updated on \(2022/02/08\)
HUE & Kobe U. Freshwater Biology Team
Member
Dr. Akio Imamura (President)
Dr. Toshifumi Minamoto (Co-president)
Dr. Masayuki K. Sakata (Researcher)
Aims and Scope
Conservation of freshwater organisms, focusing especially on salmonid fish.
Using environmental DNA (eDNA) and environmental RNA (eRNA) analyses, we are studying to reveal species composition, community structure, and abundance of freshwater fish.
We worry about negative effects on the native community by the domestic and exotic invasive organisms introduced through various human activities.
We are studying mainly around the Ishikari River Basin in Hokkaido Island in Japan.
Papers as our outcomes
Minamoto T, Hayami K, Sakata MK, Imamura A (2019) Real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for environmental DNA detection of three salmonid fish in Hokkaido, Japan: Application to winter surveys. Ecological Research, 34:237–242.
Imamura A, Hayami K, Sakata MK, Minamoto T (2019) Are Salvelinus species on Hokkaido Island, Japan, endangered by damming and invasive rainbow trout: Results from eDNA analysis (in Japanese). Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 24 : 71-81
Imamura A, Hayami K, Sakata MK, Minamoto T (2020) Environmental DNA revealed the fish community of Hokkaido Island, Japan, after invasion by rainbow trout. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56876.
Grant title
Pro Natura Foundation Japan’s 27th Pro Natura Fund to A.I.
Pro Natura Foundation Japan’s 29th Pro Natura Fund to A.I.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (JP20H03326) from JSPS KAKENHI to T.M.