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Field

Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences :
Eco-Socio Dynamics

Research

Visiting Professor TAYASU Ichiro
Campus Humanity and Nature campus
Laboratory Ecosystem Functions
Tel +81-75-707-2380
E-mail ichiro.tayasu.e3@tohoku.ac.jp
Website https://researchmap.jp/ichirotayasu
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Ichiro Tayasu is studying isotope ecology on watersheds (both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems). I am currently studying the earth systems from a point of environmental isotope study.
Career
Professor, RIHN Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2016)
Professor, Center for Research Promotion, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2014)
Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan(2003)
Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2002)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Abroad) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France (2000)
Postdoctoral Research fellow (PD) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan (1997)
Graduated Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Doctor Course (1997), Ph. D. (Science)
Selected Publications
(Recent 5 years)
Nitzsche, K.N., Wakaki, S., Yamashita, K., Shin, K.-C., Kato Y., Kamauchi, H. and Tayasu, I. (2022) Calcium and strontium stable isotopes reveal similar behaviors of essential Ca and non-essential Sr in stream food webs. Ecosphere 13: e3921.
 
Kato, Y., Togashi, H., Kurita, Y., Osada, Y., Amano, Y., Yoshimizu, C., Kamauchi, H. and Tayasu, I. (2021) Segmental isotope analysis of the vertebral centrum reveals the spatiotemporal population structure of adult Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in Sendai Bay, Japan. Marine Biology 168:57
 
Matsubayashi, J., Osada, Y., Tadokoro, K., Abe, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Shirai, K., Honda, K., Yoshikawa, C., Ogawa, N.O., Ohkouchi, N., Ishikawa, N.F., Nagata, T., Miyamoto, H., Nishio, S. and Tayasu, I. (2020) Tracking long-distance migration of marine fishes using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids. Ecology Letters 23: 881-890
 
Naoe, S., Tayasu, I., Sakai, Y., Masaki, T., Kobayashi, K., Nakajima, A., Sato. Y., Yamazaki, K., Kiyokawa, H. and Koike, S. (2019) Downhill seed dispersal by temperate mammals: a potential threat to plant escape from global warming. Scientific Reports 9: 14932.
 
Kato, Y., Kondoh, M., Ishikawa, N.F., Togashi, H., Kohmatsu, Y., Yoshimura, M., Yoshimizu, C., Haraguchi, T.F., Osada, Y., Ohte, N., Tokuchi, N., Okuda, N., Miki, T. and Tayasu, I. (2018) Using food network unfolding to evaluate food-web complexity in terms of biodiversity: theory and applications. Ecology Letters 21: 1065–1074.
Activities in Academic Societies
Ecological Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Limnology, The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology, Japan Geoscience Union, Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography

Recent Activities

I am currently studying ecology and environmental science using “multi-isoscapes”.

Message to Students

Isotope signature contained in living organisms is a useful proxy to bridge between organisms and the environment.
I use the method in various research fields covering terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The approach can be used in the study of food webs, material cycling, animal movement, etc.