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Environmental Technology Research Network
in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Water
Category(2) : Modeling


  1. Project Name
  2. Duration
  3. Research Catagory 1
  4. Research Catagory 2
  5. Research Field
  6. Researchers
  7. Affiliation 1
  8. Affiliation 2
  9. Address
  10. Country
  11. Phone
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  13. Project Summary
  14. Publications
  15. International Joint Study with

Monash University (MU), Australia

  • Research, monitoring and improvements at Lake Guthridge, Sale
  • 1996-1997
  • water
  • measurement, monitoring
  • biology, ecology, chemistry
  • Wendy WRIGHT, Robert LYALL
  • School of Applied Science
  • Monash University (MU)
  • Switchback Rd, Churchill, 3842
  • Australia
  • 161-3-99026854
  • 161-3-99026738
  • The aim of this study is to establish some baseline information about the chemistry and the ecology of Lake Guthridge, an artificial lake which acts as the area for storm-water collection in Sale, Victoria, Australia. This information will be as a comparison with future studies, and will provide background information on which to base management recommendations.
  • 1)Wright, W. and Vincent, J. F. V. Herbivory and the Mechanics of Fracture in Plants, Biol. Rev. 71, pp40- 413, 1996
    2) Wright, W. and Illius, A. A Comparative Study of the Fracture Properties of Five Grasses, Functional Ecology 9, pp269-278, 1995
    3) Wright, W. Measurement and Significance of Fracture Properties of Grasses, J. Exp. Bot. Suppl. 43 (250) p38, 1992

    National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology(NIBH), Japan

    1. Methods for characterizing microbial ecosystems of oil biodegradation in sea water
    2. 1993-1997
    3. water, ocean
    4. monitoring
    5. biology
    6. Takanori HIGASHIHARA, Akihiko MARUYAMA, Yasuhiro KAWANO
    7. Applied microbiology department
    8. NIBH, AIST, MITI
    9. 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    10. Japan
    11. 81-298-61-6022
    12. 81-298-61-6005
    13. The research aims to develop techniques for monitoring vehavior of oil-degrading microorganisms under some oil-contained model environments, characterizing marine microbial community in oil-polluted environments and evaluating the effectiveness of various insitu biological oil-cleanup methods from the microbial ecological viewpoint.

    National Institute for Resources and Environment(NIRE), Japan

    1. Japanese Study on the Behavior of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols
    2. 1990-1999
    3. global change, air, water, ocean
    4. counter measures, reaction mechanism, measurement, monitoring, modeling
    5. chemistry, geophysics
    6. Takashi IBUSUKI, Koji TAKEUCHI, Shuzo KUTSUNA, Kazuhide KOIKE, Hitomi KOBARA
    7. Photoenergy Application Div., Global Warming Control Dept.
    8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
    9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    10. Japan
    11. 81-298-61-8168
    12. 81-298-61-8158
    13. This project aims at conducting research and observation on long-term trend of greenhouse materials and on the material circulation and quantitative analysis of natural balance in order to estimate and predict influence of anthropogenic and natural greenhouse gases.
    1. Elucidation of Material Cycle in Coasl Environment and Development of Monitoring Techniques 2 1994-1998
    3. water, ocean, hazardous substances, sediments
    4. measurement, fate, monitoring, reaction mechanism
    5. chemistry
    6. Akira MIYAZAKI, Kenji BANSHO, Mamoru TOMINAGA, Hiroaki TAO, Akira@KIMURA, Takashi IMAGAWA, Nobuyoshi YAMASHITA
    7. Water Analysis Lab, Hydrospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
    8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
    9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    10. Japan
    11. 81-298-61-8338
    12. 81-298-61-8308
    13. The objectives of this project are to use artificial chemical substances, rare earth metals, heavy metals and lead isotopes as tracers to investigate the material cycle in the coastal environments and to develop analytical techniques and monitoring technique. Based on three-dimensional analysis of the tracers, the transition in the flow of substances into the marine environments in recent years and behavior in the environment will be elucidated.
    14. 1)Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Ultra-trace level measurement of non-orhto planar PCBs in sea water using in situ filtrate/adsorption water sampler, Journal of NIRE, 4, 4, 315(1995)
    15. Kiel Univ.,Germany
    1. The Origin and Accumulation of Hazardous Substances in East-Asia Seas
    2. 1995-1997
    3. Wide Marine Pollution, Organotin, Organohalogen Compounds, Mussel, ocean
    4. analysis, measurement, fate, monitoring, reaction mechanism
    5. chemistry, oceanography, toxicology
    6. Mamoru TOMINAGA, Takashi IMAGAWA
    7. Water Analysis Lab, Hydrospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
    8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
    9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    10. Japan
    11. 81-298-61-8338
    12. 81-298-61-8308
    13. The goal of the research project is to clarify the occurrence and behavior of hazardous substances in East-Asia seas by measuring organotin and organohalogen compounds in seawater, sediments and mussels. The main purpose of this year is to develop analytical and sampling methods for these compounds.
    14. C.RQuetel, H.Tao, M.Tominaga, A.Miyazaki, Anal. Chem.,(submitted)

    National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya(NIRIN), Japan

    1. Study on acid rain in east Asia
    2. 1996-2000
    3. Air, Water
    4. Monitoring
    5. Chemistry
    6. Kazuhiko TANAKA, Kazutoku OHTA, Masamichi FURUKAWA, Tooru SHIMIZU
    7. Analytical Chemistry Lab. Department of Chemistry
    8. NIRIN, AIST, MITI
    9. 1-1,Hirate-cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 462
    10. Japan
    11. 81-52-911-2111
    12. 81-52-916-2802
    13. The purpose of this joint reearch is to establish an automatic monitoring system for measuring the global environmental pollutants such as acid rain components in east-Asia region. The main research activities to be performed at the NIRIN, University of Tasmania(Australia), Texas Texh University(USA), Chungbuk National University(Korea) are the development of acid rain monitoring network system consisting of the ion chromatograph for monitoring the acid rain components including sulfate, nitrate, chloride, bicarbonate(alkalinity), sodium, ammonium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium ions in rain and environmental waters and the meteorological analyzer with a satellite.
    14. 1)K.Tanaka et al.,Ion-exclusion chromatography with conductimetric detection of aliphatic carboxylic acids on an H{-form cation-exchange resin by elution with polyols and sugars,J.Chromatogr.A,706,385-393,1995.
      2)K.Tanaka, P.R.Haddad, Acid rain monitoring by ion- exclusion/cation-exchange chromatography, Trends in Anal. Chem.,in press.
      3)K.Ohta et al.,Non-suppressed ion chromatography of inorganic anions, magnesium and calcium ions using apyromellitate eluent and its application in evaluating environmental water quality, J.Chromatogr.A,in print.
    15. University of Tasmania(Australia), Texas Tech University(USA), Chungbuk National University(Korea)

    Osaka National Research Institute(ONRI), Japan

    1. Acid Rain Monitoring System
    2. 1996-2000
    3. air, water
    4. measurement, monitoring
    5. chemistry
    6. Kunishige HIGASHI, Shin-ichi WAKIDA, Masataka YAMANE, Sahori TAKEDA, Jun SHIROMA, Naohide TAIRA
    7. Environmental Chemistry Section, Department of Energy and the Environment
    8. ONRI, AIST, MITI
    9. 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563
    10. Japan
    11. 81-727-51-9659
    12. 81-727-51-9629
    13. The quick development in industry and economics in East Asia brings large amount of emission of air pollutants, for examples, sulfur and nitrogen dioxides, into the atmosphere, especially from coal burning power plants. Therefore, acid rain is very important environmental problem in East Asia region. In order to clarify and evaluate the effect of acid rain on the acidification of natural and urban environment, the multilateral cooperative research on development of an advanced acid rain monitoring system is carried. This cooperative research includes following contents; (1) study on development of sensors for measuring the primary components of acid rain, (2) fundamental study on development of automatic monitoring system for measuring the acid rain components, and (3) study on development of the prediction model for environmental influence of acid deposition,are carried out among universities and institutions in APEC members. ONRI is mainly engaged in the research on sensors.
    14. 1)S.Wakida et al, A Preliminary Application of Highly Sensitive Nitrate ISFETs to Acid-Rain Monitoring, Sensors and Actuators, B 24-25,222-224, 1995.
    15. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics