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Bio-logging Science, the University of Tokyo

UTBLS began in 2007 as a project of University of Tokyo to assess and explain unknown ecology of life in the oceans. The members of UTBLS have visited islands, offshore waters and coastal areas to attach data-loggers to more than 50 species including cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea turtles, sea birds and fishes in the world. Data-loggers can provide animal’s world we had never seen before.


We welcome collaboration with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and scientists. Please contact us if you are interested in Bio-logging Science.

Recent updates

01.Apr.2024
publications Saito et al. 2024
01.Apr.2024
publications Uematsu et al. 2024
01.Apr.2024
publications Yoshida & Mabuchi. 2023
01.Apr.2024
publications Uesaka et al. 2023
01.Apr.2024
publications Sakao et al. 2023



New publications

Ayaka Saito,
Chihiro Kinoshita, Kino Sakai, Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto. Heart rate reduction during voluntary deep diving in free-ranging loggerhead sea turtles.
Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb246334 (2024).

Daiki Uematsu,
Takuto Kishimoto, Kazuki Harada, Shinichi Watanabe, Katsufumi Sato, Hidetoshi Takahashi. Nest box for monitoring the mass and heart rate changes of a growing seabird chick.
IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines 144: 1–12 (2024).

Makoto A. Yoshida,
Mabuchi Kohji. Using a drifting GPS-Argos satellite buoy as a method for detecting acoustic-tagged fish offshore in an ancient lake.
Animal Biotelemetry 11:30 (2023).

Leo Uesaka,
Yusuke Goto, Masaru Naruoka, Henri Weimerskirch, Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto. Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle.
eLife 12:RP87016 (2023).

Miho Sakao,
Tomoko Hamabata, Katsufumi Sato, Shinichi Watanabe, Ken Yoda, Kozue Shiomi. Absence of genetic structure among Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas breeding in Japan, despite limited dispersal events.
Ornithological Science 22: 111-121 (2023).



Contact

Office:
Principal investigator: Prof. Katsufumi Sato, katsu[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems,
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute,
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, 277-8564, Japan
Tel:
+81-4-7136-6220