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Ecosystem Function Lab (Nomura)
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The lab studies water cycling and the mechanisms of snowmelt in snowy forests and rivers.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the water cycle in snowy forests
Assistant Professor Mutumi Nomura studies how water circulates within forest ecosystems.
Focusing mainly on northern Hokkaido and polar regions, the lab examines the water balance of watersheds and the mechanisms by which precipitation flows out into rivers.
The research centers on the snow accumulation and snowmelt mechanisms characteristic of northern regions.
Key terms
- Forest hydrology
- The field that studies the movement of water from rain and snow falling on a forest as it soaks into the soil, evaporates, and flows out into rivers
- Watershed
- The area of land where rain and snow collect and drain into a single river
- Water balance
- The balance between the amount of water entering an area and the amount leaving it through rivers and evaporation
ResearchResearch themes
Specializing in forest hydrology, the lab works to elucidate the water cycle in forest ecosystems, mainly in watersheds in northern Hokkaido and polar regions.
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- Assistant ProfessorMutumi Nomura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Snow forest in Hakodate Nanae Snowpark” 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Forest water cycling and snowmelt: “Hokkaido University Research Forest - panoramio (1)” kazppi77 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ecosystem Function Lab (Takagi)): “Sunlight - panoramio (4)” Babiesan / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kishida Lab): “Hynobius retardatus” WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ecosystem Function Lab): “Teshio River2” 河川一等兵 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Makoto's Plant & Soil Lab): “Hokkaido University Research Forest - panoramio” kazppi77 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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