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Research Staff

	Takane Isoda

Research Group
Biotic and Human Interaction Research Group

Degree
Masters (Aquatic Resources)

E-MAIL: takane@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated from Kyoto University's Agriculture Department, and then completed a master degree in applied biology also at Kyoto University. I enrolled on a doctorate course, but left mid-term and became a Aquatic Resource Technical Officer at the Shiga Prefecture Fisheries Experimental Station. Since 2008 I have been working at the Lake Biwa Museum.

Specialty

1. Fisheries' stock enhancement.
2. The ecology of young nigoro-buna fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis).
3. Genetic variability.

Key Words of Research

Lake Biwa fishing industry, nigoro-buna fish, pisciculture.

Professional Society Membership

The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.