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Senkaku Islands Scientific Survey Report July 1971 University of the Ryukyus
Preface
The purpose of this Report is to announce the results of the "Joint Scientific Survey of the Senkaku Islands" conducted in FY1971 with a research grant from the University of the Ryukyus.
The Ryukyu Fisheries Experimental Station also took part in this Survey, conducting a survey of fishing grounds in coastal waters of the Senkaku Islands. The results of that survey are also reported here.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Course and Outline of the Survey ... Nagahama Katsushige / Yoshida Kazuharu ... 1
Survey Results
Geology of the Senkaku Islands (Preliminary report) ... Nohara Tomohide ... 8
Water quality survey of the Senkaku Islands ... Yoshida Kazuharu / Taira Hatsuo / Tokuyama Akira ... 14
Flora of the Senkaku Islands ... Niiro Yoshima / Tamaki Shoei / Shinjo Kazuharu / Miyagi Koichi ... 37
Terrestrial fauna of the Senkaku Islands ... Ikehara Sadao / Shimojana Matsuei ... 85
Coastal invertebrates of the Senkaku Islands ... Nakasone Yukio / Nagahama Katsushige ... 115
Marine observation and fishing grounds survey in the Senkaku Islands ... Kanehama Yasunobu / Kaneshiro Takemitsu ... 129
Conclusion and Future Issues … 134
Reference Bibliography … 137