Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems

1. Outline of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Naoaki Shimada

Part I. Aquatic Ecosystems

2. Normality of Succession of an Intertidal Community After the Great East Japan Earthquake
Ryusuke Kado, Nobuyoshi Nanba

3. Rocky Intertidal Zonation: Impacts and Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Takashi Noda, Aiko Iwasaki, Keiichi Fukaya

4. Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the Rocky Intertidal Community
Aiko Iwasaki, Keiichi Fukaya, Takashi Noda

5. Rocky Intertidal Barnacle Population Dynamics: Impacts and Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Takashi Noda, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Aiko Iwasaki, Keiichi Fukaya

6. Ecological Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Following Succession on the Subtidal Macrobenthic Community in Onagawa Bay, Northeastern Japan, with Special Reference to the Dominant Taxon, Polychaetes
Hirokazu Abe, Genki Kobayashi, Waka Sato-Okoshi

7. Ecological Consequences of the Tsunamis Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Subsequent Disturbance Events in a Shallow Brackish Lagoon in Sendai Bay, Japan
Gen Kanaya, Takao Suzuki, Keiichi Kanou, Tomohiko Kondoh, Waka Sato-Okoshi, Eisuke Kikuchi

8. Impacts of the Tsunami Disaster Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Benthic Communities and Their Recovery in Tidal Flats of Matsukawaura Lagoon, Soma, Japan
Takao Suzuki

9. Colonization of the Restored and Newly Created Tidal Flats by Benthic Animals in the Sanriku Region of Northern Japan
Masatoshi Matsumasa, Kyoko Kinoshita

10. Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Intertidal Macrobenthos in Iwate Prefecture
Kyoko Kinoshita, Masatoshi Matsumasa

11. Ecological Responses of Macrobenthic Communities in Tidal Flats to Disturbances by the Great East Japan Earthquake
Tatsuki Nishita, Wataru Makino, Takao Suzuki, Jotaro Urabe

12. The Effects of Liquefaction, Tsunami, and Land Subsidence on Intertidal Mollusks Following the Great East Japan Earthquake
Kenji Okoshi

13. Ecological Impacts and Recovery of Molluskan Populations After the Tsunami Struck Around Matsushima Bay and Sendai Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Northeastern Japan
Shin’ichi Sato, Tomoki Chiba

14. Genetic Structures of Laguncula pulchella Metapopulations Along the Northeast Coast of Japan After the Tsunamis Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake
Hajime Ohtsuki, Takao Suzuki, Kyoko Kinoshita, Gen Kanaya, Takuto Hirama, Shin’ichi Sato, Kiyotaka Shibata, Kenji Okoshi, Jotaro Urabe

15. Impacts of Fuel Spills Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the Subtidal Soft-Bottom Communities of a Semi-enclosed Bay Located on the Sanriku Coast
Gen Kanaya, Hideaki Maki, Fumihiro Chiba, Kazuki Miura, Shin-ichi Fukuchi, Hisao Sasaki, Osamu Nishimura

Part II. Terrestrial Ecosystems

16. Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on Coastal Vegetation and Landscapes in Northeast Japan: Findings Based on Remotely Sensed Data Analysis
Keitarou Hara, Yi Zhao, Mizuki Tomita, Noritoshi Kamagata, Yunqing Li

17. Susceptibility of Sandy Beach Flora to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Northern Tohoku, Japan
Daisuke Hayasaka, Katsumasa Yamada, Taizo Uchida

18. The Species Composition of Buried Seeds of Seashore Vegetation Disturbed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Northern Tohoku, Japan
Motohiro Kawanishi, Daisuke Hayasaka, Naoaki Shimada

19. Plant Diversity and Considerations for Conservation of It in Infrastructure Reconstruction Planning After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011
Takahide Kurosawa

20. Regeneration of Damaged Coastal Forests Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Tomoki Sakamoto

21. Flora of Freshwater Wetlands in the Tsunami-Affected Zone of the Tohoku Region
Suzuki Mahoro

22. Influences of Large, Infrequent Disturbance Caused by Tsunami on Coastal Forest Communities
Mizuki Tomita, Yoshihiko Hirabuki, Hiroshi Kanno, Keitarou Hara

23. Survey of Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Natural Environment in Tohoku Coastal Regions
Osamu Ichihashi, Daisuke Horii, Yoshio Tsukamoto, Takashi Someya, Hiroaki Terasawa, Shinji Iki, Maki Isoda, Kotaro Goto, Emiko Ariyasu, Takashi Inoue, Shintaro Abe

24. Erratum: Chapter 21 Flora of Freshwater Wetlands in the Tsunami-Affected Zone of the Tohoku Region
Mahoro Suzuki

Keywords: Life Sciences, Ecosystems, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Natural Hazards, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management