Elucidation of calcareous algal species diversity and distribution patterns of the Indo-Pacific: evaluation of the environmental effects

由于太平洋和印度洋是该研究项目的主要目标区域，因此在日本海岸（神奈川、千叶、冲绳、石垣岛西表岛竹富岛，鹿儿岛、种子岛）、印度尼西亚、新加坡和缅甸。目前正在分析收集到的藻类样本和环境数据。根据目前的资料，在日本发现的种类似乎仅限于日本，这与分布在印度洋和印度洋-太平洋过渡带的种类不同。一篇描述缅甸和日本的两个褐藻属新种的研究论文已提交给国际期刊《Phycologia》，目前正在审查中。

As the Pacific and Indian Oceans are the main target areas of the research project, extensive algal sample collections and field surveys for seawater quality were carried out at the coasts of Japan (Kanagawa, Chiba, Okinawa I., Ishigaki I., Iriomote I., Taketomi I., Kagoshima, Tanegashima), Indonesia, Singapore, and Myanmar. The collected algal samples and environmental data are now under analysis. According to the current data, species found in Japan are appeared to be confined only to Japan, which are different from the species distributed in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific transition zone.A research paper describing two new species of brown algal genus Dictyota from Myanmar and Japan has been submitted to the international journal "Phycologia" and it is now under review.