The 11th Symposium on Polar Science (1 – 3 December 2020)

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 : Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR)

Real-time Oral presentations (10:00 – 11:30, 13:00 – 14:30, 14:45 - 16:45)

Date: Wed. 2 December

Chair: Masayoshi Sano (NIPR)
OBo1 10:00 - 10:30 Biological nitrogen fixation detected under Antarctic sea ice *Takuhei Shiozaki (The University of Tokyo & JAMSTEC), Amane Fujiwara (JAMSTEC), Keisuke Inomura (University of Washington), Yuu Hirose (Toyohashi University of Technology), Fuminoro Hashihama (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Naomi Harada (JAMSTEC)
OBo2 10:30 - 11:00 Differences in diversity and photoprotection capability between Ice algae and under-ice phytoplankton in Saroma-Ko Lagoon, Japan: a comparative taxonomic diatom analysis with microscopy and DNA barcoding *Kazuhiro Yoshida (Hokkaido University & University of Tasmania & Saga University), Hiroshi Hattori (Tokai University), Takenobu Toyota (Hokkaido University), Andrew McMinn (University of Tasmania), Koji Suzuki (Hokkaido University)
OBo3 11:00 - 11:30 Algal concentration and composition in newly formed/young sea ice in Antarctic *Keigo D. Takahashi (SOKENDAI), Masato Ito (JAMSTEC), Ryosuke Makabe (SOKENDAI & NIPR & TUMSAT), Takeshi Tamura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT & NIPR)
Lunch
Chair: Akinori Takahashi (NIPR)
OBo4 13:00 - 13:30 Foraging ecology of Baikal seals in Lake Baikal *Yuuki Watanabe (NIPR), Eugene Baranov (Baikal Seal Aquarium), Nobuyuki Miyazaki (The University of Tokyo)
OBo5 13:30 - 14:00 Environmental factors affecting foraging habitat and behaviour of Adélie penguins throughout the breeding season *Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Louise Emmerson (AAD), Julie Mclnnes (AAD), Barbara Wienecke (AAD), Colin Southwell (AAD)
OBo6 14:00 - 14:30 Foraging movements and prey of short-tailed shearwaters in the Southern Ocean *Sarara Azumi (Hokkaido University), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Yasuhiro Ando (Hokkaido University), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT), Fernando Arce (University of Tasmania), Olivia Dove (University of Tasmania), Mary-Anne Lea (University of Tasmania), Mark Hindell (University of Tasmania)
14:30 - 14:45 Break
Chair: Satoshi Imura (NIPR)
OBo7 14:45 - 15:15 Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and microalgae in freshwater and terrestrial habitats, Eastern Dronning Maud Land, Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica; Does cyanobacterial support development of lake bottom communities by nitrogen fixation, and Construction of photosynthetic microorganisms diversity database (60 Japan Antarctic Research Expedition - 2018/2019) *Josef Elster (University of South Bohemia & Phycology Centre), Tomotake Wada (SOKENDAI), Hiroshi Koyama (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Jana Kvíderová (University of South Bohemia & Phycology Centre), Miloslav Šimek (Ghent University & University of South Bohemia), Elie Verleyen (University of Liège), Annick Wilmotte (University of South Bohemia)
OBo8 15:15 - 15:45 A deep amplicon sequencing study of the algal communities in lacustrine and hydro-terrestrial environments of Antarctica *Yuu Hirose (Toyohashi University of Technology), Takuhei Shiozaki (The University of Tokyo), Masahiro Otani (Niigata University), Itsuki Hamano (Osaka Prefecture University), Shizue Yoshihara (Osaka Prefecture University), Hayato Tokumoto (Osaka Prefecture University), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Toshihiko Eki (Toyohashi University of Technology), Naomi Harada (JAMSTEC)
OBo9 15:45 - 16:15 Chasing Legionella spp. in Antarctic human-made and natural environments *Sho Shimada (Toho University School of Medicine & Tokyo Medical and Dental University), Ryosuke Nakai (Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)), Kotaro Aoki (Toho University School of Medicine), Norifumi Shimoeda (Tochigi Medical Center, Tochinoki Hospital), Giichiro Ohno (Tokatsu Hospital), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Kentaro Watanabe (NIPR), Yasunari Miyazaki (Tokyo Medical and Dental University), Yoshikazu Ishii (Toho University School of Medicine), Kazuhiro Tateda (Toho University School of Medicine)
OBo10 16:15 - 16:45 Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic *Elie Verleyen (Ghent University), Bart Van de Vijver (Meise Botanic Garden & University of Antwerp), Bjorn Tytgat (Ghent University), Eveline Pinseel (Ghent University & Meise Botanic Garden), Dominic A. Hodgson (British Antarctic Survey), Kateřina Kopalová (Charles University), Steven L. Chown (Monash University), Eric Van Ranst (Ghent University), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Wim Van Nieuwenhuyze (Ghent University), Koen Sabbe (Ghent University), Wim Vyverman (Ghent University)

Poster presentations (16 November - 18 December)

OBp1 Molecular analysis of fecal pellets collected by using gel sediment traps in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer *Masayoshi Sano (NIPR), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR & TUMSAT & SOKENDAI), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University), Masato Moteki (NIPR & TUMSAT), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp2 Microscopic and DNA-based diet analyses of larval Antarctic myctophid fish Electrona antarctica in the Southern OceanMicroscopic and DNA-based diet analyses of larval Antarctic myctophid fish Electrona antarctica in the Southern Ocean *Satoshi Nirazuka (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 & NIPR)
OBp3 Seasonal variation in physical and biological parameters during sea ice melting season in the Southern Ocean *Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Keigo D. Takahashi (SOKENDAI), Shintaro Takao (Nationala Institute for Environmental Studies), Ryo Matsuda (Soka University), Kohei Mizobata (TUMSAT), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT & NIPR), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp4 Cold tolerance of phytoplankton living in rivers,ponds and lakes *Erina Yoshida (Kyoto University of Advanced Science), Nobue Takasawa Kasamatsu (Kyoto University of Advanced Science), Asami Fujisawa (Kyoto University of Advanced Science), Kaname Tamagawa (Kyoto University of Advanced Science), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR)
OBp5 Role of fecal pellet-like dinoflagellates in the carbon transport and food webs in the seasonal ice zone of the Southern Ocean *Jaekyeng Han (Soka University), Ayuko Kagesawa (SOKENDAI), Masayoshi Sano (NIPR), Shintaro Takao (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR & SOKENDAI & TUMSAT), Masato Moteki (NIPR & TUMSAT), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University)
OBp6 Environmental DNA as a tool for biomonitoring the Antarctic marine ecosystem *Aiko Tachibana (TUMSAT), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR & TUMSAT), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT & NIPR)
OBp7 Species-specific distribution of euphausiids in the waters surrounding Hokkaido, northeastern Japan during May and June 2019 *Yoshizumi Nakagawa (TUA), Tomoki Shimizu (TUA), Yukiko Taniuchi (JFREA), Hiromi Kasai (JFREA), Yasuto Nishino (TUA)
OBp8 The learning material set of marine plankton: Resin-embedded specimens, image and video for the promotion of marine education *Hisae Sakurai (NIPR), Masayoshi Sano (NIPR), Kunio T. Takahashi (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR & SOKENDAI &TUMSAT), Tsuneo Odate (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp9 Photosynthetic strategies of an ice diatom to low Fe availability as estimated through ice tank experiments with 77 K chlorophyll fluorometry *Kazuhiro Yoshida (Hokkaido University & University of Tasmania & Saga University), Ondřej Prášil (The Czech Academy of Science), Andrew McMinn (University of Tasmania), Koji Suzuki (Hokkaido University)
OBp10 Report on the status and trends of Southern Ocean Zooplankton based on the SCAR Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey *Kunio T. Takahashi (NIPR & SOKENDAI), John A. Kitchener (AAD), Karen V. Robinson (NIWA), Graham W. Hosie (SAHFOS), and SO-CPR Survey Team
OBp11 Short-tailed shearwaters fly and navigate efficiently under strong winds over Southern Ocean *Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Sarara Azumi (Hokkaido University), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR), Fernando Arce (University of Tasmania), Mary-Anne Lea (University of Tasmania), Mark Hindell (University of Tasmania)
OBp12 Walking behavior of the Antarctic tardigrade, Acutuncus antarcticus *Kurumi Yoshimura (Keio University SFC), Megumu Tsujimoto (Keio University SFC)
OBp13 Mapping marine debris encountered by albatrosses tracked across oceanic waters *Bungo Nishizawa (NIPR), Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Fumio Sato (Yamashina Institute for Ornithology), Naoki Tomita (Yamashina Institute for Ornithology), Ken Yoda (Nagoya University), Rei Yamashita (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Hideshige Takada (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University)
OBp14 Three-dimensional positioning during underwater group behaviour of Adélie penguins *Junichi Takagi (NIPR), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Hina Watanabe (SOKENDAI), Kotaro Ichikawa (Kyoto University), Hideaki Nishizawa (Kyoto University), Seki Asai (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Yoshinori Miyamoto (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Hiromichi Mitamura (Kyoto University), Nobuaki Arai (National Fisheries University)
OBp15 Estimating daily energy gain of lactating Weddell seals using animal-borne video and accelerometers *Takashi Iwata (Ocean Policy Research Institute & The University of Tokyo), Kim Goetz (Alaska Fisheries Science Center), Rachel Holser (Universtiy of California), Sarah Michael (Massey University), Matt Pinkerton (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Kagari Aoki (The University of Tokyo), Rose Foster (University of Canterbury), Katsufumi Sato (The University of Tokyo)
OBp16 Scaling of dive duration among water birds with contrasted swimming modes *Hiroya Matsushita (SOKENDAI), Yuuki Watanabe (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp17 Culturally important seabirds distribute beyond the recently established shipping avoidance area around St. Lawrence Is., northern Bering Sea *Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (NIPR), Alexis Will (NIPR & University of Alaska Fairbanks), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Alexander Kitaysky (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
OBp18 Food of short-tailed shearwaters died in a collision in the Southern Ocean *Sarara Azumi (Hokkaido University), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR), Jumpei Okado (Hokkaido University), Yasuaki Niizuma (Meijo University), Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido University)
OBp19 Ice alga, Detonula confervacea, changes its cell and colony size depending on the vertical position of sea ice in Saroma-ko lagoon *Kyoko Kawanobe (Kanagawa University), Kosuke Aratani (Kanagawa University), Shunsuke Sakai (Kanagawa University), Kazuki Hoshi (Kanagawa University), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR), Yoshihiro Suzuki (Kanagawa University)
OBp20 Mercury concentration in soil observed around Syowa station, Antarctica *Koyomi Nakazawa (Fukuoka Institute of technology), Osamu Nagafuchi (Fukuoka Institute of technology), Megumu Tsujimoto (Keio University), Koji Kanefuji (Institute of Statistical mathematics), Satoshi Imura (NIPR)
OBp21 Analysis of bacterial microbiota associated with Umbilicaria spp. lichens in polar regions *Zichen He (Hiroshima University), Martin W. Hahn (University of Innsbruck), Takeshi Naganuma (Hiroshima University)
OBp22 Characterization of carbazole degrading bacteria from Antarctic soil *Tatsuya Niwano (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp23 Heterocyclic compounds degradation of newly isolated Antarctic soil bacteria *Seiryu Take (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp24 Thermal germination characteristics of High Arctic plants: implications for their responses to climate warming *Soshi Osaki (Hiroshima University), Takayuki Nakatsubo (Hiroshima University), Masaki Uchida (NIPR)
OBp25 Identification of genes involved in biosurfactant production from Antarctic soil bacteria *Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
OBp26 Diversity of bdelloid rotifer in wetland and lakes of Sôya Coast, East Antarctica *Tomotake Wada (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp27 Population changes of Globisporangium spp. in a Sanionia moss colony in Ny-Ålesund and their infection to Sanionia moss in an in vitro testPopulation changes of Globisporangium spp. in a Sanionia moss colony in Ny-Ålesund and their infection to Sanionia moss in an in vitro test *Natsumi Fujii (Osaka Prefecture University), Motoaki Tojo (Osaka Prefecture University)
OBp28 Bacterial diversity and function in the soil at Canadian Arctic *Masaki Uchida (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Shu Kuan Wong (NIPR), Ryo Kaneko (Bioinsight Co., Ltd.)
OBp29 Microfungi associated with Salix spp. in Arctic and Antarctic tundraMicrofungi associated with Salix spp. in Arctic and Antarctic tundra *Takashi Osono (Doshisha University), Satoru Hobara (Rakuno Gakuen University), Dai Horose (Nihon University), Msakai Ushida (NIPR)
OBp30 Diversity of benthic microbial mats in five lakes on Sôya Coast ice-free areas, East Antarctica *Hiroshi Koyama (SOKENDAI), Tomotake Wada (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Jana Kvíderová (University of South Bohemia & Phycology Centre), Miloslav Šimek (University of South Bohemia & Biology Centre AS CR), Elie Verleyen (Ghent University), Annick Wilmotte (University of Liege), Josef Elster (University of South Bohemia & Phycology Centre)
OBp31 Statistical optimisation of diesel degradation with bacterial consortium *Rasidnie Razin Wong (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Universidad de Magallanes), Nancy Calisto-Ulloa (Universidad de Magallanes), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp32 Effects of Heavy Metals on Antarctic Bacterial Community Growth Kinetics in Degrading Waste Canola Oil *Khadijah Nabilah Mohd Zahri (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Suriana Sabri (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Universidad de Magallanes), Nancy Calisto-Ulloa (Universidad de Magallanes), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp33 Biodegradation of phenol and diesel by cold-adapted Arthrobacter sp. strain AQ5-05 isolated from Antarctic soilBiodegradation of phenol and diesel by cold-adapted Arthrobacter sp. strain AQ5-05 isolated from Antarctic soil *Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre), Gillian Li Yin Lee (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aisyah Alias (National Antarctic Research Centre), Gerardo González-Rocha (Universidad de Concepcion)
OBp34 Adaptation strategy of aerial green alga, Prasiola crispa growing in AntarcticaAdaptation strategy of aerial green alga, Prasiola crispa growing in Antarctica *Makiko Kosugi (Astro Biology Center), Fumino Maruo (Chuo University), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University), Akinori Kawamata (Ehime Prefectural Science Museum), Yasuhiro Kamei (National Institute for Basic Biology), Yasuhiro Kashino (University of Hyogo), Hiroyuki Koike (Chuo University), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR), Satoshi Imura (NIPR)
OBp35 Identification of Molybdenum-Reducing Psychrotolerant Marine Bacteria Isolated from Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Base Station, Antarctica. *Syazani Darham (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Universidad de Magallanes), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Suriana Sabri (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Nancy Callisto-Ulloa (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp36 Optimisation of Phenol Degradation of Antarctic Bacteria Consortium *Tengku Athirrah Tengku-Mazuki (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Noor Azmi Shaharuddin (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Universidad de Magallanes), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp37 Phytoremediation of Diesel Contaminant using Antarctic Fresh Water Algae *Zheng-Syuen Lim (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Chiew-Yen Wong (International Medical University), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp38 Growth Studies of Antarctic Filamentous Algae in Molybdenum *Gayathiri Verasoundarapandian (University of Putra Malaysia), Chiew-Yen Wong (International Medical University), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Aida Atiqah Mohd Noor (University of Putra Malaysia), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (University of Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)
OBp39 Evaluation of the feasibility for biodegradation of phenol by Antarctic isolate at low temperature in the presence of heavy metals *Kavilasni Subramaniam (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Noor Azmi Shaharuddin (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Khalilah Abdul Khalil (Universiti Teknologi MARA), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarcitc Resaerch Centre)
OBp40 Heavy Metal Inhibition towards Diesel Biodegradation by Antarctic Marine Bacteria *Nur Nadhirah Zakaria (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Universidad de Magallanes), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Suriana Sabri (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Nancy Calisto-Ulloa (Universidad de Magallanes), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centr)
OBp41 Assessment of Soils Microbiota and Their Adaptation to Low-Temperature Degradation of Diesel Hydrocarbons in Antarctica *Ahmad Fareez Ahmad Roslee (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Claudio Gomez-Fuentes (Universidad de Magallanes), Noor Azmi Shaharudin (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Nancy Calisto-Ulloa (Universidad de Magallanes), Peter Convey (British Antarctic Survey), Siti Aqlima Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia & National Antarctic Research Centre)