Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Data Management
Institutional Management
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Pollution
Activities
Comparative morphology (anatomy) of aquatic mammals, especially of shoulder musculature and nerves. Biology of beaked whales around Japan, with special reference to Mesoplodon stejnegeri of the Sea of Japan. Balaenopterid jaw and ventral pouch structure. Constructing marine mammal stranding network in Japan. Comparative vertebrate morphology.
Skills
Marine vertebrate morphology, systematics
Comparative anatomy
Stranding marine mammal survey
Pathological investigation
Marine pollutants and pathology
Comment(s)
Main interest is classical description of marine mammal anatomy, which is far behind human anatomy.
