YASUHIRO KUWAHARA
fp7y-kwhr@j.asahi-net.or.jp
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.
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