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Aquatic Plant Ecology Lab
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The lab studies seaweed beds through the interactions between seaweeds and herbivores.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying marine forest ecology by diving.
The Aquatic Plant Ecology Lab studies seaweed beds, the seaweed communities that form on coastal rocky reefs, from the perspective of the interactions between seaweeds and herbivores.
Marine forests formed by large brown algae such as kelps and Sargassum species are also places where fish and shellfish live and spawn, and where their larvae and juveniles grow.
Centered on field surveys using SCUBA diving, the lab also carries out rearing and culture experiments in the laboratory and genetic analysis.
Working with people in the fishing industry and researchers at food companies, the lab has also carried out research aimed at improving wakame farming techniques and raising the quality of sea urchins.
Key terms
- Marine forest
- A community formed on rocky reefs by large brown algae such as kelps and Sargassum species. Also called a seaweed bed.
- Herbivores
- Animals that eat plants such as seaweeds. In this lab, they include sea urchins and snails.
- SCUBA diving
- A method of diving underwater using equipment such as an air tank. This lab uses it for field surveys.
NewsLab news
Paper by Assistant Professor Kubo et al. published in Oceans
Paper by Associate Professor Tanaka et al. published in PLANTS-BASEL
Paper by Assistant Professor Kubo et al. published in Phycological Research
Paper by Associate Professor Tanaka et al. published in CYTOLOGIA
Paper by Associate Professor Tanaka et al. published in Phycological Research
ResearchResearch themes
Coastal rocky reefs have seaweed beds (marine forests) where kelps and Sargassum species form communities. Based on ecology and fisheries science, this lab studies how seaweeds interact with herbivores such as sea urchins and snails in seaweed beds.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Aquatic Plant Ecology Lab are faculty, master's students, undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorAtsuko Tanaka
- Assistant ProfessorHaruka Kubo
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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: “Dense kep forest with understorey P9041201” Peter Southwood / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Interactions between seaweeds and herbivores in seaweed beds: “Kelp forest at Strawberry Rocks PC013138” Peter Southwood / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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