Introduction

This personal website is designed to be an introduction of the current researches by Akinori Takasuka. My interests have been directed to the mechanims of fish population dynamics. The current main topics are biological mechanisms of multi-species regime shifts, growth-based survival mechanisms during early life stages, and spawning biology and ecology of small pelagic fish species. Special emphasis has been on biological and ecological perspectives.

Brief personal history

I have had an interest in fish since early childhood. During grade-school years, I would often go in a river to catch catfish. Also, foreign freshwater fishes were collected in an aquarium: I was an enthusiastic aquarist. Finally, I decided to be a fisheries oceanographer, when I proceeded to a junior year in the University. In March 2003, my PhD thesis was finished. This seems somewhat funny for myself, as my childhood dream was to be a fish-doctor (sensu a person of broad knowledge). Always, I hope to be a researcher of "hot heart & cool mind" and aspire to be "a specialist with the property of a generalist".

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Latest update: July 1, 2010 (Index, Publications)

2010 July 1–2, 2010 SUPRFISH workshop May 25–June 8, 2010 Research cruise April 25–29, 2010 International symposium in Sendai April 15, 2010 Got back in Japan after a long-term sabbatical at SWFSC, NOAA, in La Jolla February 24–26, 2010 SPACC II planning meeting January 16, 2010 Robert et al. (2010) "GPS mackerel" published in FS

2009 November 29 Drinkwater et al. (2010) "GLOBEC processes" published in JMS November 27 Barange et al. (2009) "Habitat synthesis" published in PO November 25 Achievement Award for Progress in Agricultural Science in Japan 2009 August 14 Oozeki et al. (2009) "Saury larvae patch" published in FO August Takasuka (2009) "JSFS Award review" published in NSG July 24 Yasue & Takasuka (2009) "Growth in the Kii Channel" published in JFB June 22–26 3rd GLOBEC OSM (workshop of anchovy and sardine alternation) in Victoria March 30 Achievement Award for Young Scientist in Fisheries Science 2008 March 27–31 JSFS Spring Meeting 2009

2008 August 29 Takasuka et al. (2008) "Spawning overlap" published in MEPS August 4–7 The 32nd Annual Larval Fish Conference in Kiel May 22 Takasuka et al. (2008) "Multi-species regime shifts" published in MEPS May 11 Takasuka et al. (2008) "Contrasting spawning temperature optima" published in PO April 16 Moving from Japan to La Jolla to start a long-term sabbatical at SWFSC, NOAA, in La Jolla March 31 Takasuka et al. (2008) "Growth effect" published in FS March 26 The 10th Best Paper Award of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography March 18 Tanaka et al. (2008) "Trophic ecology" published in MB

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