Curriculum Vitae：Yasuhiro TAKEMON Date: April 28, 2006 Name: Yasuhiro TAKEMON (Dr. Sci) Sex: Male Place and Date of birth: Tokyo, , 04 Dec 1957 Present Occupation: Associate Professor, Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, University Address: Gokasho, Uji-shi, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan TEL +81-774-38-4253 FAX +81-774-32-3093 e-mail: [email protected] Citizenship: Japan

Education: Bachelor of Agriculture (Agricultural Engineering) from Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University in March 1981. Master of Science (Zoology) from Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University in March 1983. Doctor of Science (Zoology) from Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University in March 1990.

Work Experience: Expert on Fish Ecology and Limnology, JICA, in Zaire (1989) Research Associate (Univ. Osaka Pref.)(1990) Assistant Professor (Univ. Osaka Pref.)(1994) Associate Professor (Univ. Osaka Pref.)(1997) Associate Professor (Kyoto Univ.)(2002)

Research field: Ecology of aquatic insects, Stream ecology, Benthos communities of hyporheic zone, Littoral animal communities of lakes and ponds, Impact assessment of artificial modification in river ecosystems, Alien species management, Ecohydrological management for restoration of wetland ecosystems

Research activities: 1. Life history and mating biology of mayflies (1981-2004) 2. Social system and community structure of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika (1989-1998) 3. Stream geomorphology and distribution pattern of benthos communities in , Nara (1990-2004) 4. Littoral geomorphology and distribution pattern of benthos communities in Lake Biwa (1991-1996) 5. Influence of deforestation on stream benthos communities (1997-2000) 6. Impact assessment of river mouth barrage in (1998-2002) 7. Impact assessment of alien predatory fishes in Mizoro-gaike Pond (1998-2006) 8. Ecosystem function of sandy bars in Kizu River (1999-2006) 9. Impact assessment of Dam Construction in river ecosystems (2002-2006) 10 Ecohydrological management for restoration of Mizoro-gaike Pond (2004-2006)

List of Selected Publication:

1) Takemon, Y., Yamamoto A., Nakashima M., Tanida, K. Kishi M.and Kato M (2006) Isolation of sperm vesicles from adult male mayflies and other insects to prepare high molecular weight genomic DNA samples. Molecular Biology Reports 33:65-70. 2) Matsuda, H., Yahara, T., Takemon, Y., et al. (2005) Guideline for nature restoration projects. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 10: 63-75. 3) Takemon, Y., Tanaka, T., Yamada, Y. and Ikebuchi, S. (2005) An experimental study on hyporheic environmental conditions required for mayfly reproduction in a mountain stream. Annuals of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University 48B: 901-917. (In Japanese) 4) Hatano, K., Takemon, Y. and and Ikebuchi, S. (2005) Characteristics of benthos community and habitat structure in the downstream reaches of reservoir dams. Annuals of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University 48B: 919-933. (In Japanese) 5) Ishida Y., Takemon, Y. and Ikebuchi S. (2005) Differences in habitat preference of benthic fish among erosional-depositional reaches under different flow regimes. Annuals of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University 48B: 935-943. (In Japanese) 6) Takemon, Y. (2005) Life-type concept and functional feeding groups of benthos communities as indicators of lotic ecosystem conditions. Japanese Journal of Ecology 55: 189-197. (In Japanese) 7) Takamura, N. and Takemon, Y. (2005) Effects of human impacts on waterahwds on the present water quality in Mizoro-ga-ike. Japanese Journal of Limnology 66: 107-116. (In Japanese) 8) Abekura, K., Hori, M. and Takemon, Y. (2005) Changes in fish community after invasion and during control of alien fish populations in Mizoro-ga-ike, Kyoto City. Global Environmental Research: 145-154. 9) Yamada H., Tanaka, T., Takemon, Y. and Ikebuchi S. (2004) Changing patterns of water quality associated with hyporheic flow of a gravel bar in the . Annuals of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University C 47: 263-272. 10) Kamada, M,, Y. Takemon and H. Woo（2003）Ecological engineering for conserving and restoring ecosystem of riversand watersheds in East Asia-Pacific Region. Ecology and Civil Engineering 6: 59-60. 11) Nakamura, F. and Y. Takemon (2002) Factors affecting dam sedimentation and discussion from ecosystem conservation. Ecology and Civil. Engineering 5: 125-127. (in Japanese) 12) Takahashi, T., Y. Kawamura, N. Sakata, G. E. Elmesiry, Y. Takemon, K. Tanida, S. Minoshima, N. Shimizu and M. Kato (2001) Nucleotide sequence of BamHI family satellite DNA and its unit length polymorphism in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Molecular Biology Reports 28: 119-122. 13) Takemon Y. (2001) River health as a conceptual framework for evaluation and restoration of ideal rivers. Ecology and Civil. Engineering 4 (1), 1-2. (in Japanese) 14) Takemon, Y (2000) The reproductive behaviour and morphology of Paraleptophlebia spinosa (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae): implications for a variation in copula duration. Limnology 1: 47-56.