The Eighth Symposium on Polar Science (4 – 8 December 2017)

Oral session on Tue. 5 Dec. │ Poster session on Tue. 5 Dec. │ Oral session on Wed. 6 Dec. │ Poster session on Wed. 6 Dec.

[OB] Polar Biology
[OB] 極域生物圏

Scopes

This session covers the following research topics.
▪Polar Marine Ecosystems -from biogeochemistry to apex predators
▪Polar Terrestrial Ecosystem -diversity and biological response

本セッションは極域生物学分野に関する講演を広く募集します。
海洋生態系：生物地球科学から大型捕食動物まで
陸上生態系：生物多様性と生物学的応答

Convener : Kunio Takahashi (NIPR)
Note: This session will be continued to Wednesday.
[I] represents an invited talk.

Oral presentations (10:00 – 12:20)

Date: Wed. 6 Dec.
Place : 3F Multipurpose Conference Room, National Institute of Polar Research
口頭発表会場：国立極地研究所 3F 多目的会議室

Chair: Yuuki Watanabe (NIPR)
座長：渡辺佑基（極地研）
10:00 - 10:40 [I] Telemetry, deep-water Arctic ecosystems and developing commercial fisheries *Nigel E. Hussey (University of Windsor - Biological Sciences)
10:40 - 11:05 Environmental changes in the Bering Sea basin over a 100 year period as chronicled in red-legged kittiwake feathers. *Alexis Will (NIPR, UAF), Evgenia Kitaiskaia (UAF), Alexander Kitaysky (UAF)
11:05 - 11:30 Rhinoceros auklet’s as indicator of regime shift *Mariko Yamamoto (Graduate School of fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University), Yutaka Watanuki (Graduate School of fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University)
レジームシフトの指標としてのウトウ ＊山本真理子（北海道大学水産科学院）、綿貫豊（北海道大学水産科学院）
11:30 - 11:55 Weddell Seal Dives Suggest a Vertical Ecosystem Shift Concurrent with Seasonal Phytoplankton Blooms *Roxanne Beltran (U Alaska), Taiki Adachi (U Tokyo), Patrick Robinson (U California Santa Cruz), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Yasuhiko Naito (NIPR), Amy Kirkham (U Alaska), Greg Breed (U Alaska), Jennifer Burns (U Alaska)
11:55 - 12:20 Gigantothermy: a strategy toward cold environment *Itsumi Nakamura (Nagasaki University), Rui Matsumoto (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium), Katsufumi Sato (University of Tokyo)
Lunch
16:30 - 18:00 Poster presentations (Core time: 16:30 – 18:00)
Place: Entrance Hall (1st floor) at National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
ポスター発表会場：国立極地研究所1階交流アトリウム

Poster presentations (Core time: 16:30 - 18:00)

Date : Wed. 6 Dec.
Place : Entrance Hall (1st floor) at National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
ポスター発表会場：国立極地研究所1階交流アトリウム

OBp32 Foraging and migratory movements of seabirds from St Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea *Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Alexis Will (NIPR, UAF), Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Shota Tsukamoto (Hokkaido Univ), Alexander Kitaysky (UAF)
OBp33 Searching for prey in a dark ocean: deep-diving seals expand whiskers for active prey-sensing *Taiki Adachi (NiPR, The University of Tokyo), Yasuhiko Naito (NiPR), Patrick W. Robinson (UCSC), Daniel P. Costa (UCSC), Akinori Takahashi (NiPR)
OBp34 Foraging behavior of Adelie penguins from two adjacent colonies in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica *Kentaro Ito (SOKENDAI), Yuuki Y. Watanabe (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR, SOKENDAI)
OBp35 Exploring complexity in seabird foraging behaviour *Xavier Meyer (PRI), Andrew J.J. MacIntosh (PRI), Yan Ropert-Coudert (CEBC)