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	Toshiyuki Hazama

Research Group
Biotic and Human Interaction Research Group

Photograph Explanation
Giving a lecture about paddy fields as fish 'cradles' at an observation meeting (June, 2007).

E-MAIL: hazama@lbm.go.jp

	Career

Graduated from Shimane University's Agricultural Department in agricultural engineering, and from 1983 worked for Shiga Prefectural government as an agricultural engineering technical official. In April 2009 joined the Lake Biwa Museum.

Specialty

1. Agricultural waterways that fish use to travel upstream.
2. Local resident activities of farming villages.

Key Words of Research

Paddy fields, multifaceted functions, paddy fields as fish 'cradles', whirligig beetles, roles of paddy fields.