YASUHIRO KUWAHARA

TITLE:

Researcher, Hokkaido Abashiri Fisheries Experimental Station, 31, Masuura, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-31, Japan.

EDUCATION:

B.S., Zoology, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan, 1984.

M.S., Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan, 1986.

Left school without taking a degree, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, 1988.

POSITIONS:

Researcher, Hokkaido Wakkanai Fisheries Experimental Station, 4-5-4, Horai, Wakkanai, Hokkaido 097, Japan, 1988-1995.

Researcher, Hokkaido Abashiri Fisheries Experimental Station, 31, Masuura, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-31, Japan, 1995-present.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS:

Zoological Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, The Malacological Society of Japan, The Biogeographical Society of Japan, Society of Systematic Biologists.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Numerous collecting trips throughout northern Japan, especially the northern island of Hokkaido; formal field research at Mt. Apoi, Hokkaido, 1994-present; overseas collecting in the Philippines, 1991-present; International Kuril Island Project, central Kuril Islands, July-September 1995.

PUBLICATIONS:

Since 1988, 11 scientific publications on the taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of mollusks and the cultivation of sea cucumbers.

Five Most Relevant Publications:

• Matsukuma, A., S. Goshima, and Y. KUWAHARA. 1988. Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Megangulus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the northern Pacific. Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 21:113-122.

• Katakura, H., Y. KUWAHARA, and T. Udagawa. 1990. Geographical variations of shell morphology in the land snail Ainohelix editha: A review of factual evidence. J. Fac. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Zool., 25 (2-4):118-129.

• KUWAHARA, Y., and H. Katakura. 1992. The land mollusks of Hokkaido, Part 1. Hokkaido no Shizen to Seibutsu, 6:34-41.

• Katakura, H., Y. KUWAHARA, and T. Udagawa. 1993. Geographical variation of the land snail Ainohelix editha. Hokkaido no Shizen to Seibutsu, 7:20-27.

• KUWAHARA, Y., and H. Katakura. 1993. The land mollusks of Hokkaido, Part 2. Hokkaido no Shizen to Seibutsu, 8:19-27.