Academic Research for Establishment of Sanctuary Aiming Reservation of Environment in Sagami Bay

通过与神奈川县的合作，取得了以下成果：1）对在相模湾采集的生物的学名、采集的个体数、大小进行了调查，并将其保存在乙醇中作为样品。所有这些特征都被可视化为照片，并在本研究项目开发的数据库中注册。2)从相模湾的海洋和深海中调查和收集了重要和有价值的动物物种，并保存了这些物种的基因，并分析了cDNA。3)海鞘、文昌鱼、盲鳗等重要的学术研究物种被用于发育生物学、生殖生物学、生理学、内分泌学和遗传学等领域的研究。4)对相模湾的物质和营养物质的循环进行了调查，并使用配备水下机器人的摄像机对相模湾的表面和底部的地质和生物特征进行了可视化。5)在相模湾对三丁基锡和三苯基锡等船舶涂装产生的有机锡污染物进行了调查，这些有机锡可诱导雌性双壳贝类卵巢中的精子发生。除了这些学术活动之外，还建立了名为“相模湾网络（SBnet）”的民间团体，SBnet的成员为参与该项目的科学家的活动做出了贡献。

Cooperation of this project with Kanagawa Prefecture obtained fruitful research results in:1) creatures collected in the Sagami Bay were investigated in their scientific name, numbers of collected individuals, size of them, and they were reserved as samples in ethanol. All of these features were visualized as photograph and were Registered in the data-base developed in this research project. 2) Important and valuable animal species were surveyed and collected from the sea and deep sea of the Sagami Bay and genes of these species were preserved, and cDNAs were analyzed. 3) Important and valuable species for academic research, for example, ascidians, amphioxus, hagfish etc. were used for the studies in the field of developmental biology, reproductive biology, physiology, endocrinology and genetic science. 4) Circulation of materials and nutrients was investigated in the Sagami Bay, and visualization of geological and biological features of the surface and bottom of Sagami Bay were conducted using Video Camera equipped with aquatic robot. 5) Survay of pollutants namely organic tins derived from painting of vessels for example tributyl-tin and triphenyl-tin which induce spermatogenesis in ovary of female bivalve was conducted in the Sagami Bay. In additon to these academic activity, civilian grope named "Sagami Bay Network (SBnet)" was established, and members of SBnet contribute the activity of scientists included in this project.