The Tenth Symposium on Polar Science (3 – 5 December 2019)

Oral sessionPoster session

[OB] Polar Biology

Scopes

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

Conveners : Kunio Takahashi (NIPR)
Note: [I] represents an invited talk.

Oral presentations (9:55 - 11:45, 12:50 - 16:20)

Date : Wed. 4 Dec.
Place : 3F Multipurpose Conference room, National Institute of Polar Research

Chair: Kunio Takahashi (NIPR)
9:55 - 10:00 OPENING
Chair: Satoshi Imura (NIPR)
10:00 - 10:30 [I] Drying of East Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems provokes rapid community change *Sharon Robinson (University of Wollongong), Diana King (University of Wollongong), Melinda Waterman (University of Wollongong), Michael Ashcroft (University of Wollongong), Johanna Turnbull (University of Wollongong), Jane Wasley (Australian Antarctic Division), Quan Hua (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
10:30 - 10:55 Global distribution and dispersal pattern of snow algae *Takahiro Segawa (University of Yamanashi), Ryo Matsuzaki (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Ayumi Akiyoshi (NIPR), Takahiro Yonezawa (Tokyo Universtiy of Agriculture), Francisco Navarro (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Hiroshi Mori (National Institute of Genetics), Nozomu Takeuchi (Chiba University)
10:55 - 11:20 Analysis of the Antimicrobial Activities of Antarctic Bacteria from Antarctic Lake Sediments with Special Focus on Those from Pedobacter sp. BG5 *Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Sylvbryanie Salister (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Dorathy Anak Jampi (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
11:20 - 11:45

Tardigrades living on a sub-arctic glacier in Alaska

*Masato Ono (Chiba University), Nozomu Takeuchi (Chiba University), Zawierucha Krzysztof (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland), Buda Jakub (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

Lunch
Chair: Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR)
12:50 - 13:15 Is the loss of sea ice good or bad for Antarctic penguins?

*Yuuki Watanabe (NIPR), Kentaro Ito (SOKENDAI), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR)

13:15 - 13:40 Homing ability of Adélie penguins investigated by combination of displacement experiments and bio-logging *Kozue Shiomi (NIPR), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Ui Shimabukuro (SOKENDAI), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR)
13:40 - 14:05 Foraging ecology of short-tailed shearwater in the Southern Ocean *Sarara Azumi (Hokkaido University), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Yasuhiro Ando (Hokkaido University), Fernando Arce (University of Tasmania), Mary-Anne Lea (University of Tasmania), Mark Hindell (University of Tasmania)
14:05 - 14:30 Breeding together, wintering oceans apart: divergent migratory movements of thick-billed and common murres from St Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea *Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Alexis Will (NIPR & University of Alaska Fairbanks), Shota Tsukamoto (Hokkaido University), Alexander Kitaysky (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
14:30 - 14:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Satoru Taguchi (NIPR)
14:40 - 15:05

How to process sea ice for chlorophyll-based photosynthesis measurement of the ice algae?

*Kazuhiro Yoshida (Hokkaido University), Daiki Nomura (Hokkaido University), Dong Yan (Hokkaido University), Ondřej Prášil (Centre Algatech), Andrew McMinn (University of Tasmania), Koji Suzuki (Hokkaido University)
15:05 - 15:30

Sea ice melt affects algal photosynthesis and growth: A laboratory study on an ice algal community from the Sea of Okhotsk

*Dong Yan (Hokkaido University), Kazuhiro Yoshida (Hokkaido University), Jun Nishioka (Hokkaido University), Masato Ito (Hokkaido University), Koji Suzuki (Hokkaido University)
15:30 - 15:55 Changes in subsurface chlorophyll-a maximum in the Canada Basin, 2003-2019 *Sayaka Kumakawa (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
15:55 - 16:20

Zooplankton community structure and dominant copepod population structure on the southern Kerguelen Plateau during summer 2016

*Kohei Matsuno (Hokkaido University), Jake Wallis (University of Tasmania), So Kawaguchi (Australian Antarctic Division), Sophie Bestley (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Kerrie Swadling (University of Tasmania)
16:20 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00

Poster presentations

Place: Entrance Hall (1st floor) at National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)

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

Date : Wed. 4 Dec.
Place : Entrance Hall (1st floor) at National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)

OBp1

Heterocyclic compounds degradation and characterization of Antarctic psychrophilic bacteria strain BS1

*Tatsuya Niwano (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

OBp2

Optimisation for Enhancement of Phenol Degradation by Arthrobacter sp. Strain AQ5-15 from Antarctic Soil Using Conventional and Statistical Approach

*Kavilasni Subramaniam (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Noor Azmi Shaharuddin (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute Technology), Khalilah Abdul Khalil (Universiti Teknology MARA), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
OBp3

Isolation and heterocyclic compounds degradation of Antarctic psychrophilic bacteria strain BS19

*Seiryu Take (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

OBp4

Detection and isolation of genes involved in heterocyclic compounds degradation from Antarctic psychrophilic bacteria

*Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Seiryu Take (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Tatsuya Niwano (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Siti Aqlima Ahmad ( Universiti Putra Malaysia)
OBp5

Physiological characterization of a glacier living cyanobacterium, Phormidesmis priestleyi culture strain

*Yuri Tabuchi (Chuo University), Makiko Kosugi (Chuo University), Ayumi Kizawa (Chuo University), Hiroyuki Koike (Chuo University)
OBp6 The new record of Philodina gregaria from Sôya Coast and life history of the species *Tomotake Wada (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR)
OBp7 Walking behaviour of Tardigrada

*Kurumi Yoshimura (Keio University), Megumu Tsujimoto (Keio University)

OBp8 A laboratory rearing of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica: effect of the temperature and diet and possible seasonal adaptation. *Mizuki Yoshida (Osaka City University), Shin G Goto (Osaka City University)
OBp9 The lichens around the South Pole Syowa Station *Akinori Kawamata (Ehime Prefectural Science Museum), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University), Makiko Kosugi (Chuo University), Satoshi Imura (NIPR), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR)
OBp10 Relationship between reproduction of the Antarctic flowering plants and Climate Change

*Makito Yagyu (Keio University), Kyohei Ikawa (Keio University), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Marco A. Molina-Montenegro (Universidad de Talca), Megumu Tsujimoto (Keio University)

OBp11

The annual heat balance of Lake Untersee in Dronning Maud Land

*Hiroshi Koyama (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudo (NIPR), Yukiko Tanabe (NIPR)
OBp12

A Raman imaging study of the ecocorona surrounding microplastics in aquatic environments

*Tatsuyuki Yamamoto (Shimane University, Raman Project Center of Medical and Biological Apllications), Edward Gou Nagato (Shimane University), Hidetoshi Sato (Kansei Gakuin University), Hemanth Noothalapati (Shimane University ,Raman Project Center of Medical and Biological Apllications)
OBp13

Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of fungi in a forest-tundra ecotone in Quebec

*Takashi Osono (Doshisha University), Shunsuke Matsuoka (University of Hyogo), Hideyuki Doi (University of Hyogo), Shota Masumoto (Yokohama National University), Ryo Kitagawa (Yokohama National University), Keita Nishizawa (Yokohama National University), Kaho Tanaka (Doshisha University), Motohiro Hasegawa (Doshisha University), Satoru Hobara (Rakuno Gakuen University), Akira Mori ( Yokohama National University), Masaki Uchida (NIPR)
OBp14

Soil respiration rates of seasonally frozen soils in Ny-Ålesund

*Seiichiro Yonemura (NIAES), Ayaka W. Kishimoto-Mo (NIAES), Noriko Oura (NIAES), Masaki Uchida (NIPR)
OBp15

A preliminary study of microbial function in the soil at Canadian low Arctic

*Masaki Uchida (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Ryo Kaneko (Tentamus Japan)
OBp16

Methane emission from pan-Arctic natural wetlands estimated using a process-based model, 1901-2016

*Akihiko Ito (NIES, JAMSTEC)

OBp17 Keep the course: travelling penguins consistently orient toward the destination *Kozue Shiomi (NIPR), Katsufumi Sato (University of Tokyo), Yves Handrich (CNRS, Université de Strasbourg), Charles A. Bost (Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé)
OBp18 A clear separation of foraging areas between two neighboring colonies of Adelie Penguins observed in a year of extensive sea ice cover *Kentaro Ito (SOKENDAI), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Hina Watanabe (SOKENDAI), Junichi Takagi (Kyoto University), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Yuuki Y. Watanabe (NIPR)
OBp19

Adélie penguins' extensive seasonal migration supports dynamic Marine Protected Area planning in Antarctica

*Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Yan Ropert-Coudert (La Rochelle Université), Thierry Raclot (Université de Strasbourg), Timothée Poupart (Deakin University), Akiko Kato (La Rochelle Université), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR)
OBp20 Crepuscular foraging by king penguins : behavioral adjustment to the diel vertical migration of prey *Hina Watanabe (SOKENDAI), Kozue Shiomi (SOKENDAI, NIPR), Katsufumi Sato (University of Tokyo), Akinori Takahashi (SOKENDAI, NIPR), Yves Handrich (Université de Strasbourg, CNRS), Charles-André Bost (Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé)
OBp21

Temporal dynamics of nutritional stress and diet of rhinoceros auklets breeding on two distant colonies in Japan

*Ui Shimabukuro ( SOKENDAI), Akinori Takahashi (SOKENDAI, NIPR), Jumpei Okado (Hokkaido University), Kokubun Nobuo (SOKENDAI, NIPR), Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Alexis Will (NIPR, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University), Alexander Kitaysky (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
OBp22

Associations between seabirds and their prey in the northern Bering Sea during summer of 2017 and 2018

*Bungo Nishizawa (NIPR), Haruka Hayashi 'Hokkaido University), Nodoka Yamada (Hokkaido Univesity), Charlie Wright (US Fish and Wildlife Service), Kathy J. Kuletz (US Fish and Wildlife Service), Hiromichi Ueno (Hokkaido University), Tohru Mukai (Hokkaido University), Atsushi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido University, Toru Hirawake (Hokkaido University), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University)
OBp23 Fine-scale behavioral analysis of the Greenland shark using 3-axis accelerometers *Midori Hirata (SOKENDAI), Eric Ste Marie (University of Windsor), Hussey Nigel (University of Windsor), Yuuki Y. Watanabe (NIPR)
OBp24

Eukaryotic community structure in sinking particles in the seasonal sea ice zone of the Southern Ocean

*Shinya Okano (Soka University), Ayuko Kagesawa (SOKENDAI), Shintaro Takao (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Ryosuke Makabe (SOKENDAI, NIPR, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, NIPR), Tsuneo Odate (SOKENDAI, NIPR), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University)
OBp25

Temporal changes in export flux and physicochemical factors during sea ice melting season

*Ayuko Kagesawa (SOKENDAI), Shintaro Takao (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Ryosuke Makabe (SOKENDAI, NIPR, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, NIPR), Tsuneo Odate (SOKENDAI, NIPR)
OBp26 Composition analysis of sinking particles by using gel sediment traps in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer *Masayoshi Sano (NIPR), Ayu Yamamoto (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Ayuko Kagesawa (NIPR), Ryusuke Makabe (NIPR), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR)
OBp27

A comparison of population structure of planktonic Foraminifera near the sea ice edge in January 2017 and 2018

*Aki Nosaka (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Kunio T. Takahashi (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, NIPR)
OBp28 Meridional changes of zooplankton community and copepods population along 110°E transect in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer *Rikuto Sugioka (Hokkaido University), Kohei Matsuno (Hokkaido University), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR), Kunio Takahashi (NIPR), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Atsuishi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido University)
OBp29

Zooplankton community structure influences the distribution of flying seabirds off Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica

*Haruka Hamamoto (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Aiko Tachibana (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
OBp30 A new tool for monitoring the Antarctic marine ecosystem using environmental DNA *Aiko Tachibana (TUMSAT), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT)
OBp31

The annual variability in abundance and shell size of pteropods Limacina spp. in the seasonal ice zone of the Southern Ocean

*Kunio T. Takahashi (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Haruko Umeda (Kaizansenri Incorporated), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR, SOKENDAI)
OBp32 Application of menthol as an anesthetizer for body size measurements and morphological obserbation of the genus Clione (Pteropoda: Gymnosomata) *Tomoyasu Yamazaki (Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi), Takashi Kuwahara (Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido), Kunio T. Takahashi (NiPR, SOKENDAI)
OBp33 Overview of polar exhibit tanks and List of the creatures in house Takashi Kifune (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Ryosuke Komi (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Mayuko Muramatsu (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Syota Haba (Tokyo Sea Life Park), *Keisuke Ichikawa (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Mayuka Ishigami (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Kokoro Sato (Tokyo Sea Life Park), Keita Seki (Tokyo Sea Life Park)
OBp34 Possibilities of pulsation measurements in the Ecuadorian ocean/fishery ecosystem affecting by the Humboldt Current derived from the Antarctic Ocean *Mikio Naganobu (Natural Philosopher), Kiyoshi Ito (Environment Simulation Laboratory), Toyoki Sasakura(AquaFusion, TUMSAT)