Abstract
The thermal environment is one of the important factors for activities of various benthic organisms in a tidal flat. Seasonal observations of the thermal environment were carried out at the Koajiro and Ena tidal flats located on the Miura Peninsula. The measured surface temperature showed wide daily and seasonal variations. During the emersion period, the surface temperature increased to 35°C in the daytime of June and August, and decreased to 1°C in the nighttime of February. During the immersion period, the surface temperature was dominated by the seawater temperature. The accumulated heat in the surface layer diffuses the deeper layer. Hence, the thermal diffusivity is the most important parameter for describing the thermal environment in the sediment. The thermal diffusivity was estimated from an analytical solution of one-dimensional heat conductive equation. It was higher at a sandy tidal flat of Koajiro thanat a muddy tidal flat of Ena.
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