Ecological impacts of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami on aquatic animals in rice paddies

Mukai, Yasuo; Suzuki, Takehito; Makino, Wataru; Iwabuchi, Tsubasa; So, Mika; Urabe, Jotaro

doi:10.1007/s10201-014-0432-5

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“…A large number of Hydroglyphus japonicus (Sharp) were collected, followed by Micronecta spp., Enochrus japonicus (Sharp), Rhantus sturalis (Macleay), Aquarius paludm paludum (Fabricius), and Hydrochara a nis (Sharp) ( Table 3). These species are categorized as "flight dispersers" as they immigrate rapidly from the noninundated rice fields or wetlands (Mukai et al, 2014). The numbers of H. japonicus and A. paludum paludum in concrete pools were significantly higher than in the ground pools (Fig.…”

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“…According to Sites and Vitheepradit (2010), the ponds inundated by the tsunami caused by the Sumatra Andaman earthquake in 2004 were rapidly colonized by taxa with high salt tolerance. Mukai et al (2014) studied the ecological impacts of the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on aquatic animals in rice paddies in the Tohoku area in 2012. The total number of walk dispersers (frogs) and obligatory aquatic animals without resting stages (Mollusca and fish) were significantly smaller in inundated than in non-inundated rice paddies, but no notable difference was detected between the rice paddies in taxonomic richness and the total number of observations of flight dispersers (insects) and obligatory aquatic animals with resting stages (crustaceans) (Mukai et al, 2014).…”

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“…Mukai et al (2014) studied the ecological impacts of the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on aquatic animals in rice paddies in the Tohoku area in 2012. The total number of walk dispersers (frogs) and obligatory aquatic animals without resting stages (Mollusca and fish) were significantly smaller in inundated than in non-inundated rice paddies, but no notable difference was detected between the rice paddies in taxonomic richness and the total number of observations of flight dispersers (insects) and obligatory aquatic animals with resting stages (crustaceans) (Mukai et al, 2014). However, little research has been devoted to aquatic animals such as mosquito predators in areas destroyed by tsunami (except for Caillouet et al, 2008).…”

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A comparison of predacious aquatic insect fauna and density in ground pools and concrete pools created during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

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Tsuda²

2016

Jap. J. Sanit. Zool.

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The tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 hit the Pacific coast and caused heavy destruction of natural and man-made environments in northeastern Japan. This study focuses on mosquito larvae and their potential aquatic insect predators associated with ground pools and pools that appeared in the concrete foundations of destroyed houses (concrete pool) in inundated areas in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Field samplings were conducted on late July 2013. Culex inatomii, Cx. pipiens group, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, and Cx. orientalis were collected from ground pools and concrete pools. The abundance of Cx. inatomii and Cx. pipiens groups in concrete pools was significantly greater than that in the ground pools. A large number of Hydroglyphus japonicus were collected as potential mosquito predators, followed by Micronecta spp., Enochrus japonicus, Rhantus sturalis, Aquarius paludm paludum and Hydrochara a nis, categorized as "flight dispersers, " which might immigrate rapidly from the non-inundated rice fields or wetlands. Stepwise generalized linear models suggested that larval abundance of Cx. inatomii in the pools studied was affected by the vegetation cover and habitat type (ground pool or concrete pool), but not by water depth, salinity, presence of predators, and bottom type (sand or concrete) of aquatic bodies. Concrete pools and covered with dense vegetation provide breeding habitat for Cx. inatomii along with their potential predators.

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A comparison of predacious aquatic insect fauna and density in ground pools and concrete pools created during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

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2016

Jap. J. Sanit. Zool.

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“…Immediately after the 2011 tsunami, the water quality of the main rivers and their tributaries in Otsuchi Town were deteriorated because of several factors, including sea water and marine slime brought in from the sea and chemicals released from debris and deposits. Such cases occurred along the Japanese coastline across the 2011 tsunami-struck areas 13 , 14 , 41 . In the Gensui River, however, debris and slime were removed by humans 35 , 38 , which may have helped recover the discharge of spring water and the survival of the stickleback.…”

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Impact of the huge 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami on the phenotypes and genotypes of Japanese coastal threespine stickleback populations

Kume

Mori

Kitano

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On March 11, 2011, a large earthquake occurred, causing a tsunami which struck the Pacific coast of northeast Japan. We investigated the ecological and genetic effects of the large tsunami on the threespine stickleback (genus Gasterosteus) populations in Otsuchi Town, which was one of the most severely damaged areas after the tsunami. Our environmental surveys showed that spring water may have contributed to the habitat recovery. Morphological analysis of the stickleback before and after the tsunami showed morphological shifts in the gill raker number, which is a foraging trait. Genetic analyses revealed that the allelic richness of one population was maintained after the tsunami, whereas that of another decreased in 2012 and then started to recover in 2013. Additionally, we found that the large tsunami and ground subsidence created new spring water-fed pools with sticklebacks, suggesting that the tsunami brought sticklebacks into these pools. Genetic analysis of this population showed that this population might be derived from hybridization between freshwater Gasterosteus aculeatus and anadromous G. nipponicus. Overall, our data indicate that tsunamis can influence morphologies and genetic structures of freshwater fishes. Furthermore, spring water may play important roles in the maintenance and creation of fish habitats, faced with environmental disturbance.

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“…We begin with recovery patterns of macroinvertebrate diversity in Japanese paddy fields inundated by the tsunami from the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011 (Mukai et al 2014). The next article by Wezel et al (2014) introduces a-(single pond), b-(between ponds) and c-(regional pond network) biodiversity patterns in nutrient-rich fish ponds in France.…”

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Freshwater biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes: introduction

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Negishi

2014

Limnology

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Ecological impacts of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami on aquatic animals in rice paddies

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

A comparison of predacious aquatic insect fauna and density in ground pools and concrete pools created during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

A comparison of predacious aquatic insect fauna and density in ground pools and concrete pools created during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

Impact of the huge 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami on the phenotypes and genotypes of Japanese coastal threespine stickleback populations

Freshwater biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes: introduction

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