Biodiversity of Coastal Benthic Organisms in Japan and Korea

该项目的日本和韩国成员在首尔国立大学举行会议，讨论了在日本和韩国合作调查沿海底栖生物多样性的问题。日本成员收集了韩国发表的关于沿海底栖生物的论文，并了解了韩国发表的关于沿海底栖生物的研究和研究现状，日本成员于12月访问了韩国海岸东北部，观察了海岸的现状，并收集了一些底栖生物样本。其中一名成员（E.菊池）还于12月访问了韩国西海岸，主要观察了底栖动物。另一名成员（M.Notoya）访问了韩国东南部地区，对海岸进行了观察，并收集了海藻样本，目前正在考虑有关日本潮间带底栖植物和动物的各种报告，对日本和韩国沿海底栖生物进行比较研究。

The Japanese and Korean members of the project met at Seoul National University and discussed cooperative investigations on the biodiversity of coastal benthic organisms in Japan and Korea. The Japanese members collected papers published for coastal benthic organisms in Korea and learned about published studies and present status of studies on coastal benthic organisms in Korea.The Japanese members visited northeastern parts of the Korean coast in December, observed the present conditions of the coast and collected several samples of benthic organisms. One of the members (E.Kikuchi) also visited western coast of Korea and observed mainly benthic animals in December. Another one of the members (M.Notoya) visited southeastern parts of the Korea and made observations of the coast and collection of seaweed samples.Comparative studies are going on between the Japanese and Korean coastal benthic organisms in consideration of various reports on Japanese intertidal benthic plants and animals.