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Ecology Lab
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A lab that explores animal behavior and the evolution of ancient life through fieldwork.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the mysteries of nature through fieldwork
The Ecology Lab uses field surveys to clarify animal behavior and ecosystems.
Centered on field research, the lab teaches and conducts research on biodiversity, animal behavior, and the evolution of life in the Archean.
One line of research uses biologging, which records behavior with devices attached to animals, to study how wild animals live.
Another line of research uses microfossils from the Archean as clues to the ecosystems of the early Earth and their evolution.
Key terms
- Biologging
- A method of recording animal behavior using devices attached to animals. It is used to study how wild animals live
- Archean
- The period from 3.8 billion to 2.5 billion years ago. This lab studies the ecosystems of this period and their evolution
- Microfossil
- A very small fossil. This lab uses those contained in Archean sedimentary rocks as clues
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The lab takes on the study of animal behavior and ecosystems, with field surveys at its core. Each faculty member works on topics such as tracking wild animals through biologging, Archean ecosystems, the life history of seabirds and ocean pollution, and the laws governing animal movement.
*Illustrative imageFollowing wild animals with biologging
By recording behavior with devices attached to animals, the lab is uncovering one after another how wild animals live, which had been unknown until now. It is a method that slightly strengthens ethology, which is based on observation, with high technology.
*Illustrative imageExploring the "why" of animal behavior
To understand why birds that fly hundreds of kilometers over the sea behave as they do, the lab uses individual-level information such as heart rate, hormones, and DNA, together with environmental information such as ocean conditions, wind, and magnetic fields. It sometimes uses mathematical models and simulations, and sometimes builds new devices.
*Illustrative imageArchean ecosystems and microfossils
Using microfossils from the Archean (3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago) and the sedimentary rocks that contain them as clues, the lab studies the ecosystems of the early Earth and their evolution. Its fieldwork sites are the Pilbara Craton in Australia and the Barberton Mountain Land in South Africa.
*Illustrative imageEcology of river environments
Focusing on present-day rivers, the lab studies the effects of dams on river water quality and ecosystems, as well as biofilms on riverbed gravel. The main field site is the Kushida River in central Mie Prefecture, where the lab clarifies the sources and behavior of heavy metals contained in water released from dams.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorKenichiro Sugitani
- ProfessorKen Yoda
- ProfessorAkiko Shoji
- Associate ProfessorYusuke Goto
- Project Assistant ProfessorSota Inoe
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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: “National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) - Gulf Ecology Division (GED) (412-NHE-GED Photos-sed.jpg) - DPLA - 211162f35f4896a38f094cec477bf6cd” Environmental Protection Agency. Office of the Administrator. Office of Communications, Education, and Media Relations. ( ) / Public domain (cropped)
- Following wild animals with biologging: “GPS logger” Maksym Skorubski (Mock5) / Public domain (cropped)
- Exploring the "why" of animal behavior: “Starr- -Scaevola taccada-sunrise view dunes and Laysan Albatross flying over ocean-Clipper House Sand Island-Midway Atoll ( )” Forest and Kim Starr / CC BY 3.0 us (cropped)
- Archean ecosystems and microfossils: “Stromatolite (Dresser Formation, Paleoarchean, 3.48 Ga; Normay Mine, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia) )” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Ecology of river environments: “Kushida River(Taki-cho)” Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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