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Research Staff

	Masayuki Kuwahara

Research Group
Biotic and Human Interaction Research Group
Photograph Explanation
Photographing a charr caught in the Yasu River. I am the person in the middle. (Photograph taken in August, 2003.)

E-MAIL: kuwahara@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated from Ehime University's Science Department with a degree in zoology and from Mie University with a masters degree in marine products. Since 1984 I have been working for the Lake Biwa Museum.

Specialty

1. The Biwa salmon and the 'amago' subspecies of cherry salmon which inhabit the Lake Biwa watershed.
2. Geographical distribution and reproduction of charr that live in the Lake Biwa watershed.
3. Mating behaviour of gobies.

Key Words of Research

Salmon, reproduction, classification, distribution, DNA analysis.

Professional Society Membership

The Ichthyological Society of Japan, the Ecological Society of Japan, the Japan Ethological Society.