Yakushima Research Programe 2012

Presenter: Yuji Sunaoshi

Published: January 2013

Age: 14-19 and upwards

Views: 5471 views

Tags: Yakushima, turtle

Type: Highschool presentations

Source/institution: Yokohama Science Frontier High School

This research was carried out at the Yakushima island, in Kagoshima, Japan, in July 2012.We looked at Yakushima’s (wild) plants and sea turtles to compare with Yokohama’s (city). We did two researches there, Line transect and Vegetation. In the Line transect research in two beaches, we researched the trail of laying egg the shore’s sands, and the shore’s plants. About 200 turtles come to lay eggs there. In the vegetation research, we learned a lot about native plants.