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KOZU Ayato

Researcher Name
KOZU Ayato
Div (Section) name/title
Regional Environment Conservation Division(Lake and River Section)/Head
Research Subject
Studies of material cycling within lotic and lentic ecosystems and material loading to these ecosystems by the stable isotope analysis of organic and inorganic pools
Degree(s)
Doctorate of science
Professional Qualification(s)
Biology,Agricultural Science,Forestry
Environmental Speciality Field
biogeochemistry,fungal ecology,water environment
Keyword(s)
isotope ecology,foodweb analysis,decomposition processes,Nitrogen cycling,Carbon cycling
Brief Description of Research
Our laboratory has been accumulated temporally and spatially fulfilling data about water quality around Lake Kasumigaura basin. By analyzing natural abundances of stable and radioactive carbon of various kinds of organic pools, I began to study carbon cyclings in Lake Kasumigaura. One of my major interest is to analyze the coupling between the production and decomposition processes within aquatic ecosystems by measuring the C, N, and O isotope ratios of inorganic carbon and nitrate at the same time.
Career
Mar. 2000 Doctorate of science at Kyoto University
Apr. 2000 – Mar. 2001 “Research fellow” at Miraikaitaku project of JSPS
Apr. 2001 – Mar. 2004 “Research fellow for young scientists” of JSPS
Apr. 2004 – Mar. 2008 “Research fellow” at CREST project of JST
Apr. 2008 – “NIES research fellow” at National Institute for Environmental Studies
URL
http://www.nies.go.jp/aquaterra/member/kohzu.html
Research Subject
  • Fiscal Year: 2023
    • 26418 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 26425 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 26435 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 26436 : Research on Advancement of Climate Change Impact Assessment Methodology
    • 26437 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
    • 26453 : Regional Environment Conservation Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 26456 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 26556 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 26633 : Policy-oriented research on conservation and restoration of water environment of Lake Biwa
    • 26634 : Research on water and lake-bottom environment for soundness evaluation of Lake Biwa
    • 26657 : Assessing the function of benthic animals for water and sediment quality and estimating the risks caused by their decline
    • 26658 : Long-term monitoring for the regional freshwater quality
    • 26736 : Intellectual research infrastructure development:Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 26752 : Intellectual research infrastructure development: Joint research on climate change adaptation with local climate change adaptation centers
  • Fiscal Year: 2022
    • 25982 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 25989 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 26001 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 26002 : Research on Advancement of Climate Change Impact Assessment Methodology
    • 26003 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
    • 26010 : Regional Environment Conservation Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 26014 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 26208 : Policy-oriented research on conservation and restoration of water environment of Lake Biwa
    • 26225 : Research on water and lake-bottom environment for soundness evaluation of Lake Biwa
    • 26226 : Long-term monitoring for the regional freshwater quality
    • 26257 : Water level operation for ecosystem regime management of lakes
    • 26293 : Intellectual research infrastructure development:Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 26294 : Intellectual research infrastructure development: Joint research on climate change adaptation with local climate change adaptation centers
    • 26305 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
    • 26341 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
  • Fiscal Year: 2021
    • 25515 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 25522 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 25535 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 25536 : Research on Advancement of Climate Change Impact Assessment Methodology
    • 25537 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
    • 25644 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 25674 : Intellectual research infrastructure development:Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 25697 : Intellectual research infrastructure development: Joint research on climate change adaptation with local climate change adaptation centers
    • 25713 : Regional Environment Conservation Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 25774 : Water level operation for ecosystem regime management of lakes
    • 25811 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 25828 : Long-term monitoring for the regional freshwater quality
    • 25842 : Policy-oriented research on conservation and restoration of water environment of Lake Biwa
    • 25844 : Research on water and lake-bottom environment for soundness evaluation of Lake Biwa
    • 25910 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
  • Fiscal Year: 2020
    • 25098 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 25099 : Research Program on Health and Environmental Safety
    • 25121 : Long-term Monitoring Projects of Freshwater Ecosystems
    • 25127 : Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA)
    • 25140 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
    • 25147 : Project to Develop Water Quality Improvement and Assessment Methods for Aquatic Environment Conservation
    • 25327 : Studies on Advancing the Methods for Climate Change Impacts Assessment
    • 25390 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
    • 25391 : Effects of climate change and urbanization on river water temperature and quality
    • 25448 : Study on water quality and lake-bottom environment for protection of the soundness of water environment
  • Fiscal Year: 2019
    • 24695 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 24696 : Research Program on Health and Environmental Safety
    • 24720 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
    • 24727 : Project to Develop Water Quality Improvement and Assessment Methods for Aquatic Environment Conservation
    • 24753 : Long-term Monitoring Projects of Freshwater Ecosystems
    • 24757 : Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA)
    • 24794 : Study on water quality and lake-bottom environment for protection of the soundness of water environment
    • 24841 : Multi-dimensional evaluation of ecosystem services of wetlands and establishment of Japanese wetland database
    • 24975 : Studies on Advancing the Methods for Climate Change Impacts Assessment
    • 25053 : Studies about the appropriate method for monitoring and evaluation of the dissolved oxygen concentration in the lake bottom water that were recently introduced to the Japanese Environmental Quality Standards for Water Pollution
  • Fiscal Year: 2018
    • 24303 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 24310 : Project to develop water quality improvement and assessment methods for aquatic environment conservation
    • 24323 : Long-term monitoring projects of freshwater ecosystems
    • 24340 : Climate Change Strategy Collaboration Office
    • 24354 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 24355 : Research program on health and environmental safety
    • 24394 : Development of adaptation technology for sewage under rainy weather and its evaluation on water environment
    • 24528 : Study on water quality and lake-bottom environment for protection of the soundness of water environment
    • 24584 : Studies about the appropriate method for monitoring and evaluation of the dissolved oxygen concentration in the lake bottom water that were recently introduced to the Japanese Environmental Quality Standards for Water Pollution
  • Fiscal Year: 2017
    • 23818 : Project to develop water quality improvement and assessment methods for aquatic environment conservation
    • 23825 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 23845 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 23847 : Research program on health and environmental safety
    • 23861 : Climate Change Strategy Collaboration Office
    • 23885 : Long-term monitoring projects of freshwater ecosystems
    • 23910 : Studies about the appropriate method for monitoring and evaluation of the dissolved oxygen concentration in the lake bottom water that were recently introduced to the Japanese Environmental Quality Standards for Water Pollution
    • 24148 : Mangrove plants and nitrogen fixers
    • 24176 : Study on water quality and lake-bottom environment for protection of the soundness of water environment
    • 24216 : Development of adaptation technology for sewage under rainy weather and its evaluation on water environment
  • Fiscal Year: 2016
    • 23408 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 23413 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 23414 : Research program on health and environmental safety
    • 23421 : Project to develop water quality improvement and assessment methods for aquatic environment conservation
    • 23478 : Long-term monitoring projects of freshwater ecosystems
    • 23704 : Mangrove plants and nitrogen fixers
    • 23736 : Novel lake ecosystem management by sustainable harvesting and effective utilization of aquatic weed biomass
  • Fiscal Year: 2015
    • 23010 : Assessment of functions and integrity of basin ecosystems
    • 23011 : Evaluation on linkage between ecosystem function and environmental factor in river basin
    • 23034 : Monitoring projects and database management of biodiversity and ecosystem
    • 23313 : Study on linkages between molecular size, chemical composition and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments
    • 23314 : Study on quantitative evaluation of a black-box-type autochthonous loading in lake environments−Benthic fluxes from sediments to the water column
    • 23334 : Novel lake ecosystem management by sustainable harvesting and effective utilization of aquatic weed biomass
    • 23335 : Analysis of sediment remediation mechanism by microbial fuel cell in lacustrine environment
  • Fiscal Year: 2014
    • 22598 : Assessment of functions and integrity of basin ecosystems
    • 22599 : Evaluation on linkage between ecosystem function and environmental factor in river basin
    • 22622 : Monitoring projects and database management of biodiversity and ecosystem
    • 22751 : Study on linkages between molecular size, chemical composition and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments
    • 22754 : Study on quantitative evaluation of a black-box-type autochthonous loading in lake environments−Benthic fluxes from sediments to the water column
    • 22794 : Freshwater environmental analysis by using 13C and 14C natural abundances in dissolved inorganic carbon
    • 22798 : Flux estimation from sediment in nutrients and global warming gas by MRI and stable isotope analysis
    • 22812 : Analysis and Prediction of Radioactive Substances Behavior in Multimedia Environment
    • 22968 : Novel lake ecosystem management by sustainable harvesting and effective utilization of aquatic weed biomass
  • Fiscal Year: 2013
    • 22182 : Assessment of functions and integrity of basin ecosystems
    • 22183 : Evaluation on linkage between ecosystem function and environmental factor in river basin
    • 22206 : Monitoring projects and database management of biodiversity and ecosystem
    • 22209 : Study on dynamics of radioactive materials in multimedia environment
    • 22275 : Study on linkages between molecular size, chemical composition and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments
    • 22293 : Study on quantitative evaluation of a black-box-type autochthonous loading in lake environments−Benthic fluxes from sediments to the water column
    • 22472 : Flux estimation from sediment in nutrients and global warming gas by MRI and stable isotope analysis
    • 22473 : Freshwater environmental analysis by using 13C and 14C natural abundances in dissolved inorganic carbon
  • Fiscal Year: 2012
    • 21753 : Assessment of functions and integrity of basin ecosystems
    • 21754 : Evaluation on linkage between ecosystem function and environmental factor in river basin
    • 21777 : Monitoring projects and database management of biodiversity and ecosystem
    • 21827 : Flux estimation from sediment in nutrients and global warming gas by MRI and stable isotope analysis
    • 22040 : Evaluation and prediction of nitrogen load from nitrogen saturated forest area
    • 22119 : Freshwater environmental analysis by using 13C and 14C natural abundances in dissolved inorganic carbon
  • Fiscal Year: 2011
    • 21278 : Cycling of organic matter and its interactivity with microbial ecosystem in lake
    • 21279 : Origin, characteristics and mass balance of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in lake
    • 21312 : Evaluation on linkage between ecosystem function and environmental factor in river basin
    • 21335 : Monitoring projects and database management of biodiversity and ecosystem
    • 21513 : Development of a technique for calculating algal-derived organic carbon level in lake
    • 21678 : Studies of carbon cycling within river watershed by the analysis of 13C natural abundance of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in lotic environments
    • 21689 : The analysis of nitrogen loading and discharge within watershed by nitrogen and oxygen isotope measurement of nitrate, dissolved or suspended organic matter
  • Fiscal Year: 2010
    • 20872 : Cycling of organic matter and its interactivity with microbial ecosystem in lake
    • 20873 : Origin, characteristics and mass balance of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in lake
    • 21258 : Evaluation and prediction of nitrogen load from nitrogen saturated forest area and development of its reduction scenario
  • Fiscal Year: 2009
    • 20454 : N discharge and transformation processes within river ecosystems by using nitrogen and oxgen isotope analysis of nitrate
    • 20455 : Identification of N loading and discharge processes within river ecosystems by using N and O isotope analysis of nitrate
    • 20472 : Studies on origin and dynamics of recalcitrant organic matter in oligotrophic Lake Towada
    • 20473 : Cycling of organic matter and its interactivity with microbial ecosystem in lake
    • 20474 : Origin, characteristics and mass balance of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in lake
  • Fiscal Year: 2008
    • 20059 : Cycling of organic matter and its interactivity with microbial ecosystem in lake
    • 20343 : Studies on origin and dynamics of recalcitrant organic matter in oligotrophic Lake Towada
    • 20372 : N discharge and transformation processes within river ecosystems by using nitrogen and oxgen isotope analysis of nitrate
    • 20373 : Identification of N loading and discharge processes within river ecosystems by using N and O isotope analysis of nitrate
Research Result (Publication)
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  • Original Paper
  • Book
  • Other Publications
  • Mangroves of Japan
    Presenter : Inoue T., Kohzu A., Akaji Y., Miura S., Baba S.
    Title : , A book on Mangroves: Biodiversity, livelihoods and conservation (2022)
  • Inflow/Outflow of Radiocesium in a Dam Lake and Its Accumulation in Sediments
    Presenter : Tsuji H., Kohzu A., Sato T., Hayashi S.
    Title : , Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Freshwater Environments (2021)
  • Application of stable isotope analysis to fungal ecology
    Presenter : Kohzu A.
    Title : , Earth, Life, and Isotopes (2010)
Research Result (Presentation)
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  • Research Presentation
  • Research Lecture