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Transportation of Marine-Derived Nutrients (MDN) onto Land by Anadromous Fish: A Survey with Reference to Pacific Salmon in the Russian Far East

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Land, ocean, and atmosphere are connected with each other through many pathways and/or material cycles. Rivers are the major corridor of nutrients transport, upstream and downstream, between them. While there have been many important studies in North America which demonstrate that anadromous fish, especially Pacific salmon (Oncorhyncus spp.), play a significant role in transporting marine-derived nutrients (MDN) onto terrestrial ecosystems, there have been few such salmon studies for the Russian rivers such as the Amur and the Anadyr Rivers. The purpose of this paper is to fill the gap of research between North America and Russia. Using data on escapement of adult Pacific salmon to spawning areas in the Russian Far East, the paper shows preliminary estimates as of how much marine-derived nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are annually uploaded onto terrestrial ecosystems from the Northern Pacific. Through the concept of uo-tsuki-rin (fish breeding forest), terrestrial forests are known to nourish the ocean with iron and other life-support materials. Through a survey of past MDN studies, this paper points out the importance of life-support matters’ transport in the opposite direction, i.e., from ocean to land.

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Acknowledgement

The author is very thankful to Dr. Takayuki Shiraiwa of RIHN who gave him an opportunity to present an earlier version of this paper at the RIHN International Conference. This study partly benefited from the special research grant of 2010 for the promotion of the advancement of education and research in graduate schools provided by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Great appreciation is also due to an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments toward its improvement.

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    Takeshi Murota

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  2. Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku 457-4, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan

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Murota, T. (2012). Transportation of Marine-Derived Nutrients (MDN) onto Land by Anadromous Fish: A Survey with Reference to Pacific Salmon in the Russian Far East. In: Taniguchi, M., Shiraiwa, T. (eds) The Dilemma of Boundaries. Global Environmental Studies. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54035-9_10

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