Closing symposiumon the Amur Okhotsk Project
2005-2009
Date: January 19-20, 2010
Place: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
457-4 Motoyama Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan
Organization: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

January 19 (Tuesday)

Program

10:00-10:05
Opening address
Makoto Taniguchi (Program Director of Circulation Domain, RIHN)
10:05-10:30
What was the Amur Okhotsk Project ? –Retrospect and prospectTakayuki Shiraiwa (Project Leader: RIHN)
Session 1: Iron transport and phytoplankton production in the Sea of Okhotsk and its
surrounding area (Chair: Takeshi Nakatsuka)
10:30-10:40
Outline of the researchTakeshi Nakatsuka (Nagoya University)
10:40-11:00
Impact of sea ice production and its recent reduction on overturning and material
circulation in the Okhotsk Sea and North Pacific
Kay I. Ohshima (ILTS, Hokkaido University)
11:00-11:30
The oceanic iron supply mechanisms supporting spring phytoplankton bloom in theOyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
Jun Nishioka (ILTS, Hokkaido University)
11:30-11:50
Primary productivity and photosynthetic physiology of phytoplankton in the Sea ofOkhotsk and the Oyashio region of the NW PacificKoji Suzuki (EES, Hokkaido University)
11:50-12:10
Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates in the Sea of Okhotsk
during summer
Hongbin Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
12:10-12:30
General discussion

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

Session 2: Iron transport in the Amur River (Chair: Seiya Nagao)
13:30-14:00
Hydrological, geological and geochemical features of the Amur River system
Alexey Makhinov (IWEB/FEBRAS)
14:00-14:30
Monitoring studies on chemical components in the Amur River waters
Elena Ivanova (ROSHYDROMET)
14:30-14:50Biogeochemical behavior of iron in the Lower Amur River and Amur Liman
Seiya Nagao (Kanazawa University)
14:50-15:00
General discussion
15:00-15:30

Coffee break

Session 3: Iron dynamics in the Amur River basin (Chair: Hideaki Shibata)
15:30-15:40
Outline of the research
Hideaki Shibata (Hokkaido University)
15:40-16:00
Iron dynamics in forest ecosystems: effects of topography and vegetation type
Xu Xiaoniu (Anhui University), Hideaki Shibata (HokkaidoUniversity) and Shi Fuchen (Nankai University)
16:00-16:20
Hydrological analysis of dissolved iron transport in a watershed in RussiaVladimir Shamov and Svetlana Levshina (IWEP/FEBRAS)
16:20-16:40
Concentration and species of dissolved iron in waters and its transportation in SanjiangPlain, China
Yan Baixing (NEIGAE/CAS), Munioki Yoh (Tokyo University of Agriculture),
Zhang Bai, Pan Xiaofeng (NEIGAE/CAS)
16:40-17:00
Soil chemical evidence for dissolved Fe transport and the impact of land use change
Chen Xin, Chi Guangyu, Huang Bin (IAE/CAS), M. Kawahigashi (NihonUniversity), Y. Shi (IAE/CAS), Yan Baixing (NEIGAE/CAS), Takeo Onishi(Gifu Univ.) and Muneoki Yoh (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
17:00-17:20
Wetlands as the source of dissolved iron and the impact of land use change
Muneoki Yoh, Guo Yingyu, Baku Ohji (Tokyo University of Agriculture), TakeoOnishi (Gifu University), Kotaro Yamagata (Joetsu Univ. of Education), Wang
Dexuan, Yan Baixing (NEIGAE/CAS), Vladimir Shamov (IWEP/FEBRAS)

17:20-17:40
General discussion
19:00-20:30

Banquet at Kyoto Garden Palace (http://www.hotelgp-kyoto.com/)
605, Tatsumae-cho, Shimochojamachi Agaru, Karasuma Dori,
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto Phone +81-75-411-0111

January 20 (Wednesday)09:00-09:10
How is discharge of the Amur River determined ?
Yoshihiro Tachibana (Mie University)
Session 4: Land-use changes in the Amur River basin (Chair: Shigeko Haruyama)
09:10-09:30
Outline of the research
Shigeko Haruyama (Mie University)
09:30-09:50
Dynamics of forest and agricultural lands in the Amur River Basin according todifferent sources of historical information
Sergey Ganzey (PIG/FEBRAS)
09:50-10:10
Geographical Information System for the Amur River basin
Victor Ermoshin (PIG/FEBRAS)
10:10-10:30
Land cover changes and their dynamics in the middle reaches of Amur riverMizue Murooka (Hokkaido Abashiri Fisheries Experimental Station) andShigeko Haruyama (Mie University)
10:30-10:50
The influences of land-use changes on fluvial environment in the middle reach of Amur
RiverKotaro Yamagata (Joetsu University of Education)
10:50-11:10
General discussion
11:10-11:30

Coffee break

Session 5: Background of the land use changes in the Amur River basin (Chair: HiroakiKakizawa)
11:30-11:50
Outline of the research
Hiroaki Kakizawa (Hokkaido University)

11:50-12:10
Foreign trade relations between Russia, China and Japan as factor of land use/coverchanges in the Amur River basin
Natalya Mishina (PIG/FEBRAS)
12:10-12:30
Temporal-spatial dynamics of human impacts on forests in Heilongjiang and Timbertrade from RFE
Masanobu Yamane (Kanagawa Prefecture)
12:30-12:40
General discussion
12:40-13:40

Lunch break

Session 6: Atmospheric transport of iron to the northern North Pacific (Chair: SumitoMatoba)
13:40-14:10
Outline of the research
Sumito Matoba (ILTS, Hokkaido University) and Yaroslav
Muravyev (IVS/FEBRAS)
14:10-14:30
Analyses of the mountain ice-cores for the reconstruction of atmospheric iron depositionHirotaka Sasaki (ILTS, Hokkaido University)
14:30-14:50
General discussion
14:50-15:10

Coffee break

Session 7: Modeling of the iron transport and ocean ecosystem (Chair: Takeo Onishi)
15:10-15:40
Modeling dissolved iron production and transport in the Amur River basin
Takeo Onishi (Gifu University)
15:40-16:00
Modeling intermediate water and iron in the Sea of Okhotsk and the northern North
Pacific
Fumio Mitsudera (ILTS, Hokkaido University)
16:00-16:20
A lower trophic ecosystem model of Okhotsk Sea including iron effectMichio Kishi (Hokkaido University), Hiroyuki Matsuda (YokohamaNational University), Takeshi Okunishi (FRCGC), Yukiko Ono(Hokkaido University) and Toshihiko Yamashita (Tokyo DietitianAcademy)
16:20-16:40
General discussion

Session 8: Conservation of the giant fish-breeding forest (Chair: Takayuki Shiraiwa)
16:40-17:00
Conservation of the giant fish-breeding forest
Yasunori Hanamatsu (RIHN)
17:00-17:20
General discussion
Session 9: Conclusive discussion of the Amur Okhotsk Project (Chiar: TakayukiShiraiwa)
17:20-18:20 Discussion and conclusion by the all members
Closing of the Amur Okhotsk Project
18:20-18:30
Hideki Narita (Previous leader of the Amur Okhotsk Project)

Important notice:

There will be no official program in the night of January 20. Please enjoy Kyoto city andits culture. Those who attend the post symposium excursion need to finish theirbreakfast by 07:30 and be ready for the excursion in the morning of January 21. Please
do not forget to check out the Kyoto Garden Palace. The bus starts from the hotel at
07:30.
Please contact Tamaki Kawaguchi or Takayuki Shiraiwa for more information.