The 2nd IFB Seminar

The 2nd IFB Seminar took place in the conference room of the Institute of Freshwater Biology.

Title: Capture river ecosystems in four dimensions

Lecturer: Hiromi Uno

Affiliation: Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Earth Environmental Science/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow CPD

Abstract: For the sake of simplicity, we tend to see things statically, but in reality, natural ecosystems change dynamically, and it is difficult to grasp the true nature of natural ecosystems without considering the time axis. In particular, river ecosystems are very diverse, their physicochemical environment changes dynamically, and the organisms that live there undergo large seasonal migrations. In this seminar, I would like to talk about how the large-scale migrations of aquatic insects, shrimps, fish, and other organisms that I have studied so far affect river communities and biogeochemical cycles, and how the dynamics of water flow in floodplains, which change over large areas in response to fluctuations in river flow, shape biological communities.