2017 - 2021 Exploring the mechanism of resilience of ecosystem around mangrove estuary and seagrass meadows from the recovery processes after typhoon disturbance
2012 - 2017 Elucidation of the key processes of carbon and nitrogen cycles
2011 - 2012 窒素固定性シアノバクテリアの鉄およびリンに対する増殖依存性に関する研究
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Papers (30):
Masafumi Kodama, Toshimitsu Onduka, Iwao Tanita, Mizuki Takahashi, Tetsuya Sanda, Takashi Iwasaki, Hideaki Yamada. Disturbance of epifauna in seagrass-seaweed mixed beds by pesticides discharged into the coastal area: Asymmetric effect on crustaceans and molluscs. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2024. 209. 117123-117123
Iwao Tanita, Tokimasa Kobayashi, Manami Kanno, Ken Okaji, Christain Ramofafia, Toru Komatsu. Genetic structure of a population of “peanutfish” (“dragonfish”) sea cucumbers using mitochondrial COI sequences in Marau, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Plankton and Benthos Research. 2024. 19. 3. 99-107
G Suzuki, S Tashiro, Y Fujikura, I Tanita, Y Suhara, W Fujiie, Y Yonezawa, T Kanyama, A Suto. Settlement success and post-settlement survival of Acropora sp. aff. tenuis spat within a small bay in Japan. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2024. 728. 15-24
Iwao Tanita, Yuji Machiguchi, Takeshi Hayashibara, Shizuka Mamiya, Kae Nema. Occurrence of the collector sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla with over-a-decade longevity under rearing. Plankton and Benthos Research. 2023. 18. 4. 185-189
Toru Komatsu, Iwao Tanita, Sylvester Jr. Diake, Jerome Maesa'a, Kanuto Waiaro, Michael Haruai, Ben Parairua, Tokimasa Kobayashi, Christain Ramofafia. Observations of juvenile Stichopus horrens on the southeast coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin. 2023. 43. 74-75
Tanita, Iwao, Masaki, Kunihiko, Diau, Billy Anthony, Hirohavi, Edward Brown, Komatsu, Toru, Ramofafia, Christain. Observation of confusing ventral colour patterns of juvenile teatfish (Holothuroidea) for species identification in Solomon Islands. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin. 2021. 41. 19-21
Seagrass meadow collapse due to overgrazing green turtles in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
(42th International symposium on Sea turtle conservation and biology 2024)
2010 - 2015 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Aquatic Bioscience (Doctoral course)
2008 - 2010 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Aquatic Bioscience (Master's course)
2006 - 2008 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Aquatic Bioscience
2004 - 2006 The University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences Junior Division, Natural Sciences II
2001 - 2004 Toin Gakuen High School
Professional career (1):
PhD (Agriculture) (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (5):
2023/04 - 現在 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yaeyama Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute Senior Researcher
2019 - 現在 Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation of Japan Short-term dispatch expert
2020/07 - 2023/03 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yaeyama Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute Researcher
2016/04 - 2020/07 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Subtropical Research Center, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute Researcher
2015/04 - 2016/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Project Researcher
Committee career (1):
2020/04 - 2021/03 Fisheries Agency, Japan Investigative commission for NDF (tropical sea cucumbers)
Awards (1):
2016/06 - Societe franco-japonaise d'oceanographie 2016 Paper Award of Societe franco-japonaise d'oceanographie Surface and middle layer enrichment of dissolved copper in the western subarctic North Pacific
Association Membership(s) (4):
Japanese Coral Reef Society
, Japan Society of Fisheries Science
, Societe franco-japonaise d'Oceanographie
, The Oceanographic Society of Japan