International Symposium: Past, Present, and Future of the Marine Environment and Ecosystems

Integrated Understanding of Marine Environment and Marine Ecosystems

International Symposium: Past, Present, and Future of the Marine Environment and Ecosystems

Information

The symposium will include lectures and poster presentations that will provide an overview of the current status and challenges of research on the marine environment and marine ecosystems, promote the exchange of the latest knowledge among disciplines, and present cross–disciplinary perspectives. There will also be a panel discussion to discuss how the issues raised at the symposium should be addressed. In addition, a working group of young researchers and graduate students will be formed at the end of the symposium to formulate recommendations for the future of cross–disciplinary research in the coming months.

Date

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – Friday, October 20, 2023

Venue

TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]

Speakers

Ayşe Haruka Oshima Açıkbaş (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Maria Vanessa Baria–Rodriguez (University of the Philippines)
Åke Brännström (Umeå University)
Ulf Dieckmann (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Toyonobu Fujii (Tohoku University)
Emma Gairin (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Shigeki Hosoda (JAMSTEC)
Ken Johnson (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
Michio Kawamiya (JAMSTEC)
Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University)
Tai Kubo (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Haruko Kurihara (University of the Ryukyus)
Jiashun Miao (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Toshifumi Minamoto (Kobe University)
Keith Rodgers (IBS Center for Climate Physics)
Gustavo Sanchez (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
S. Lan Smith (JAMSTEC)
Anindya Wirasatriya (Diponegoro University)

Registration

Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
– Closed

Time Schedule

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Opening Session
Chair: Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University): 09:30 – 09:40; Opening Remarks; Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)

09:40 – 10:30

Ulf Dieckmann (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

Keynote Lecture: Innovative Integrative Assessments for Promoting Sustainable Marine Fisheries

Global Warming and its Global to Local Impacts
Chair: Haruko Kurihara (University of the Ryukyus): 10:45 – 11:25; Kieth Rodgers (IBS Center for Climate Physics); Keynote Speech: Low–Latitude Mesopelagic Nutrient Recycling Controls on Productivity and Export

11:25 – 11:55

Michio Kawamiya (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)

Role of the Ocean in Determining the Carbon Budget

11:55 – 12:25

Toyonobu Fujii (Tohoku University)

Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics under an Array of Environmental Challenges

12:25 – 12:40

Emma Gairin (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

A Marine Canary in the Coal Mine: The Sapphire Devil of Okinawa

12:40 – 14:00

Lunch Break

eDNA and Other Gene Analyses: Applications and Discoveries
Chair: Ulf Dieckmann (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University): 14:00 – 14:30; Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University); Exploring Ecosystem Complexity through eDNA Monitoring and Data–driven Approaches

14:30 – 15:00

Toshifumi Minamoto (Kobe University)

Prospects of eDNA Analysis for Macro–organisms: Beyond Species Distribution

15:00 – 15:15

Gustavo Sanchez (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

Cephalopod Diversity, Evolution, and RNA Editing

15:15 – 15:30

Jiashun Miao (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

Population Genomic Study Reveals Local Adaption Signals in Oikopleura dioica around Ryukyu Islands

15:30 – 15:45

Ayşe Haruka Oshima Açıkbaş (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

Long–term eDNA biomonitoring of the coral reef ecosystem of the Mermaid's Grotto – “Apogama”: The first year

Chair: Toyonobu Fujii (Tohoku University): 15:45 – 16:15; Poster Flash Talk

16:15 – 18:00

Poster Session

Thursday, October 19, 2023
Marine Heatwaves and Other Extremes Impacting Ecosystems
Chair: Teruhisa Shimada (Hirosaki University): 09:30 – 10:00; Anindya Wirasatriya (Diponegoro University); Overview of Marine Heat Wave within the Indonesian Seas

10:00 – 10:30

Maria Vanessa Baria–Rodriguez (University of the Philippines)

Successes and failures of coral restoration efforts amidst global and local stressors: A case study in Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex, northwestern Philippines

10:30 – 11:00

Haruko Kurihara (University of the Ryukyus)

Climate Change Impacts on the Coral Reef Ecosystems

Ecosystem Dynamics and Ecosystem Models
Chair: Michio Kawamiya (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology): 11:15 – 11:55; Åke Brännström (Umeå University); Keynote Speech: Promoting Sustainable Marine Ecosystem by Reducing Fishing Pressure and Accounting for Evolutionary Change

11:55 – 12:25

S. Lan Smith (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)

The Challenges of Modelling Marine Ecosystems: Acclimation, Adaptation, and Complexity

12:25 – 12:40

Tai Kubo (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

Unlocking Ancient Diets: Fish Teeth as Dietary Windows

12:40 – 14:00

Lunch Break

New Observing Tools
Chair: Sayaka Yasunaka (Tohoku University): 14:00 – 14:30; Ken Johnson (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) [Online]; Observing ocean chemistry and biology with Biogeochemical-Argo

14:30 – 15:00

Shigeki Hosoda (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)

Autonomous oceanic observations for detections of interior ocean variability

Chair: Toshio Suga (Tohoku University): 15:30 – 17:00; Panel Discussion

Closing Session
Chair: Jamie M. Kass (Tohoku University): 17:10 – 17:50; Setting Up Working Group(s)

17:50 – 18:00

Closing Remarks

Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)

Friday, October 20, 2023: Excursion
Onagawa Field Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University

Poster Presenters

Sherry Lyn Sayco (University of the Ryukyus), Ana Alabort Pomares, Patrick Cabaitan, Haruko Kurihara
Consequences of bleaching stress in the giant clam Tridacna crocea
Shota Leiler (University of the Ryukyus), Haruko Kurihara, Takashi Sakmaki, Takashi Nakamura
Coastal hypoxia and ocean acidification in Shizugawa bay, Miyagi
Rachel Francisco (University of the Philippines)
Seasonal variations in water quality of a mariculture channel in Luzon, Philippines
Dwi Haryanti (Diponegoro University)
Coral killing sponges in Nusa Dua, Bali
Lowell Jay Tupaz (University of the Philippines)
Bleaching through time: A review on the coral bleaching studies in the Philippines
Ardiansyah Desmont Puryajati (Tohoku University), Toshio Suga
Morphology Approach to Marine Heatwaves around Indonesia Seas
Parichat Wetchayont (Srinakharinwirot University)
Changes in the Dominant Modes of MHW in the Gulf of Thailand
Gaku Nishihira (Tohoku University), Shusaku Sugitmo
Formation of record–breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer
Michinari Amma (Tohoku University), Tadahiro Hayasaka
Atmospheric effect on intense marine heatwaves in South Java
Aprilia Da Cruz Tita (Hirosaki University), Teruhisa Shimada
Climatological features of sea surface temperature in the Maritime Continent
Florence Mila Purnomo Sie (Tohoku University), Jarot Warwoto, Anindya Wirasatriya, Sayaka Yasunaka
Seasonal Variation of Ocean Environment in the Savu Sea
Hanani Adiwira (Tohoku University), Toshio Suga
Influence of the Indian Ocean Subtropical Mode Water on the Ocean Vertical Structure in the Western Indian Ocean
Paula Peñalver Pereira (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)
Simulating the Seasonal Dynamics of a Phytoplankton Community using an Eco–Evolutionary Model with 3 Traits
Amirotul Bahiyah (Sriwijaya University), Anindya Wirasatriya, Wijaya Mardiansyah, Iskhaq Iskandar
Massive SST–Front Anomaly in the Tip of Sumatera Waters Triggered by Extreme Positive IOD 2019 Event