Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems Lessons from th
This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and extremely large disturbance event, on various coastal ecosystems in Japan’s Tohoku area, including sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, sa
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Jotaro Urabe Tohru Nakashizuka Editors
Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Ecological Research Monographs Series editor Yoh Iwasa
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Jotaro Urabe • Tohru Nakashizuka Editors
Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Editors Jotaro Urabe Graduate School of Life Sciences Tohoku University Sendai, Japan
Tohru Nakashizuka Graduate School of Life Sciences Tohoku University Sendai, Japan
ISSN 2191-0707 ISSN 2191-0715 (electronic) Ecological Research Monographs ISBN 978-4-431-56446-1 ISBN 978-4-431-56448-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-56448-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016955041 © Springer Japan 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Left: Matsukawa-ura Lagoon in Fukushima Prefecture (photo by Takao Suzuki); right: a coastal pine forest in Iwate Prefecture (photo by Tohru Nakashizuka), damaged and destroyed, respectively, by the tsunamis caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Japan KK The registered company address is: Chiyoda First Bldg. East, 3-8-1 Nishi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0065, Japan
Preface
Disturbance is a key concept in understanding various ecological issues such as biodiversity, community assemblages, ecosystem stability and resilience, and nature conservation. Earthquakes and resulting tsunamis are extreme examples of such disturbance. Because these events can result in rare but intensive disturbance of large areas, monitoring and examination of organismal response to these events at species, population, community and landscape levels provide invaluable opportunity to uncover the ecological significance of large-scale disturbances. In our society, earthquake and tsunami disasters have th
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