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This book presents recent results of collaborative studies in geophysics and ecology, focusing on the relationship between the physical environment and the distribution of the marine coastal ecosystems. The study area, the Sakiyamawan-Amitoriwan nature conservation area in Iriomote Island of Japan, is the only oceanic nature conservation area in the country. The area has no access roads, and the bay perimeter is uninhabited; therefore, it preserves the natural environment with very little human impact. In addition, it has various environmental gradients such as topography and inflows from rivers with mangrove forests which affect the distribution of marine coastal ecosystems such as those containing reef-building corals, sea grasses, and hermit crabs. For these reasons, the area is one of the best places for the study of the relationship between the physical environment and the distribution of the marine coastal ecosystems, a relationship that is important for their conservation but has not been investigated fully. This book is aimed at students and researchers in the fields of oceanography and marine coastal ecology as well as general readers who are interested in coral reefs, diving, and nature conservation.

Geophysical Approach to Marine Coastal Ecology: The Case of Iriomote Island, Japan

PART I: Basic information

Chapter 1: Iriomote Island, Japan

Chapter 2: Observational method 

Chapter 3: Numerical simulation method 

PART II: Observation and estimation of physical environments

Chapter 4: Dynamical properties of coastal currents in the northwestern part of Iriomote Island Part 1 - Sakiyama and Amitori bays - 

Chapter 5: Dynamical properties of coastal currents in the northwestern part of Iriomote Island Part 2 - Funauki and Shirahama bays - 

Chapter 6: Sediment monitoring in Sakiyama and Amitori bays 

Chapter 7: Transport properties of soil particles in Sakiyama and Amitori bays 

Chapter 8: Underwater three dimensional measurements 

PART III: Relationship between distributions of marine coastal ecosystem and physical environments

Chapter 9: Coral distributions and physical environments in Amitori Bay 

Chapter 10: Coral distributions and physical environments in Sakiyama Bay 

Chapter 11: Estimation technique for horizontal distribution of coral 

Chapter 12: Distribution of Enhalus acoroides according to waves and currents 

PART IV: Relationship between dispersals of seeds, fructification, spawns, and larvae of marine costal life and physical environments

Chapter 13: Numerical analysis of initial dynamic state of bundle of Acroporidae spawning in Amitori Bay 

Chapter 14: Numerical analysis of dispersals of Enhalus acoroides seeds and fruits in the northwest sea area of Iriomote Island 

Chapter 15: Coral recruitment on a local scale in Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, estimated by filed surveys and numerical analyses 

Chapter 16: Numerical analysis of dynamic state of Coenobita brevimanus's larvae in Amitori Bay