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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.2025
publications Fukuoka et al. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications Fukuoka & Fukuda. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications Sakai et al. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications Saito et al. 2025
01.Apr.2025
publications Abe et al. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications Goto et al. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications Uematsu et al. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications 吉田 & 宮脇. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications 吉田ら. 2024
01.Apr.2025
publications 馬渕ら. 2025



New publications

Takuya Fukuoka,
Kaoruko Mizukawa, Satomi Kondo, Chiyo Kitayama, Shohei Kobayashi, Gen Watanabe, Hideshige Takada. Detection of benzotriazole-type ultraviolet stabilizers in sea turtle breeding in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
Marine Pollution Bulletin 206: 116753 (2024).

Takuya Fukuoka,
Kaito Fukuda. The first record of the appearance of green turtles in the winter in a summer to autumn habitat in northeast Japan.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 104: e111 (2024).

Kino Sakai,
Daisuke Fukui, Hiroshi Shirouzu, Yurie Watanabe, Daiki Inamori, Noriko Funasaka, Kagari Aoki, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto. The variability of muscle–blubber interface temperature with activity level in a captive Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Animal Biotelemetry 12(1), 1-12 (2024).

Ayaka Saito,
Kino Sakai, Megumi Kawai, Lyu Lyu, Kazunari Kameda, Hiromi Kudo, Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto. Development of a non-invasive heart rate measurement method for sea turtles with dense keratinous scutes through effective electrode placement.
Frontiers in Physiology 15: 1511443 (2025).

Takaaki K. Abe,
Takashi Kitagawa, Yuki Iino, Motohiro Ito, Katsufumi Sato. Ecological features of upriver migration in Kitakami River chum salmon and their connection to aerobic thermal performance.
Conservation Physiology 12: (2024).

Yusuke Goto,
Henri Weimerskirch, Keiich Fukaya, Ken Yoda, Masaru Naruoka, Katsufumi Sato. Albatrosses employ orientation and routing strategies similar to yacht racers.
PNAS 121: e2312851121 (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: 12–14 (2024).

吉田誠,
宮脇勇吾． 外来魚チャネルキャットフィッシュによる希少なサナエトンボ科ヤゴの捕食．
伊豆沼・内沼研究報告 18:39–51 (2024).

吉田誠,
山本大輔、鶴田博嗣． 愛知県矢作川における外来魚チャネルキャットフィッシュ生息の再確認．
伊豆沼・内沼研究報告 18:71–85 (2024).

馬渕浩司,
西田一也、吉田誠. 琵琶湖岸の自然ヨシ帯におけるフナ・コイ・タモロコ属産着卵の分布.
Ichthy, Natural History of Fishes of Japan 53: 1–10 (2025).




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