Maki Noguchi Aita, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC) Earth Surface System Research Center (ESS), Kanagawa, Japan, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Shiogama, Japan, Katsunori Kimoto, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC) Earth Surface System Research Center (ESS), Yokosuka, Japan, Chiho Sukigara, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan and C-LIFE Project members