Akira HARAGUCHI
| Title | Professor |  |
| Degree | PhD | |
| Department | Department of Life and Environment Engineering | |
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| Education | Received Bachelor of Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in March 1983 Received Master of Engineering from Graduate School, Kyoto University in March 1985 Received Master of Science from Graduate School, Kyoto University in March 1987 Received Doctor of Science, Kyoto University in September 1992 |
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| Employment History | Fellowship of the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science for Japanese Junior Scientists in April 1993 Appointed Instructor of Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University in December 1994 Appointed Lecturer of Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University in March 1996 Appointed Assistant Professor of Faculty of Science, Niigata University in September 1998 Researcher of Brandenburg Technological University, Cottbus in June 2000 Appointed Assistant Professor of Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu in April 2001 Appointed Professor of Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu in January 2004 |
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| Teaching Activities | Current course Ecology Biology Laboratory work for environmental analysis Laboratory work for biology and environmental engineering Ecosystem management Advanced ecosystem management |
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| Research Interest | 1. Evaluation of the soil - plants interaction in the terrestrial and wetland ecosystems and the rehabilitation of the damaged ecosystems 2. Eco-pysiological study on aquatic plants and their function on environmental protection 3. Chemical process of limnological ecosystems with special reference to redox reaction and decomposition of organic materials |
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| Publications | Peer reviewed original paper only 1) Hiroshi Hada, Ryotaro Hanawa, Akira Haraguchi and Yoshiro Yonezawa (1985) Preparation of the J aggregate of cyanine dyes by means of the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 89 (No.4 February): 560-562. 2) An examination of the conditions to prepare monolayer assemblies incorporating cyanine dyes without long alkyl chaines. Japanese Journal of Photography, 51 (No.5 October): 364-374. (in Japanese with English summary) 3) Akira Haraguchi, Yoshiro Yonezawa and Ryotaro Hanawa (1990) Spectral sensitization of SnO2 thin film electrode by the J-aggregate of cyanine dyes in monolayers. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 52 (No.2 August): 307-313. 4) Akira Haraguchi and Kiyoshi Matsui (1990) Nutrient dynamics in a floating mat and pond system with special reference to its vegetation. Ecological Research, 5 (No.1 April): 63-79. 5) Akira Haraguchi (1991) Effect of flooding-drawdown cycle on vegetation in a system of floating peat mat and pond. Ecological Research, 6 (No.3 December): 247-263. 6) Akira Haraguchi (1991) Effects of water-table oscillation on redox property of peat in a floating mat. Journal of Ecology, 79 (No.4 December): 1113-1121. 7) Akira Haraguchi (1992) Seasonal change in redox property of peat and its relation to vegetation in a system of floating mat and pond. Ecological Research, 7 (No.3 December): 205-212. 8) Akira Haraguchi (1993) Phenotypic and phenological plasticity of an aquatic macrophyte Menyanthes trifoliata L. Journal of Plant Research, 106 (No.1081 March): 31-35. 9) Akira Haraguchi (1995) Seasonal changes in oxygen consumption rate and redox property of floating peat in a pond in Central Japan. Wetlands, 15 (No.3 September): 242-246. 10) Akira Haraguchi (1996) Effect of pH on photosynthesis of five Sphagnum species in mires in Ochiishi, Northern Japan. Wetlands, 16 (No.1 March): 10-14. 11) Akira Haraguchi (1996) Rhizome growth of Menyanthes trifoliata L. in a population on a floating peat mat in Mizorogaike Pond, central Japan. Aquatic Botany, 53 (No.3-4 April): 163-173. 12) Hideo Tomizawa, Masae Oikawa, Fumihiko Nishio and Akira Haraguchi (1997) Chemical modification of rain water by Alnus japonica wetland forest in Kiritapp Mire, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Forest Research, 3 (No.3): 189-192. 13) Kanta Kuramochi, Akira Haraguchi, Osamu Nagata, and Ryusuke Hatano. (1999) Effects of microtopography on fruit production of strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis Duch. var. ananassa Bailey. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 69(No.1 February): 17-25. 14) Akira Haraguchi (1999) Seed production of Menyanthes trifoliata inside and outside a Phragmites australis canopy. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University,69(No.1 February): 27-30. 15) Akira Haraguchi, Maki Shibasaki, Masato Noda, Hideo Tomizawa, and Fumihiko Nishio. (1999) Climatic factors influencing the tree-ring growth of Alnus japonica in Kiritapp Mire, northern Japan. Wetlands, 19(No.1 March): 100-105 16) Akira Haraguchi, Shigeru Uemura and Kazuo Yabe (2000). Effects of nutrient loadings from dairy farms on Asajino mire, a small coastal ombrotrophic mire in northernmost Japan. Ecological Research, 15 (No.1 March) 107-112. 17) Akira Haraguchi, Sawahiko Shimada and Hideniri Takahashi (2000) Distribution of Peat and its Chemical Properties around Lahei in the Catchment of the Mangkutup River, Central Kalimantan. TROPICS, 10 (No.2): 265-272. 18) Sawahiko Shimada, Hidenori Takahashi, Akira Haraguchi & Masami Kaneko (2001) The carbon content characteristics of tropical peats in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: estimating their spatial variability in density. Biogeochemistry, 53 (No.3): 249-267. 19) Akira Haraguchi, Hisaya Kojima, Chiaki Hasegawa, Yukari Takahashi and Tsutomu Iyobe (2002) Decomposition of organic matter in peat soil in a minerotrophic mire. European Journal of Soil Biology. 38 (No.1) 89-94 20) Akira Haraguchi and Kazuo Yabe (2002) Vertical and horizontal distribution of redox potential of soil in wetland forests in Lahei, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. TROPICS 11 (No. 2) 91-100 21) Akira Haraguchi, Tomoko Hasegawa, Tsutomu Iyobe and Hiroki Nishijima(2003) The pH dependence of photosynthesis and elongation of Sphagnum squarrosum and S. girgensohnii in the Picea glehnii mire forest in Cape Ochiishi, north-eastern Japan. Aquatic Ecology 37 (No. 1) 101-104 22) Akira Haraguchi, Tsutomu Iyobe, Hiroki Nishijima and Hideo Tomizawa (2003) Acid and sea salt distribution in coastal peat mires with Picea glehnii forest in Ochiishi, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. WETLANDS 23 (No. 2 June) 229-235 23) Hiroki Nishijima, Tsutomu Iyobe, Fumihiko Nishio, Hideo Tomizawa, Makoto Nakata and Akira Haraguchi (2003) Site selectivity of Picea glehnii forest on the Syunkunitai sand dune, north-eastern Japan. WETLANDS 23 (No. 2, June) 406-415. 24) Tsutomu Iyobe, Akira Haraguchi, Hiroki Nishijima, Hideo Tomizawa, and Fumihiko Nishio (2003) Effect of fog on sea salt deposition on peat soil in boreal Picea glehnii forests in Ochiishi, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Ecological Research 18 (No. 5, September) 587-597. 25) Akira Haraguchi, Chiaki Hasegawa, Akiko Hirayama and Hisaya Kojima (2003) Decomposition activity of peat soils in geogenous mires in Sasakami, central Japan. European Journal of Soil Biology 39 (No. 4 October-December) 191-196. 26) Tautomu Iyobe, Akira Haraguchi, Fumihiko Nishio and Shunichi Kobayashi (2003) Relationship between Stream Water Chemistry and Soil Freezing in Peat Mires in Ochiishi, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Seppyo 65 365-376. (in Japanese with English summary) 27) Shiro Tsuyuzaki, Akira Haraguchi & Fusayuki Kanda (2004) Effect of scale-dependent factors on herbaceous vegetation patterns in a wetland, northern Japan, with reference to water depth. Ecological Research 19 (No. 3) 349-355. 28) Akira Haraguchi (2004) Seasonal changes in redox properties of peat, nutrition and phenology of Menyanthes trifoliata L. in a floating peat mat in Mizorogaike pond, central Japan. Aquatic Ecology 38: 351-357 29) Keisuke Michiki, Akira Haraguchi, Takashi Kadono, Tomonori Kawano, Kohji Nakazawa, Syouhei Nishihama, Takuya Suzuki, Kazuya Uezu, Yuko Yahata and Kazuharu Yoshizuka (2005) Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Water Chemical Environments of the Ongagawa River, northern Kyushu Island, Japan. Environmental Science 18 (No. 4) 339-348. 30) Akira Haraguchi, Midori Akioka and Sawahiko Shimada (2005) Does pyrite oxidation contribute to the acidification of tropical peat? ― a case study in a peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 71 (No.1):101-108 31) Tsutomu Iyobe and Akira Haraguchi (2005) Seasonal frost peat and outflowing stream-water chemistry in ombrogenous mires in Ochiishi, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan. WETLANDS 25 (No.2) 449-461. 32) Taro Asada and Akira Haraguchi (2006) A new locality of Sphagnum cuspidatum subsp. subrecurvum var. flaccidifolium (A.Johnson) A.Eddy in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Bryology Research 9(3):87-88 (in Japanese with English summary) 33) Akira Haraguchi, Midori Akioka, Sawahiko Shimada and Tsutomu Iyobe (2006) Factors acidifying peat in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. TROPICS 15(3):397-401 34) Akira Haraguchi, Suwido H. Limin, and Untung Darung (2007) Water chemistry of Sebangau River and Kahayan River in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. TROPICS 16(2):123-130 35) Akira Haraguchi (2007) Effect of sulfuric acid discharge on the river water chemistry in peat swamp forests in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Limnology Vol.8 175-182. 36) Akira Haraguchi (2007) The photosynthesis of Sphagnum. ITE Letters on Batteries, New Technologies & Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 4 75-82 37) Akira Haraguchi, Yulintine Liwat, Linda Wulandari, Imar Ardianor, Yurenfrie, Tris Liana, Tri Septiani, Sepmiarna Welsiana (2008) Water utilization by local inhabitants responding to seasonal changes in water quality of river water in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. TROPICS 17(1) 87-95. 38) Syouhei Nishihama, Akira Haraguchi, Tomonori Kawano, Keisuke Michiki, Kohji Nakazawa, Takuya Suzuki, Kazuya Uezu, Kazuharu Yoshizuka (2008) Seasonal Changes in the Microbial Population of the Water Column and Sediments of the Ongagawa River, Northern Kyushu, Japan. Limnology 9(1) 35-45. 39) Tsutomu Iyobe and Akira Haraguchi (2008) Ion flux from precipitation to peat soil in spruce forest-Sphagnum bog communities in Ochiishi district, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Limnology 9: 89-99. 40) Norjan Yusof, Akira Haraguchi, Yoshihito Shirai, Mohd Ali Hassan, Minato Wakisaka (2008) Characteristics of leachate from selected MSW landfills and relationships with river water chemistry. Icfai Journal of Environmental Science 2: 42-49. 41) Aiko Nishimura, Shiro Tsuyuzaki and Akira Haraguchi (2009) A chronosequence approach detecting revegetation patterns after Sphagnum-peat mining, northern Japan. Ecological Research DOI10.1007/s11284-008-0499-8 24 (2) 37-246 42) Shiro Tsuyuzaki and Akira Haraguchi (2009) Maintenance of an abrupt boundary between needle-leaved and broad-leaved forests in a wetland near coast. Journal of Forestry Research 20(2): 91-98. 43) Yusof, N., Haraguchi, A, Hassan, M.A, Othman, M.R, Wakisaka, M., Shirai, Y. (2009) Measureing organic carbon, nutrients and heavy metals in rivers receiving leachate from controlled and uncontrolled municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Waste Management 29:2666-2680 44) Akira Haraguchi, Masayuki Yokozawa, Motomu Toda and Toshihiko Hara (2009) Effects of soil nutrients on competition and morphological plasticity in an Impatiens balsamina population. Icfai Journal of Environmental Science 3: 7-23 45) Akira Haraguchi, Bo Li, Sawako Matsuki, Osamu Nagata, Masayuki Yokozawa, Jun-Ichiro Suzuki and Toshihiko Hara (2009) Variation and plasticity of photosynthesis and respiration in regional populations of fat-hen Chenopodium album. Plant Species Biology 24:3 189-201. 46) Akira Haraguchi (2010) Photosynthetic Response of Sphagnum Plants to Environments and Its Ecological Meaning Photosynthesis Research 20(1) 22-27. (in Japanese with English summary) 47) Akira Haraguchi, Chiharu Ikeda, Enen Ryu and Tsutomu Iyobe (2010) Decomposition Rate of Organic Materials in the River Sediments and Its Relation to Vegetation, Sediment Respiration and Microbiomass in Sediments. In: River Sediments. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY pp. 171-183. ISBN: 978-1-60741-437-7 48) Tsutomu Iyobe and Akira Haraguchi (2010) Stem flow chemistry of Picea glehnii, Abies sachalinensis and Alnus japonica and its effect on the peat pore water chemistry in an ombrogenous mire in Ochiishi, eastern Hokkaido, Japan Journal of Forestry Research 21(2):119-128 49) Akira Haraguchi (2010) Evaluation of Non-point Sulfate Contamination in River Basins. In: River Ecosystems: Dynamics, Management and Conservation. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY (in press) |
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| Other activities | Membership : The British Ecological Society Society of Wetland Scientists International Peat Society International Association for Ecology The Ecological Society of Japan The Botanical Society of Japan Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition The Water Plant Society, Japan Japanese Society of Tropical Ecology Japanese Society of Vegetation Science Japanese Society of Water Environment Society for Humic Substances |
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