Japanese Marine Life

Our very many congratulations to Professor Jason Hall-Spencer and Professor Kazuo Inaba on the publication of their book on Japanese Marine Life published on 6 May 2020. This publication is just one of several outcomes which have arisen from Professor Hall-Spencer’s first research visit to Japan which the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation supported with a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant in 2015.

Hall-Spencer’s academic engagement with Japan began when scientists from Shimoda Marine Station at the University of Tsukuba found volcanic vent systems off Shikine Island which release millions of litres of CO2 per day. This provided a hugely exciting opportunityfor Japanese and European scientists to work closely together since techniques for studying the effects of underwater carbon dioxide gradients have recently been refined in the Mediterranean.

In June 2015, Jason Hall-Spencer from Plymouth University and Marco Milazzo from Palermo University joined University of Tsukuba scientists for a fortnight to survey marine life and set up experiments at the CO2 seeps.

More information can be found here.

In 2016, Hall-Spencer gave a talk at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation on ocean acidification and underwater volcanoes in Japan. Information and a sound file of the talk can be found here.

Below is information on Japanese Marine Life:

Japanese Marine Life