Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Seaweed beds are communities consisting of large benthic plants and distributed widely along Japanese coasts. Species constituting seaweed beds in Japan vary depending on localities because of the influence of cold and warm currents. Seaweed beds are important producers along coastal ecosystems\nin the world, but they have been reduced remarkably in Japan. Not only artificial constructions in seashores but also the Phenomenon called “isoyake” have led to the deterioration of coastal environments. To figure out what is going on in nature, Japanese Government began the nationwide\nsurvey of seaweed beds. Although trials to recover seaweed communities have been also carrying out, they are not always the solution of subjects. We should think of harmonious coexistence between nature and human being so that problems might not happen.
Author: Kazuo Okuda
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W396001324