Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research -

Assessment of the impact of microplastics in the coral reef environment on coral disease

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2024.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,250,000 (YEN)  Total: 750,000 (YEN)

Assessment of the impact of microplastics in the coral reef environment on coral disease

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2024.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,250,000 (YEN)  Total: 750,000 (YEN)

Assessment of the impact of microplastics in the coral reef environment on coral disease

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2024.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,250,000 (YEN)  Total: 750,000 (YEN)

Assessment of the impact of microplastics in the coral reef environment on coral disease

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2024.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,250,000 (YEN)  Total: 750,000 (YEN)

Assessment of the impact of microplastics in the coral reef environment on coral disease

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2024.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,250,000 (YEN)  Total: 750,000 (YEN)

Assessing the impact of coral reef microplastics on coral disease incidence

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

Project Year: 2023.04  -  2026.03 

Direct: 6,000,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 7,800,000 (YEN)  Total: 1,800,000 (YEN)

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Investigator(s): SAKAI Kazuhiko 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

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In this study, we comprehensively examined whether reef-building corals vulnerable to high temperatures, which are strongly affected by the progression of global warming, can improve their high-temperature tolerance through field surveys, aquarium experiments, and genetic analyses. The results showed that (1) high-temperature tolerance was improved in one year of naturally growing corals, (2) the gene composition related to methylation differed in the same coral species depending on the temperature environment of the reef where they grew, (3) bleaching caused by abnormally high water temperatures in low latitude islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago reduced the abundance ratio of corals in the genus Acropora, (4) temperature and zooxanthellae alter methylation of coral-zooxanthella holobiont, and (5) microorganisms coexisting with corals might affect the high-temperature tolerance of corals.

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Investigator(s): SAKAI Kazuhiko 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

　View Summary

In this study, we comprehensively examined whether reef-building corals vulnerable to high temperatures, which are strongly affected by the progression of global warming, can improve their high-temperature tolerance through field surveys, aquarium experiments, and genetic analyses. The results showed that (1) high-temperature tolerance was improved in one year of naturally growing corals, (2) the gene composition related to methylation differed in the same coral species depending on the temperature environment of the reef where they grew, (3) bleaching caused by abnormally high water temperatures in low latitude islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago reduced the abundance ratio of corals in the genus Acropora, (4) temperature and zooxanthellae alter methylation of coral-zooxanthella holobiont, and (5) microorganisms coexisting with corals might affect the high-temperature tolerance of corals.

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Investigator(s): SAKAI Kazuhiko 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

　View Summary

In this study, we comprehensively examined whether reef-building corals vulnerable to high temperatures, which are strongly affected by the progression of global warming, can improve their high-temperature tolerance through field surveys, aquarium experiments, and genetic analyses. The results showed that (1) high-temperature tolerance was improved in one year of naturally growing corals, (2) the gene composition related to methylation differed in the same coral species depending on the temperature environment of the reef where they grew, (3) bleaching caused by abnormally high water temperatures in low latitude islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago reduced the abundance ratio of corals in the genus Acropora, (4) temperature and zooxanthellae alter methylation of coral-zooxanthella holobiont, and (5) microorganisms coexisting with corals might affect the high-temperature tolerance of corals.

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Investigator(s): SAKAI Kazuhiko 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

　View Summary

In this study, we comprehensively examined whether reef-building corals vulnerable to high temperatures, which are strongly affected by the progression of global warming, can improve their high-temperature tolerance through field surveys, aquarium experiments, and genetic analyses. The results showed that (1) high-temperature tolerance was improved in one year of naturally growing corals, (2) the gene composition related to methylation differed in the same coral species depending on the temperature environment of the reef where they grew, (3) bleaching caused by abnormally high water temperatures in low latitude islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago reduced the abundance ratio of corals in the genus Acropora, (4) temperature and zooxanthellae alter methylation of coral-zooxanthella holobiont, and (5) microorganisms coexisting with corals might affect the high-temperature tolerance of corals.

Comprehensive studies on improvement of heat tolerance in reef corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

Investigator(s): SAKAI Kazuhiko 

Direct: 34,800,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 45,240,000 (YEN)  Total: 10,440,000 (YEN)

　View Summary

In this study, we comprehensively examined whether reef-building corals vulnerable to high temperatures, which are strongly affected by the progression of global warming, can improve their high-temperature tolerance through field surveys, aquarium experiments, and genetic analyses. The results showed that (1) high-temperature tolerance was improved in one year of naturally growing corals, (2) the gene composition related to methylation differed in the same coral species depending on the temperature environment of the reef where they grew, (3) bleaching caused by abnormally high water temperatures in low latitude islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago reduced the abundance ratio of corals in the genus Acropora, (4) temperature and zooxanthellae alter methylation of coral-zooxanthella holobiont, and (5) microorganisms coexisting with corals might affect the high-temperature tolerance of corals.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Project Year: 2018.04  -  2022.03 

Total: 4,420,000 (YEN)

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Project Year: 2018.04  -  2021.03 

Direct: 3,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,420,000 (YEN)  Total: 1,020,000 (YEN)

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Project Year: 2018.04  -  2021.03 

Direct: 3,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,420,000 (YEN)  Total: 1,020,000 (YEN)

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Project Year: 2018.04  -  2021.03 

Direct: 3,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,420,000 (YEN)  Total: 1,020,000 (YEN)

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Project Year: 2018.04  -  2021.03 

Direct: 3,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,420,000 (YEN)  Total: 1,020,000 (YEN)