspectives
From a scientifi c standpoint, TEAMS will contribute to reconstructing the regional fi sheries industries by determining revealing the mechanisms of
ecosystem recovery based on long-term surveys
and research. The biological, chemical, and
physical data, which have been archived to build
databases available to the public, are expected to
provide signifi cant information for facilitating the
reconstruction of the coastal environment and fi sheries in the Tohoku area and for predicting when
the next disaster will occur in the world.
Further investigations (now in progress) are
required to determine the effects of massive tsunamis on marine ecosystems and life in general.
Acknowledgments The author is grateful to Profs.
A. Kijima and M. Hara at Tohoku Univ., Japan, for the
valuable suggestion and offer of materials to prepare this
paper and the presentation at the 15th CFJO. The author
also wishes to thank Dr. H.-J. Ceccaldi, Prof. Emeritus, at
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France, for giving an
opportunity to present our research topics during the 15th
CFJO symposium. The author would like to dedicate this
commentary to the late Dr. T. Nomura, Prof. Emeritus, at
Tohoku Univ., Japan, who was decorated with offi cier of
the Palmes Academiques in 2013 and introduced the
author to Prof. H.-J. Ceccaldi. TEAMS project has been
supported by MEXT, Japan.
References
Hara M (2013) Introduction of Tohoku ecosystemassociated marine science (TEAMS) project. In: Book
of abstract, The 10th international symposium on integrated fi eld science, Sendai, Japan, March 23, p 4
Kahoku Shimpo (2011) The Great East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami. Kahoku Shimpo Pub. Co., Sendai
Motojima I (2014) Nuclear accident in Fukushima. J Jpn
Sci 49:6–12
Normile D (2013a) Taking the pulse of a ravaged ocean.
Science 340:546
Normile D (2013b) The Pacifi c swallows Fukushima’s
fallout. Science 340:547
Oguri K, Kawamura K, Sakaguchi A, Toyofuku T, Kasaya
T, Murayama M, Fujikura K, Glud RN, Kitazato H
(2013) Hadal disturbance in the Japan Trench induced
by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Sci Rep 3:1915.
doi: 10.1038/srep01915
Ozawa S, Nishimura T, Saito H, Kobayashi T, Tobita M,
Imakiire T (2011) Coseismic and postseismic slip of
the 2011 magnitude-9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Nature
475:373–376
Sagiya T (2011) The great east Japan earthquake. J Jpn
Sci 46:1340–1346
Sakurai Y, Wada T, Katayama S (2012) Beyond the terrible disaster of the great east Japan earthquake. PICES
Press 20:10–12
Sato M, Ishikawa T, Ujihara N, Yoshida S, Fujita M,
Mochizuki M, Asada A (2011) Displacement above
the hypocenter of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake.
Science 332:1395
Seike K, Shirai K, Kogure Y (2013) Disturbance of shallow marine soft-bottom environments and megabenthos assemblages by a huge tsunami induced by the
2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake. PLoS ONE
8:e65417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065417
Suzuki Y (2011) Unexpected problems in the great east
Japan earthquake. J Jpn Sci 46:1347–1353
TEAMS project (2013) Available: http://www.agri.
tohoku.ac.jp/teams/english/index.Html
Tsuji Y (2011) Tsunami and the great east Japan earthquake. J Jpn Sci 46:1354–1360
Urushihara J (2013) Development of new sustainable fi shing industries in disaster stricken area, where huge
tsunami occurred. Sci Window 4:20–23
Yamaguchi T, Nakano T, Yamauchi A, Kaneko K, Seki A,
Sasaki M (2014) The changes in the features of bottom
materials in Pacifi c coastal area of Miyagi Prefecture.
In: Book of abstract, 3rd annual conference TEAMS,
Sendai, Japan, May 17, p 6
Yokota M, Kikkawa T (2013) Radioactive substances
detected in marine products. Foods Food Ingredients J
218:216–223
Yoshida N, Kanda J (2012) Tracking the Fukushima
radionuclides. Science 336:1115–1116
T. Nakano