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	Kayoko Kameda

Research Group
Biotic and Human Interaction Research Group
Degree
Ph. D. (Science)
Photograph Explanation
Investigating below a cormorant colony. The cormorants droppings, the thick vegetation and the heat make it hard work.

E-MAIL: kameda@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated from the University of Tsukuba with a degree in biology and with a master degree in environmental science. I then completed a doctorate degree in zoology at Kyoto University. I have worked for the Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, and as a part-time lecturer for the Faculty of Engineering of Doshisha University and Shiga Womens Junior College. Since 1996 I have been working for the Lake Biwa Museum. I have also been a part-time lecturer at Shiga University and University of Shiga Prefecture.

Specialty

1. The influences of cormorants in transporting nutrients from water to land.
2. The influences of cormorant breeding activities on the beetle communities of forests.
3. The ecology of birds and the understanding of their influences on the ecosystem.

Key Words of Research

Birds, allochthonous input, ecosystem engineering, land-water interface, community ecology, landscape ecology.

Professional Society Membership

The Ornithological Society of Japan (Councilor and Planning Commissioner), the Ecological Society of Japan, the Japan Association for Landscape Ecology, the Ecology and Civil Engineering Society, the Waterbird Society, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Wilson Ornithological Society.

Readily Accessible Research Contributions

Kameda, K., Koba, K., Hobara, S., Osono, T. and Terai, M. 2006. Pattern of natural 15N abundance in lakeside forest ecosystem affected by cormorant-derived nitrogen. In Developments in Hydrobiology 189 "Limnology and Aquatic Birds" (A. R. Hanson & J. J. Kerekes eds.) pp. 69-86.

Kameda, K. Ishida, A. and Narusue, M. 2003. The population increase of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae in Japan: conflicts with fisheries and trees and future perspectives. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 27-33.

Ishida, A. Narusue, M. and Kameda, K. 2003. Management of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae colonies in Japan. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 331-337.