Nadaoka Lab. - Miyako Island (2005 6/9 - 7/20)
We conducted a field survey to collect COTS larvae in the Yabiji shoal that lies north of Miyako Island. We also investigated the physical environment in and around artificial nursery reef for Trochus (where cultivation of small shellfish exists).
(The main content) ・To discover the early life ecology of COTS larvae in the field. ・To understand the physical environment around Miyako Island. ・To examine the physical factors that effectively affects the settlement and growth of coral larvae in artificial nursery reef for Trochus