Coral Reef Studies of Japan

<p>Preface.- 1. Introduction for this book –general aspects of coral reefs of Japan and related studies–.- 2. Dissolved organic matter in coral reefs: distribution, production, and bacterial consumption.- 3. Studies on stress responses of corals in Japan.- 4. Coral disease in Japan.- 5. Ocean acidification studies in coral reefs of Japan.- 6. Frontiers of coral-based sclerochronological studies in Japan.- 7. Coral reproduction in Japan.- 8. Population genetics of corals in Japan.- 9. Distribution expansion and historical population outbreak patterns of crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci sensu lato, in Japan from 1912 to 2015.- 10. Studies on mesophotic coral ecosystems in Japan.- 11. The hydrodynamic impacts of tropical cyclones to coral reefs in Japan: current status and future perspectives.- 12. Concluding remarks: Future perspectives on coral reef studies of Japan –from biology, earth science, and conservation and restoration.</p>