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• Combination of hermaphroditic and gonochoric sexual modes in the coral Porites cylindrica

  Inoha K.

  Coral Reefs ( Coral Reefs )  43 ( 6 ) 1831 - 1841   2024.10 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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• Bleaching and recovery in the giant clam Tridacna crocea from the sub-tropical waters of Okinawa

  Sayco S.L.G.

  Coral Reefs ( Coral Reefs )  43 ( 3 ) 773 - 786   2024.06 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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• High abundances of zooxanthellate zoantharians (Palythoa and Zoanthus) at multiple natural analogues: potential model anthozoans?

  James Davis Reimer, Sylvain Agostini, Yimnang Golbuu, Ben P. Harvey, Michael Izumiyama, Emmeline A. Jamodiong, Erina Kawai, Hajime Kayanne, Haruko Kurihara, Timothy Ravasi, Shigeki Wada, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa

  Coral Reefs   42 ( 3 ) 707 - 715   2023.06 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  Whilst natural analogues for future ocean conditions such as CO2 seeps and enclosed lagoons in coral reef regions have received much recent research attention, most efforts in such locations have focused on the effects of prolonged high CO2 levels on scleractinian corals and fishes. Here, we demonstrate that the three species of zooxanthellate zoantharians, hexacorallian non-calcifying “cousins” of scleractinians, are common across five coral reef natural analogue sites with high CO2 levels in the western Pacific Ocean, in Japan (n = 2), Palau, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia (n = 1 each). These current observations support previously reported cases of high Palythoa and Zoanthus abundance and dominance on various impacted coral reefs worldwide. The results demonstrate the need for more research on the ecological roles of zooxanthellate zoantharians in coral reef systems, as well as examining other “understudied” taxa that may become increasingly important in the near future under climate change scenarios. Given their abundance in these sites combined with ease in sampling and non-CITES status, some zoantharian species should make excellent hexacoral models for examining potential resilience or resistance mechanisms of anthozoans to future high pCO2 conditions.

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• Decadal vision in oceanography 2021: Coastal oceans

  Kida Shinichiro, Kurihara Haruko, Obayashi Yumiko, Yamamoto-Kawai Michiyo, Kondo Yoshiko, Nishioka Jun

  Oceanography in Japan ( The Oceanographic Society of Japan )  30 ( 5 ) 87 - 104   2021.11 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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  <p>The future direction of Japanese oceanographic research in the next decade is discussed, mainly from a coastal oceanographic perspective. Coastal oceans serve two functions: (1) as a filter-reactor region connecting the open ocean and land, and (2) as a biologically rich and diverse region where environmental changes have a direct impact on society. Therefore, understanding the material cycle within the coastal region is important not only scientifically but also to preserve and maintain the ocean. Process studies are needed, with close collaboration between physical, chemical, and biological science communities. Coastal oceans continue to lack observations to understand and resolve the small spatial and time-scale events that govern the region. However, advances in observational instruments/techniques, satellite measurements, and unmanned aerial vehicles are starting to provide high temporal spatial data than ever before. In addition to long-term monitoring, we discuss the research infrastructure and numerical models needed for future studies.</p>

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• Decadal vision in oceanography 2021: Tropical oceans

  Doi Takeshi, Yasunaka Sayaka, Takahashi Kazutaka, Watanabe Michio, Tozuka Tomoki, Haruko Kurihara and

  Oceanography in Japan ( The Oceanographic Society of Japan )  30 ( 5 ) 105 - 129   2021.11 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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  <p>A review of progress in oceanographic research in the tropics over the past decade is provided. Physical and biogeochemical oceanographic perspectives regarding directions for the next decade are proposed, with a special focus on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the tropical Pacific. Although physical understanding of the ENSO has considerably advanced and its dynamical prediction has now become possible, our understanding of mechanisms and ability to predict variations in the material cycles, biological production, and biodiversity associated with the ENSO is still rudimentary. Because effects of internal natural climate variability on the marine system (e.g., ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation) have become more serious with global warming, comprehensive understanding and more accurate prediction of the ENSO and its effects on the tropical ocean system are becoming increasingly important. This research will also be key to anticipating changing societal needs as ocean conditions change. In particular, basin-scale studies based on Biogeochemical Argo floats and earth system models, process-oriented studies based on ship/buoy observations and experiment/observation by local research stations, and feedback between the basin-scale studies and the process-oriented studies will be key in the coming decade. The tropical Pacific is an optimal testbed for innovative cross-disciplinary programs that contribute to better understanding and prediction of the ocean system, because its interannual variations associated with the ENSO are highly predictable relative to other oceans.</p>

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• Que será será

  KURIHARA HARUKO

  NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI ( The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science )  87 ( 2 ) 180 - 180   2021.03

   

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• Massive Porites coral cores reveal two major skeletal growth cessation adn subsequent recovery at Airai Bay, Palau in the last 30 years

  Sowa K, Hongo C, Watanabe A, Yamaguchi K.E, Golbuu Y, Kurihara H

  PICRC Technical Report   18 ( 05 )   2018

   

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• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

  Project Year: 2016.04  -  2020.03 

  Direct: 13,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,020,000 (YEN)  Total: 17,420,000 (YEN)

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

  Project Year: 2015.04  -  2019.03 

  Direct: 12,200,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,660,000 (YEN)  Total: 15,860,000 (YEN)

• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)

  Project Year: 2013.04  -  2016.03 

  Direct: 3,400,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,020,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,420,000 (YEN)

• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)

  Project Year: 2008  -  2009 

  Direct: 1,900,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 570,000 (YEN)  Total: 2,470,000 (YEN)