Oceanography Challenges to Future Earth

Evolution and progress accomplished during previous French-Japanese symposiums of Oceanography.- Challenge to resolve problems in the ocean and coastal waters in future Earth with stronger cooperation between the two Societies.- Slower decrease in radioactive concentrations in some fish species after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.- Relationship between patterns of fish behavior and concentration of radioactive materials after the nuclear accident caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.- Estimate of Water Quality Change in Osaka Bay Caused by the Suspension of Marine Sediment with Mega Tsunami.- Litter in the Mediterranean Sea.- The European eel (Anguilla Anguilla) in France: An example of close cooperation among researchers and fishers to study and manage an endangered species.- Trophic cascade in seaweed beds in Sanriku Coast hit by the huge tsunami on 11 March 2011: Sea urchin fisheries as a Satoumi activity serving for increase in marine productivity andbiodiversity.- The English Channel: becoming like the seas around Japan.- Recent research results and future project in the Antarctic Ocean by Umitaka-Maru research groupfor physical oceanography.- Response of near-inertial internal waves to various typhoon-tracks around the Tango Peninsula, Japan.- A high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume model for currents around narrow straits of Matsushima Bay.- Observation of near-bottom current on the continental shelf off sanriku.- Control of pressure-driven microdroplet formation and optimum encapsulation in microfluidic system.- Development of a de-oiling system for seabed sediments.- Development of an optical detection system of fuel oil on seabed sediments.- Retinomotor and stress responses of Marbled Sole Pleuronectes yokohamae under the LEDs.

"This volume ... includes a series of specialized studies that, given the methodology and results, will be of interest to researchers who deal with similar issues in other parts of the world. ... Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals." (J. T. Andrews, Choice, Vol. 57 (2), October 2019)

“This volume … includes a series of specialized studies that, given the methodology and results, will be of interest to researchers who deal with similar issues in other parts of the world. … Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals.” (J. T. Andrews, Choice, Vol. 57 (2), October 2019)