Publications

2017

• Blasiak, R., C. Durussel, J. Pittman, C. A. Senit, M. Peterson and N. Yagi. 2017. The role of NGOs in negotiating the use of biodiversity in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy, 81, 1-8.
• Goto, S., Y. Tada, K. Suzuki and Y. Yamashita. 2017. Production and reutilization of fluorescent dissolved organic matter by a marine bacterial strain, Alteromonas macleodii. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 507.
• Hashihama, F., S. Suwa and J. Kanda. 2017. Liquid waveguide spectrophotometric measurements of arsenate and particulate arsenic, as well as phosphate and particulate phosphorus, in seawater. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-017-0412-6.
• Isada, T., T. Hirawake, S. Nakada, T. Kobayashi, K. Sasaki, Y. Tanaka, S. Watanabe, K. Suzuki AND S.-I. Saitoh. 2017. Influence of hydrography on the spatiotemporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and primary productivity in Funka Bay and the Tsugaru Strait. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 188, 199-217. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.02.019.
• Ishizu, M., S. Itoh, K. Tanaka and K. Komatsu. 2017. Influence of the Oyashio Current and Tsugaru Warm Current on the circulation and water properties of Otsuchi Bay, Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 73(1), 115-131, doi:10.1007/s10872-016-0383-z.
• Kiyota, M. and S. Yonezaki. 2017. Reconstruction of historical changes in northern fur seal prey availability and diversity in the western North Pacific through individual-based analysis of dietary records. Deep Sea Research II, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.02.005.
• Kouketsu, S., S. Osafune, Y. Kumamoto and H. Uchida. 2017. Eastward salinity anomaly propagation in the intermediate layer of the North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(2), 1590-1607, doi:10.1002/2016jc012118.
• Kuroda, H., T. Wagawa, S. Kakehi, Y. Shimizu, A. Kusaka, T. Okunishi, D. Hasegawa and S.-I. Ito. 2017. Long-term mean and seasonal variation of altimetry-derived Oyashio transport across the A-line off the southeastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 121, 95-109, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.12.006.
• Nishibe, Y. K. Takahashi, M. Sato, T. Kodama S. Kakehi, H. Saito and K. Furuya. 2017. Phytoplankton community structure in the Kuroshio Extension and adjacent regions in winter and spring derived from pigment signatures. Journal of Oceanography, in press.
• Nosaka, Y., Y. Yamashita and K. Suzuki. 2017. Dynamics and origin of transparent exopolymer particles in the Oyashio region of the western subarctic Pacific during the spring diatom bloom. Frontiers in Maeine Science, 4, 79, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00079.
• Obata, H., J. Nishioka, T. Kim, K. Norisuye, S. Takeda, Y. Wakuta and T. Gamo. 2017. Dissolved iron and zinc in Sagami Bay and the Izu-Ogasawara Trench. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-016-0407-8.
• Okuda, T., M. Kiyota, S. Yonezaki, C. Murakami, Y. Kato, M. Sakai, T. Wakabayashi and M. Okazaki. 2017. Delineating the boundary and structure of higher trophic level assemblages in the western North Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research II, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.013.
• Sakamoto, T. T., L. S. Urakawa, H. Hasumi, M. Ishizu, S. Itoh, T. Komatsu and K. Tanaka. 2017. Numerical simulation of Pacific water intrusions into Otsuchi Bay, northeast of Japan, with a nested-grid OGCM. Journal of Oceanography, 73(1), 39-54, doi: 10.1007/s10872-015-0344-y.
• Sato, M., T, Shiozaki and F. Hashihama. 2017. Distribution of mixotrophic nanoflagellates along the latitudinal transect of the central North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 73, 159-168.
• Sugie, K. and K. Suzuki. 2017. Characterization of the synoptic-scale diversity, biogeography and size distribution of diatoms in the North Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, in press.
• Suzuki, S. R. Kaneko, T. Kodama, F. Hashihama, S. Suwa, I. Tanita, K. Furuya and K. Hamasaki. 2017. Comparison of community structures between particle-associated and free-living prokaryotes in tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean surface waters. Journal of Oceanography, in press.
• Tachibana, A. Y. Nishibe, H. Fukuda, K. Kawanobe and A. Tsuda. 2017. Phytoplankton community structure in Otsuchi Bay, northern Japan after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami. Journal of Oceanography, 73: 55-65.
• Tada, Y., T. Shiozaki, H. Ogawa and K. Suzuki. 2017. Basin-scale distribution of prokaryotic phylotypes in the epipelagic layer of the Central South Pacific Ocean during austral summer. Journal of Oceanography, 73, 145-158, doi: 10.1007/s10872-016-0391-z.
• Tanaka, K., K. Komatsu, S. Itoh, D. Yanagimoto, M. Ishizu, H. Hasumi, T. T. Sakamoto, S. Urakawa and Y. Michida. 2017. Baroclinic circulation and its high frequency variability in Otsuchi Bay on the Sanriku ria coast, Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 73(1), 25-38, doi: 10.1007/s10872-015-0338-9.
• Waga, H., T. Hirawake, A. Fujiwara, T. Kikuchi, S. Nishino, K. Suzuki, S. Takao, and S.-I. Saitoh. 2017. Differences in rate and direction of shifts between phytoplankton size structure and sea surface temperature. Remote Sensing, 9, 222, doi: 10.3390/rs9030222.
• Xia, X., F. Partensky, L. Garczarek, K. Suzuki, C. Guo, S. Y. Cheung and H. Liu. 2017. Phylogeography and pigment type diversity of Synechococcus cyanobacteria in surface waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Environmental Microbiology, 19, 142-158, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13541.
• Yamashita, Y., F. Hashihama, H. Saito, H. Fukuda and H. Ogawa. 2017. Factors controlling the geographical distribution of fluorescent dissolved organic matter in the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, in press.

2016

• Azimuddin, K. M., J. Hirai, S. Suzuki, M. N. Haider, A. Tachibana, K. Watanabe, M. Kitamura, F. Hashihama, K. Takahashi and K. Hamasaki. 2016. Possible association of diazotrophs with marine zooplankton in the Pacific Ocean. Microbiology Open, 5(6), doi: 10.1002/mbo3.385.
• Bakker, D. C. E., B. Pfeil, C. S. Landa et al. (Ono & Nakaoka) 2016. A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO₂ data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data, 8, 383-413.
• Blasiak, R. J. Pittman N. Yagi and H. Sugino. 2016. Negotiating the use of biodiversity in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 224, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00224.
• Blasiak, R. and N. Yagi. 2016. Shaping an international agreement on marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction: Lessons from high seas fisheries. Marine Policy, 71, 210-216.
• Blasiak, R., E. Pacheco, K. Furuya, C. D. Golden, A. R. Jauharee, Y. Natori, H. Saito, H. Sinan, T. Tanaka, N. Yagi and E. Yiu. 2016. Local and regional experiences with assessing and fostering ocean health. Marine Policy, 71, 54-59.
• Edwards, M., P. Helaouet, R. A. Alhaija, S. Batten, G. Beaugrand, S. Chiba, R. R. Horaeb, G. Hosie, A. McQuaers-Gollop, C. Ostle, A. J. Richardson, W. Rochester, J. Skinner, R. Stern, K. Takahashi, C. Taylor, H. M. Verheye and M. Wootton. 2016. Global Marine Ecological Status Report: results from the global CPR Survey 2014/2015. SAHFOS Technical Report, 11, 1-32. Plymouth, U.K. ISSN 1744-0750.
• Ehama, M., F. Hashihama, S. Kinouchi, J. Kanda and H. Saito. 2016. Sensitive determination of total particulate phosphorus and particulate inorganic phosphorus in seawater using liquid waveguide spectrophotometry Talanta 153, 66-70. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2016.02.058.
• Endo, H., K. Sugie, T. Yoshimura and K. Suzuki. 2016. Response of spring diatoms to CO₂ availability in the western North Pacific as determined by next-generation sequencing. PLOS ONE, 11, e0154291, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154291.
• Fichot, C. G., R. Benner, K. Kaiser, Y. Shen, R. M. W. Amon, H. Ogawa and C-J. Lu. 2016. Predicting dissolved lignin phenol concentrations in the coastal ocean from chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption coefficients. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 7. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00007.
• Fujiwara, A., T. Hirawake, K. Suzuki, L. Eisner, I. Imai, S. Nishino, T. Kikuchi and S.-I. Saitoh. 2016. Influence of timing of sea ice retreat on phytoplankton size during marginal ice zone bloom period on the Chukchi and Bering shelves. Biogeosciences, 13, 115–131, doi: 10.5194/bg-13-115-2016.
• Hamasaki, K., A. Taniguchi, Y. Tada, R. Kaneko and T. Miki. 2016. Active populations of rare microbes in oceanic environments as revealed by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation and 454 tag sequencing. Gene, 576, 650-656.
• Hidaka, K., H. Itoh, J. Hirai and A. Tsuda. 2016. Occurrence of Paracalanus parvus species complex in offshore waters south of Japan and their identification to species. Plankton and Benthos Research, 11, 131–143.
• Inoue, R., V. Faure and S. Kouketsu. 2016. Float observations of an anticyclonic eddy off Hokkaido. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(8), 6103-6120, doi: 10.1002/2016jc011698.
• Inoue, R., M. C. Honda, T. Fujiki, K. Matsumoto, S. Kouketsu, T. Suga and T. Saino. 2016. Western North Pacific Integrated Physical-Biogeochemical Ocean Observation Experiment (INBOX): Part 2. Biogeochemical responses to eddies and typhoons revealed from the S1 mooring and shipboard measurements. Journal of Marine Research, 74(2), 71-99.
• Inoue, R. and S. Kouketsu. 2016. Physical oceanographic conditions around the S1 mooring site. Journal of Oceanography, 72(3), 453-464, doi:10.1007/s10872-015-0342-0.
• Inoue, R., T. Suga, S. Kouketsu, T. Kita, S. Hosoda, T. Kobayashi, K. Sato, H. Nakajima and T. Kawano. 2016. Western North Pacific Integrated Physical-Biogeochemical Ocean Observation Experiment (INBOX): Part 1. Specifications and chronology of the S1-INBOX floats. Journal of Marine Research, 74(2), 43-69.
• Itoh, S., H. Kaneko, M. Ishizu, D. Yanagimoto, T. Okunishi, H. Nishigaki and K. Tanaka. 2016. Fine-scale structure and mixing across the front between the Tsugaru Warm and Oyashio Currents in summer along the Sanriku Coast, east of Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 72(1), 23-37, doi: 10.1007/s10872-015-0320-6.
• Itoh, S., A. Kasau, A. Takeshige, K. Zenimoto, S. Kimura, K. W. Suzuki, Y. Miyake, T. Funahashi, Y. Yamashita and Y. Watanabe. 2016. Circulation and haline structure of a microtidal bay in the Sea of Japan influenced by the winter monsoon and the Tsushima Warm Current. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(8), 6331-6350, doi: 10.1002/2015jc011441.
• Iudicone, D., K. B. Rodgers, Y. Plancherel, O. Aumont, T. Ito, R. M. Key, G. Madec and M. Ishii. 2016. The formation of the ocean's anthropogenic carbon reservoir. Scientific Reports, 6:35473, doi: 10.1038/srep35473.
• Kaneko, R., T. Nagata, S. Suzuki and K. Hamasaki. 2016. Depth-dependent and seasonal variability in archaeal community structure in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 72, 427-438.
• Kato, Y., M. Sakai, H. Nishikawa, H. Igarashi, Y. Ishikawa, D. Vijai, Y. Sakurai, T. Wakabayashi and T. Awaji. 2016. Stable isotope analysis of gladius to investigate migration and trophic patterns of the neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii), Fisheries Research, 173, 169-174.
• Kouketsu, S., R. Inoue and T. Suga. 2016. Western North Pacific Integrated Physical-Biogeochemical Ocean Observation Experiment (INBOX): Part 3. Mesoscale variability of dissolved oxygen concentrations observed by multiple floats during S1-INBOX. Journal of Marine Research, 74(2), 101-131.
• Kouketsu, S., H. Kaneko, T. Okunishi, K. Sasaoka, S. Itoh, R. Inoue and H. Ueno. 2016. Mesoscale eddy effects on temporal variability of surface chlorophyll a in the Kuroshio Extension. Journal of Oceanography, 72(3), 439-451, doi:10.1007/s10872-015-0286-4.
• Lauvset, S.K., R.M. Key, A. Olsen, S. van Heuven, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, S. Jutterström, R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F.F. Perez and T. Suzuki. 2016. A new global interior ocean mapped climatology: the 1° × 1° GLODAP version 2 Earth Science System Data Discussion, doi:10.5194/essd-2015-43.
• Lee, K., T. Matsuno, T. Endoh, J. Ishizaka, Y. Zhu and S. Takeda. 2016. A role of vertical mixing on nutrient supply into the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the shelf region of the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, doi: org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.11.001.
• Lu, C-J., R. Benner, C. G. Fichot, H. Fukuda1, Y. Yamashita and H. Ogawa. 2016. Sources and transformations of dissolved lignin phenols and chromophoric dissolved organic matter in Otsuchi Bay, Japan. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 85. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00085.
• Ohshimo, S., Y. Fujinami, K. Shiozaki, M. Kai, Y. Semba, N. Katsumata, D. Ochi, H. Matsunaga, H. Minami, M. Kiyota and K. Yokawa. 2016. Distribution, body length, and abundance of blue shark and shortfin mako offshore of northeastern Japan, as determined from observed pelagic longline data, 2000–2014. Fisheries Oceanography, 25, 259-276.
• Olsen, A., R.M. Key, S. van Heuven, S.K. Lauvset, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, S. Jutterström, R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F.F. Pérez and T. Suzuki. 2016. An internally consistent data product for the world ocean: the Global Ocean Data Analysis Project, version 2 (GLODAPv2) Earth Science System Data Discussion, doi:10.5194/essd-2015-42.
• Qin, Y. and M. Kaeriyama. 2016. Feeding habits and trophic levels of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in the North Pacific Ocean. NPAFC Bulletin, 6, 469-481.
• Quéré, C. L., R. M. Andrew, J. G. Canadell et al. (Ono & Nakaoka) 2016. Global Carbon Budget 2016. Earth System Science. Data Discussisons, 10.5194/essd-2016-51.
• Sasai, Y., C. Yoshikawa, S. L. Smith, T. Hashioka, K. Matsumoto, M. Wakita, K. Sasaoka and M. C. Honda. 2016. Coupled 1-D physical-biological model study of phytoplankton production at two contrasting time-series stations in the western North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 72(3), 509-526.
• Sogawa, S., H. Sugisaki, H. Saito, Y. Okazaki, T. Ono, S. Shimode and T. Kikuchi. 2016. Seasonal and regional change in vertical distribution and diel vertical migration of four euphausiid species (Euphausia pacifica, Thysanoessa inspinata, T. longipes, and Tessarabrachion oculatum) in the northwestern Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 109, 1-9.
• Tada, Y. and K. Suzuki. 2016. Changes in the community structure of free-living heterotrophic bacteria in the open tropical Pacific in response to microalgal lysate-derived dissolved organic matter. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, fiw099, 10.1093/femsec/fiw099.
• Tada, Y., T. Shiozaki, H. Ogawa and K. Suzuki. 2016. Basin-scale distribution of prokaryotic phylotypes in the epipelagic layer of the Central South Pacific Ocean during austral summer. Journal of Oceanography, 10.1007/s10872-016-0391-z.
• Talley, L.D., R.A. Feely, B.M. Sloyan, R. Wanninkhof, M.O. Baringer, J.L. Bullister, C.A. Carlson, S.C. Doney, R.A. Fine, E. Firing, N. Gruber, D.A. Hansell, Masao Ishii, G.C. Johnson, K. Katsumata, R.M. Key, M. Kramp, C. Langdon, A.M. Macdonald, J.T. Mathis, E.L. McDonagh, S. Mecking, F.J. Millero, C.W. Mordy, T. Nakano, C.L. Sabine, W.M. Smethie, J.H. Swift, T. Tanhua, A.M. Thurnherr, M.J. Warner and J.-Z. Zhang. 2016. Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation: A review of the first decade of GO-SHIP global repeat hydrography. Annual Review of Marine Science, 8, 185-215.
• Tanaka, K., N. Takesue, J. Nishioka, Y. Kondo, A. Ooki, K. Kuma, T., Hirawake and Y. Yamashita. 2016. The conservative behavior of dissolved organic carbon in surface waters of the southern Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean, during early summer. Scientific Reports, 6, 34123.
• Uchimiya, M., C. Motegi, S. Nishino, Y. Kawaguchi, J. Inoue, H. Ogawa and T. Nagata. 2016. Coupled Response of Bacterial Production to a Wind-induced Fall Phytoplankton Bloom and Sediment Resuspension in the Chukchi Sea Shelf, Western Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 231. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00231.
• Ueno, H., M. Kaeriyama, M. Otani, M. Oe, Y. Qin, M. N. Aita, S. Yoon and M. J. Kishi. 2016. Temporal and spatial variation in a growth condition of Pacific salmon. NPAFC Bulletin, 6, 181-187.
• Yamaguchi, T., K. Furuya, M. Sato and K. Takahashi. 2016. Phosphate release due to excess alkaline phosphatase activity of Trichodesmium erythraeum. Plankton and Benthos Research, 11, 29-36.
• Yasunaka, S., T. Ono, Y. Nojiri, F. A. Whitney, C. Wada, A. Murata, S. Nakaoka and S. Hosoda. 2016. Long-term variability of surface nutrient concentrations in the North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(7), 3389-3397, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068097.

2015

• Blasiak, R., N. Yagi, H. Kurokura, K. Ichikawa, K. Wakita and A. Mmori. 2015. Marine ecosystem services: Perceptions of indispensability and pathways to engaging citizens in their sustainable use. Marine Policy, 61, 155-163.
• Blasiak, R., N. Yagi, C. Doll and H. Kurokura 2015. Displacement、 diffusion and intensification (DDI) in marine fisheries: A typology for analyzing coalitional stability under dynamic conditions. Environmental Science & Policy, 54, 134-141.
• Blasiak, R. 2015. Balloon effects reshaping global fisheries. Marine Policy, 57, 18-20.
• Blasiak, R. N. Yagi and H. Kurokura. 2015. Impacts of hegemony and shifts in dominance on marine capture fisheries. Marine Policy, 52, 52-58.
• Chiba, S., S. Batten, T. Yoshiki, Y. Sasaki, K. Sasaoka, H. Sugisaki and T. Ichikawa. 2015. Temperature and zooplankton size structure: climate control and basin-scale comparison in the North Pacific. Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.1002/ece3.1408.
• Cui, Y., S. Suzuki, Y. Omori, S.-K. Wong, M. Ijichi, R. Kaneko, S. Kameyama, H. Tanimoto and K. Hamaskai. 2015. Abundance and distribution of dimethyl- sulfoniopropionate degradation genes and the corresponding bacterial community structure at dimethyl sulfide hot spots in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 81, 4184-4194. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03873-14.
• Doi, T., S. Osafune, N. Sugiura, S. Kouketsu, A. Murata, S. Masuda and T. Toyoda. 2015. Multidecadal change in the dissolved inorganic carbon in a long-term ocean state estimation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 7(4), 1885-1900, doi: 10.1002/2015ms000462.
• Endo, H., K. Sugie, T. Yoshimura and K. Suzuki. 2015. Effects of CO₂ and iron availability on rbcL gene expression in Bering Sea diatoms. Biogeosciences, 12, 2247–2259, doi: 10.5194/bg-12-2247-2015.
• Girault, M., H. Arakawa, A. Barani, H. J. Ceccaldi, F. Hashihama and G. Gregori. 2015. Heterotrophic prokaryote distribution along a 2,300 km transect in the North Pacific subtropical gyre during a strong La Niña condition: relations with the hydrological conditions. Biogeosciences, 12, 3607–3621.
• Hashihama, F., J. Kanda, A. Tauchi, T. Kodama, H. Saito and K. Furuya. 2015. Liquid waveguide spectrophotometric measurement of nanomolar ammonium in seawater based on the indophenol reaction with o-phenylphenol (OPP). Talanta, 143, 374–380.
• Hauck, J., C. Völker, D. Wolf-gladrow, C. Laufkötter, M. Vogt, O. Aumont, I. Bopp, E. T. Buitenhuis, S. D. Doney, J. Dunne, N. Gruber, T. Hashioka, J. John, C. Le Quéré, L. D. Lima, H. Nakano, R. Séférian and I. Totterdell. 2015. On the Southern Ocean CO₂ uptake and the role of the biological carbon pump in the 21st century. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(9), 1451-1470, doi: 10.1002/2015GB005140.
• Hauck, J., C. Volker, D. A. Wolf-Gladrow, C. Laufkotter, M. Vogt, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, E. Buitenhuis, S. Doney, J. Dunne, N. Gruber, T. Hashioka, J. John, C. Le Quéré, I. Lima, H. Nakano, R. Seferian and I. Totterdell. 2015. Supporting Information for "On the Southern Ocean CO₂ uptake and the role of the biological carbon pump in the 21st century". Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, doi:10.1002/2015GB005140.
• Hirai, J., M. Kuriyama, T. Ichikawa, K. Hidaka and A. Tsuda. 2015. A metagenetic approach for revealing community structure of marine planktonic copepods. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, 68-80, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12294.
• Hirai, J. and A. Tsuda. 2015. Metagenetic community analysis of epipelagic planktonic copepods in the tropical and subtropical Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 534, 65–78.
• Hirai, J., A. Tsuda and E. Goetze. 2015. Extensive genetic diversity and endemism across the global range of the oceanic copepod Pleuromamma abdominalis. Progress in Oceanography, 138, 77–90.
• Horii, S., K. Takahashi and K. Furuya. 2015. Effects of ethanol-preservation on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures in marine consumers. Plankton and Benthos Research, 10, 1-7.
• Iida, Y., A.Kojima, Y.Takatani, T.Nakano, H.Sugimoto, T.Midorikawa and M.Ishii. 2015. Trends in pCO₂ and sea–air CO₂ flux over the global open oceans for the last two decades, Journal of Oceanography, doi:10.1007/s10872-015-0306-4.
• Isada, T., T. Hirawake, T. Kobayashi, Y. Nosaka, M. Natsuike, I. Imai, K. Suzuki and S.-I. Saitoh. 2015. Hyperspectral optical discrimination of phytoplankton community structure and implications for ocean color remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 159, 134-151, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.006.
• Isada, T., T. Hirawake, T. Kobayashi, Y. Nosaka, M. Natsuike, I. Imai, K. Suzuki and S.-I. Saitoh. 2015. Hyperspectral optical discrimination of phytoplankton community structure in Funka Bay and implications for ocean color remote sensing of diatoms. Remote Sensing of Environment, 159, 134-151, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.006.
• Itoh, S., I. Yasuda, H. Saito, A. Tsuda and K. Komatsu. 2015. Mixed layer depth and chlorophyll a: Profiling float observations in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension region. Journal of Marine Systems, 151, 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.06.004.
• Kaneko, H., S. Itoh, S. Koukestuy, T. Okunishi, S. Hosoda and T. Suga. 2015. Evolution and modulation of a poleward-propagating anticyclonic eddy along the Japan and Kuril-Kamchatka trenches. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(6), 4418-4440, doi: 10.1002/2014jc010693.
• Kodama,T., K. Takahashi, K. Nakamura, S. Shimode, T. Yamaguchi and T. Ichikawa. 2015. Short-term variation in the Calanus sinicus ammonium excretion rate during the post-capture period. Plankton and Benthos Research, 10, 75-79
• Kodama,T., T. Ichikawa, K. Hidaka and K. Furuya. 2015. A highly sensitive and large concentration range colorimetric continuous flow analysis for ammonium concentration. Journal of Oceanography, 71, 65-75. DOI:10.1007/s10872-014-0260-6.
• Langlois, R., T. Großkopf, M. Mills, S. Takeda and J. LaRoche. 2015. Widespread distribution and expression of gamma A (UMB), an uncultured, diazotrophic, γ-proteobacterial nifH phylotype, PLOS ONE, 10, e0128912, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128912.
• Laufkotter C., M. Vogt, N. Gruber, M. Noguchi O. Aumont, L. Bopp, E. Buitenhuis, S. C. Doney, J. Dunne, T. Hashioka, J. Hauck, T. Hirata, J. John , C. Le Quere, I. D. Lima , H. Nakano, R. Seferian, I. Totterdell, M. Vichi and C. Volker. 2015. Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models, Biogeosciences Discussion, 12, 3731-3824, doi:10.5194/bgd-12-3731-2015.
• Lu, Y., J.W. Edmonds, Y. Yamashita, B. Zou, A. Jaegge and M. Baxley. 2015.
Spatial variation in the origin and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in Oregon-Washington coastal waters. Ocean Dynamics, 65, 17-32.
• Miyake, Y., S. Kimura, S. Itoh, S. Chow, K. Murakami, S. Katayama, A. Takeshige and H. Nakata. 2015. Roles of vertical behavior in the open-ocean migration of teleplanic larvae: a modeling approach to the larval transport of Japanese spiny lobster. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 539, 93-109, doi: 10.3354/meps11499.
• Nakano, H. M. Ishii, K.B. Rodgers, H. Tsujino and G. Yamanaka. 2015. Anthropogenic CO₂ uptake, transport, storage, and dynamical controls in the ocean imposed by the meridional overturning circulation: A modeling study. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 1706–1724.
• Nishibe, Y., K. Takahashi, T. Shiozaki, S. Kakehi, H. Saito and K. Furuya. 2015. Size-fractionated primary production in the Kuroshio Extension and adjacent regions in spring. Journal of Oceanography, 71, 27-40. DOI 10.1007/s10872-014-0258-0
• Okuda, T., S. Yonezaki and M. Kiyota. 2015. Spatio-temporal variation in the higher trophic level community structure of the western North Pacific pelagic ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II, 113, 81-90.
• Oozeki, Y., T. Okunishi, A. Takasuka and D. Ambe. 2015. Variability in transport processes of Pacific saury Cololabis saira larvae leading to their broad dispersal: implications for their ecological role in the western North Pacific. Progress in Oceanography 0.1016/j.pocean.2014.05.011
• Pižeta, I., S.G. Sander, R.J.M. Hudson, D. Omanovič, O. Baars, K.A. Barbeau, K.N. Buck, R.M. Bundy, G. Carrasco, P.L. Croot, C. Garnier, L.J.A. Gerringa, M. Gledhill, K. Hirose, Y. Kondo, L.M. Laglera, J. Nuester, M.J.A. Rijkenberg, S. Takeda, B.S. Twining and M. Wells. 2015. Interpretation of complexometric titration data: An intercomparison of methods for estimating models of trace metal complexation by natural organic ligands. Marine Chemistry, 173, 3-24, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.03.006.
• Sasano, D., Y.Takatani, N.Kosugi, T.Nakano, T.Midorikawa and M.Ishii. 2015. Multidecadal trends of oxygen and their controlling factors in the western North Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, doi:10.1002/2014GB005065.
• Sato, M., T. Kodama, F. Hashihama and K. Furuya. 2015. The effects of diel cycles and temperature on size distributions of pico- and nanophytoplankton in the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean. Plankton and Benthos Research, 10, 26-33.
• Shen Z., K. Wakita, T. Oishi, N. Yagi, H. Kurokura and K. Furuya. 2015. Willingness to pay for ecosystem services of open oceans by choice-based conjoint analysis: A case study of Japanese residents. Ocean & coastal Management, 103, 1-8.
• Shiozaki, T., M. Ijichi, K. Isobe, F. Hashihama, K. Nakamura, M. Ehama, K. Hayashizaki, K. Takahashi, K. Hamasaki and K. Furuya. 2016. Nitrification and its influence on biogeochemical cycles from the equatorial Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. The ISME Journal, 10, 2184–2197, doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.18.
• Sugie, K. AND K. Suzuki. 2015. A new marine araphid diatom, Thalassionema kuroshioensis sp. nov., from temperate Japanese coastal waters. Diatom Research, 30, 237–245, doi: 10.1080/0269249X.2015.1055339.
• Sugie, K. AND K. Suzuki. 2015. Size of dominant diatom species can alter their evenness. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0131454. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131454.
• Suzuki, K., A. Kamimura and S.B. Hooker. 2015. Rapid and highly sensitive analysis of chlorophylls and carotenoids from marine phytoplankton using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) with the first derivative spectrum chromatogram (FDSC) technique. Marine Chemistry, 176, 96–109, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.07.010.
• Takahashi, K. T. Ichikawa, C. Fukugama, M. Yamane, S. Kakehi, Y. Okazaki, H. Kubota and K. Furuya. 2015. In situ observations of a doliolid bloom in a warm water filament using a video plankton recorder: bloom development, fate, and effect on biogeochemical cycles and planktonic food webs. Limnology and Oceanography, 60: 1763-1780.
• Takahashi, K. T. Ichikawa and K. Tadokoro. 2015. Diel colour changes in male Sapphirna nigromaculata (Cyclopoida, Copepoda). Journal of Plankton Research, 37, 1181-1189.
• Tanita, I., S. Takeda, M. Sato and K. Furuya. 2015. Surface and middle layer enrichment of dissolved copper in the western subarctic North Pacific. La mer, 53, 75-90.
• Toyoda, T., N. Sugiura, S. Masuda, Y. Sasaki, H. Igarashi, Y. Ishikawa, T. Hatayama, T. Kawano, Y. Kawai, S. Kouketsu, K. Katsumata, H. Uchida, T. Doi, M. Fukasawa and T. Awaji. 2015. An improved simulation of the deep Pacific Ocean using optimally estimated vertical diffusivity based on the Green's function method. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 9916–9924, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065940.
• Tsuchiya, K., V. S. Kuwahara, K. Hamaskai, Y. Tada, T. Ichikawa, T. Yoshiki, R. Nakajima, A. Imai, S. Shimode and T. Toda. 2015. Typhoon-induced response of phytoplankton and bacteria in temperate coastal waters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 167(B), 458–465.
• Tsuda, A. H. Saito, H. Kasai, J. Nishioka and T. Nakatsuka. 2015. Vertical segregation and population structure of ontogenetically migrating copepods Neocalanus cristatus, N. flemingeri, N. plumchrus and Eucalanus bungii during ice-free season in the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Oceanography, 71, 271-285.
• Xiong, X., Y. Masuda, T. Hashioka, T. Ono and Y. Yamanaka. 2015. Effect of seasonal change in gas transfer coefficient on air–sea CO2 flux in the western North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-015-0313-5.
• Yamashita, Y., L.S. McCallister, B.P. Koch, M. Gonsior and R. Jaffe. 2015. Dynamics of dissolved organic matter in fjord ecosystems: Contributions of terrestrial dissolved organic matter in the deep layer. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 159, 37-49.
• Yamashita, Y., C.-J. Lu, H. Ogawa, J. Nishioka, H. Obata and H. Saito. 2015. Application of in situ fluorometer to determine the distribution of fluorescent dissolved organic matter in the open ocean. Marine Chemistry, 178, 298-305.
• Yamashita,Y., C.G. Fichot, Y. Shen, R. Jaffé and R. Benner. 2015. Linkages among fluorescent dissolved organic matter, dissolved amino acids and lignin-derived phenols in a river-influenced ocean margin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2, 92.
• Yamashita, Y., L.S. McCallister, B.P. Koch, M. Gonsior and R. Jaffé. 2015. Dynamics of dissolved organic matter in fjord ecosystems: Contributions of terrestrial dissolved organic matter in the deep layer. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 159, 37-49.
• Yingshun, C.U.I., S. Suzuki, Y. Omori, S.-K. Wong, M. Ijichi, R. Kaneko, S. Kameyama, H. Tanimoto and K. Hamasaki. 2015. Abundance and distribution of dimethylsulfoniopropionate-degrading genes and the corresponding bacterial community structure at dimethyl sulfide hotspots in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 4184 – 4194.
• Yonezaki, S., M. Kiyota and H. Okamura. 2015. Long-term ecosystem change in the western North Pacific inferred from commercial fisheries and top predator diet. Deep-Sea Research II, 113, 91-101.
• Yoon, S., E. Watanabe, H. Ueno and M.J. Kishi. 2015. Potential habitat for chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in the Western Arctic based on a bioenergetics model coupled with a three-dimensional lower trophic ecosystem model. Progress in Oceanography, 131, 146-158.
• Yoshiki,T. M., S. Chiba, T. Ichikawa, H. Sugisaki and S. Batten. 2015. Geographical shift of warm water species distribution in Western subarctic North Pacific based on CPR sample during 2001-2010. Fisheries Oceanography, 24(5), 414-429.

2014

• Batten, S., S. Chiba, M. Edwards, J. Hall, G. Hosie, C. Melrose, E. Muxagata, A. Richardson and H. Verheye. 2014. The Status of Zooplankton Populations. TWAP technical report, 1-9.（
• Beaugrand, G., A. Conversi, S. Chiba, M. Edwards, S. Fonda-Umani, C. Greene, N. Mantua, S. Otto, P.C. Reid, M. Stachura, L. Stemmann and H. Sugisaki. 2014. Synchronous marine pelagic regime shifts in the Northern Hemisphere. Philosophical Transaction B, 370, doi: org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0272.
• Belkin, I. M., Hunt, G. L., Hazen, E. L., Zamon, J. E., Schick, R. S., Prieto, R., Brodziak, J., Teo, S. L., Thorne, L., Bailey, H., Itoh, S., Munk, P., Musyl, M. K., Willis, J. K. and Zhang, W. 2014. Fronts, fish and predators. Deep-sea Res. Part-II, 107, 1–2.
• Blasiak, R., K. Furuya, H. Kurokura, N. Yagi and A. Minhara. 2014. Paradigms of sustainable ocean management. Marine Policy, 48,206-211
• Boldt, J., R. Martone, J. Samhouri, R. I. Perry, S. Itoh, I-K. Chung, M. Takahashi and N. Yoshie. 2014. Developing ecosystem indicators for responses to multiple stressors. Oceanography, 27, 49-65.
• Cawley, K.M., Y. Yamashita, N. Maie and R. Jaffe. 2014. Using optical properties to quantify fringe mangrove inputs to the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool in a subtropical estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 37, 399-410.
• Chiba, S. and T. Ono. 2014. Long term change in biogeochemical properties and lower trophic level ecosystem in the subarctic western North Pacific, Coastal Oceanography Research, 52, 59-65 (in Japanese with English abstract).
• Edwards, M., P. Helaouet D. G. Johns, S. Batten, G. Beaugrand, S. Chiba, E. Head, G. Hosie, A. J. Richardson, K. Takahashi H. M. Verheye, P. Ward and M. Wootton. 2014. Global Marine Ecological Status Report: results from the global CPR survey 2013/2014. SAHFOS Technical Report, 10, 1-40.
• Fujiwara, A., T. Hirawake, K. Suzuki, I. Imai and S.-I. Saitoh. 2014. Timing of sea ice retreat can alter phytoplankton community structure in the western Arctic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 11, 1705-1716, doi: 10.5194/bg-11-1705-2014.
• Fukaya, K., T. Okuda, M. Nakaoka and T. Noda. 2014. Effects of spatial structure of population size on the population dynamics of barnacles across their elevational range. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83, 1334-1343.
• Hashihama, F., J. Kanda, Y. Maeda, H. Ogawa and K. Furuya. 2014. Selective depressions of surface silicic acid within cyclonic mesoscale eddies in the oligotrophic western North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 90, 115-124.
• Itoh, S., I. Yasuda, H. Ueno, T. Suga and S. Kakehi. 2014. Regeneration of a warm anticyclonic ring by cold water masses within the western subarctic gyre of the North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-014-0225-9.
• Itoh, S, Y. Tanaka, S. Osafune, I. Yasuda, M. Yagi, H Kaneko, S. Konda, J. Nishioka and Y. N. Volkov. 2014. Direct breaking of large-amplitude internal waves in the Urup Strait. Progress in Oceanography, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.014.
• Kaeriyama, M., H. Seo, Y. Qin. 2014. Effect of global warming on the life history and population dynamics of Japanese chum salmon. Fisheries Science, 80, 251-260.
• Kameyama, S., S. Yoshida, H. Tanimoto, S. Inomata, K. Suzuki and H. Yoshikawa-Inoue. 2014. High-resolution observation of dissolved isoprene in surface seawater in the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2010-2011. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-014-0.
• Kawaguchi S., T. Narita, H. Obata, H. Ogawa and T. Gamo. 2014. Molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide in seawater in an area adjacent to Kuroshio and Honshu Island in Japan. Marine Chemistry, 164, 75-83.
• Kouektsu, S. and A. Murata. 2014. Detecting decadal-scale increases in anthropogenic CO₂ in the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 13, doi: 10.1002/2014GL060516.
• Kumamoto, Y., M. Aoyama, Y. Hamajima, T. Aono, S. Kouketsu, A. Murata and T. Kawano. 2014. Southward spreading of the Fukushima-derived radiocesium across the Kuroshio Extension in the North Pacific. Scinetific Reports, 4(4276), doi: 10.1038/srep04276.
• Maie, N., S. Sekiguchi, A. Watanabe, K. Tsutsuki, Y. Yamashita, L. Melling, K. Cawley, E. Sshima and R. Jaffe. 2014. Dissolved organic matter dynamics in the oligo/meso-haline zone of wetland-influenced coastal rivers. Journal of Sea Research, 91, 58-69.
• McKinell, S., E. Curchister, K. Groot, M. Kaeriyama and M. Trudel. 2014. Oceanic and atmospheric extremes motivate a new hypothesis for variable marine survival of Fraser River sockeye salmon. Fisheries Oceanography, 23, 322-341.
• Nosaka, Y., T. Isada, I. Kudo, H. Saito, H. Hattori, A. Tsuda and K. Suzuki. 2014. Light utilization efficiency of phytoplankton in the Western Subarctic Gyre of the North Pacific during summer. Journal of Oceanography, 70, 91-103, doi: 10.1007/s10872-013-0217-1.
• Ogawa, H., H. Saito and S. J. Ju. 2014. Changes in marine environments and responses of ecosystem dynamics in the East Asian Pacific, EOS, 95, 66.
• Oka, E., K. Uehara, T. Nakano, T. Suga, D. Yanagimoto, S. Kouketsu, S. Itoh, S. Katsura and L. D. Talley. 2014. Synoptic observation of Central Mode Water in its formation region in spring 2003. Journal of Oceanography, 70, 521–534.
• Sato-Takabe, Y., K. Hamasaki and K. Suzuki. 2014. Photosynthetic competence of the marine aerobic an oxygenic phototrophic bacterium Roseobacter sp. under organic substrate limitation. Microbes and Environment, 29, 100-103, doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME13130.
• Shiozaki, T., S.-I. Ito, K. Takahashi, H. Saito, T. Nagata and K. Furuya. 2014. Regional variability of factors controlling the onset timing and magnitude of spring algal blooms in the northwestern North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 253-265. doi:10.1002/2013JC009187.
• Shiozaki, T., Y.-L.L. Chen, Y.-H. Lin, Y. Taniuchi, K. Furuya and H.-Y. Chen. 2014. Seasonal variations of unicellular diazotroph groups A and B, and Trichodesmium in the northern South China Sea and neighboring upstream Kuroshio Current. Continental Shelf Research, 80, 20-31, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.02.015.
• Shiozaki, T., T. Kodama and K. Furuya. 2014. Large-scale impact of the island mass effect through nitrogen fixation in the western South Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2907-2913, DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059835.
• Shiozaki, T., M. Ijichi, T. Kodama, S. Takeda and K. Furuya 2014. Heterotrophic bacteria are major nitrogen fixers in the euphotic zone of the Indian Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20, 1096-1110, DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004886.
• Suzuki, K., A. Hattori-Saito, Y. Sekiguchi, J. Nishioka, M. Shigemitsu, T. Isadda, H. Liu, and R. M. L. McKay. 2014. Spatial variability in iron nutritional status of large diatoms in the Sea of Okhotsk with special reference to the Amur River discharge. Biogeosciences, 11, 2503-2514, doi: 10.5194/bg-11-2503-2014.
• Takao, S., T. Hirawake, G. Hashida, H. Sasaki, H. Hattori and K. Suzuki. 2014. Phytoplankton community composition and photosynthetic physiology in the Australian Sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2010/2011. Polar Biology, 37, 1563-1578, doi: 10.1007/s00300-014-1542-6.
• Takao, S., T. Iida, T. Isada, S.-I. Saitoh, T. Hirata and K. Suzuki. 2014. Bio-optical properties during the summer season in the Sea of Okhotsk. Progress in Oceanography, 126, 233-241, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.010.
• Takatani, Y., K. Enyo, Y. Iida, A. Kojima, T. Nakano, D. Sasano, N. Kosugi, T. Midorikawa, T. Suzuki and M. Ishii. 2014. Relationships between total alkalinity in surface water and sea surface dynamic height in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 119, 2806-2814, doi:10.1002/2013JC009739.
• Takasuka, A., K. Nisihikawa, H. Kuroda, T. Okunishi, Y. Shimizu, H. Sakaji, S.-I. Ito, T. Tokai and Y. Oozeki. 2016. Growth variability of Pacific saury Cololabis saira larvae under contrasting environments across the Kuroshio axis: survival potential of minority versus majority. Fisheries Oceanography, 25(4), 390-406, doi: 10.1111/fog.12160.
• Tanaka, K., K. Kuma, K. Hamasaki and Y. Yamashita. 2014. Accumulation of humic-like fluorescent dissolved organic matter in the Japan Sea. Scientific Reports, 4, 5292.
• Tsuchiya, K., V. S. Kuwahara, T. Yoshiki, R. Nakajima, H. Miyaguchi, N. Kumekawa, T. Kikuchi and T. Toda. 2014. Phytoplankton community response and succession in relation to typhoon passages in the coastal waters of Japan. Journal of Plankton Research, 36(2), 424-438.
• Tsuda, A. H. Saito and H. Kasai. 2014. Vertical distributions of large suspension-feeding copepods in the Oyashio region during their growing season. Journal of Oceanography, 70, 123–132.
• Wakita, K., Z. Shen, T. Osihi, N. Yagi, H. Kurokura and K. Furuya. 2014. Human utility of marine ecosystem services and behavioural intentions for marine conservation in Japan. Marine Policy, 46, 53-60.
• Yasunaka, S., Y. Nojiri, S. Nakaoka, T. Ono, F.A. Whiteney and M. Telszewski. 2014. Mapping of sea surface nutrients in the North Pacific: Basin-wide distribution and seasonal to interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010318.
• Yasunaka, S., Y. Nojiri, S. Nakaoka, T. Ono, H. Mukai and N. Usui. 2014. North Pacific dissolved inorganic carbon variations related to the Pacific decadal oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 1005-1011, doi: 10.1002/ 2013GL058987.
• Yonezaki, S. and M. Kiyota. 2014. Shift in trophic role of northern fur seals in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean. Bullten of Fisheries Research Agency, 38, 115-117.
• Yoshimura, T., K. Sugie, H. ENDO, K. SUZUKI, J. NISHIOKA and T. ONO. 2014. CO₂-related changes in organic matter production in open subarctic plankton communities under iron limited and enriched bloom conditions. Deep-Sea Research I, 94, 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2014.08.004.
• Yoshimura, T., J. Nishioka, H. Ogawa, K. Kuma, H. Saito, A. Tsuda. 2014. Dissolved organic phosphorus production and decomposition during open ocean diatom blooms in the subarctic Pacific. Marine Chemistry, 165, 46-54.

2013

• Buitenhuis, E., T. Hashioka and C. Le Quéré. 2013. Combined constraints on ocean primary production and phytoplankton biomass from observations and two models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 27 (3), 847-858, doi: 10.1002/gbc.20074.
• Chiba S., E. Di Lorenzo, A. Davis, J. E. Keister, B. Taguchi, Y. Sasai and H. Sugisaki. 2013. Large-scale climate control of zooplankton transport and biogeography in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension region. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 5182-5187 doi:10.1002/grl.50999.
• Di Lorenzo, E., V. Combes, J. E. Keister, T. P. Strub, A. C. Thomas, P. J. S. Franks, M. D. Ohman, J. Furtado, A. Bracco, S. J. Bograd, W. T. Peterson, F. B. Schwing, S. Chiba, B. Taguchi, S. Hormazabal and C. Parada. 2013. Synthesis of Pacific Ocean Climate & Ecosystems Dynamics, Oceanography, 26, 68-81.
• Endo, H., T. Yoshimura, T. Kataoka and K. Suzuki. 2013. Effects of CO₂ and iron availability on phytoplankton and eubacterial community compositions in the northwest subarctic Pacific. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecolgy, 439, 160-175, doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.11.003.
• Girault M., H. Arakawa and F. Hashihaam. 2013. Phosphorus stress of microphytoplankton community in the western subtropical North Pacific. Journal of Plankton Research, 35, 146-157.
• Girault, M., H. Arakawa, A. Barani, H. J. Ceccaldi, F. Hashihama, S. Kinouchi and G. Gregori. 2013. Distribution of ultraphytoplankton in the western part of the North Pacific subtropical gyre during a strong La Niña condition: relationship with the hydrological conditions. Biogeosciences, 10, 5947-5965.
• Hashihama, F., S. Kinouchi, S. Suwa, M. Suzumura and J. Kanda. 2013. Sensitive determination of enzymatically labile dissolved organic phosphorus and its vertical profile in the oligotrophic western North Pacific and East China Sea. Journal of Oceanography, 69, 357-367.
• Hashioka, T., M. Vogt, Y. Yamanaka, C. LE Quéré, E. T. Buitenhuis, M. N. Aita, S. Alvain, L. Bopp, T. Hirata, I. Lima, S. Sailley and S. C. Doney. 2013. Phytoplankton competition during the spring bloom in four plankton functional type models, Biogeosciences, 10, 6833-6850, doi: 10.5194/bg-10-6833-2013.
• Hirai, J., S. Shimode and A. Tsuda. 2013. Species identification of calanoid copepods in the subtropical regions off the coast of Japan by using a new molecular marker ITS2-28S D1/D2. Journal of Plankton Research, (in press), doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbt016.
• Hirata, T., S. Saux-Picart, T. Hashioka, M. N. Aita, H. Sumata, M. Shigemitsu, J. I. Allen and Y. Yamanaka. 2013. A comparison between phytoplankton community structures derived from a global 3D ecosystem model and satellite observation, Journal of Marine System, 109–110, 129–137.
• Isada, T., T. Iida, H. Liu, S.-I. Saitoh, J. Nishioka, T. Nakatsuka and K. Suzuki. 2013, Influence of Amur River discharge on phytoplankton photophysiology in the Sea of Okhotsk during late summer. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20159.
• Ishii, M., R. A. Feely, K. B. Rodgers, G.-H. Park, R. Wanninkhof, D. Sasano, H. Sugimoto, C. E. Cosca, S. Nakaoka, M. Telszewski, Y. Nojiri, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, Y. Niwa, P. K. Patra, V. Valsala, H. Nakano, I. Lima, S. C. Doney, E. T. Buitenhuis, O. Aumont, J. P. Dunne, A. Lenton and T. Takahashi. 2013. Air-sea CO₂ flux in the Pacific Ocean for the period 1990–2009. Biogeosciences, 11, 709-734, doi: 10.5194/bg-11-709-2014.
• Ito, S., T. Okunishi, M. J. Kishi and M. Wang. 2013. Modelling ecological responses of Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) to future climate change and its uncertainty, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70, 980-990.
• Jing H., L. Kong, K. Suzuki and H. Liu. 2013. Vertical profiles of Bacteria in the subarctic and subtropical oceanic waters revealed by pyrosequencing. PLoS One, 8, e79423, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079423.
• Kameyama, S., H. Tanimoto, S. Inomata, H. Yoshikawa-Inoue, U. Tsunogai, A. Tsuda, M. Uematsu, M. Ishii, D. Sasano, K. Suzuki and Y. Nosaka. 2013. Strong relationship between dimethyl sulfide and net community production in the western subarctic Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 3986-3990, doi: 10.1002/grl.50654.
• Kaneko, H., I. Yasuda, K. Komatsu and S. Itoh. 2013. Observations of vertical turbulent nitrate flux across the Kuroshio. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(12), 3123-3127, doi: 10.1002/grl.50613.
• Kondo, Y., S. Takeda, J. Nishioka, M. Sato, H. Saito, K. Suzuki and K. Furuya. 2013. Growth simulation and inhibition of natural phytoplankton community by organic ligands in the western subarctic Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 69, 97-115, doi: 10.1007/s10872-012-0160-6.
• Koshino, Y., H. Kudo, M. Kaeriyama. 2013. Stable isotope evidence indicates the incorporation of marine-derived nutrients transported by spawning Pacific salmon to Japanese catchments. Freshwater Biology, 58, 1864-1877.
• Kouketsu, S., A. Murata, T. Doi, 2013, Decadal changes in dissolved inorganic carbon in the Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 27, 65-76, doi: 10.1029/2012GB004413.
• Moore, C.M., M.M. Mills, K.R. Arrigo, I. Berman-Frank, L. Bopp, P.W. Boyd, E.D. Galbraith, R.J. Geider, C. Guieu, S.L. Jaccard, T.D. Jickells, J. La Roche, T.M. Lenton, N.M. Mahowald, E. Marañón, I. Marinov, J.K. Moore, T. Nakatsuka, A. Oschlies, M.A. Saito, T.F. Thingstad, A. Tsuda and O. Ulloa. 2013. Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation. Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1765.
• Nakajima, R., K. Tsuchiya, N. Nakatomi, T. Yoshida, Y. Tada, F. Konno, T. Toda, V. S. Kuwahara, K. Hamasaki, B. Haji, R. Othman, T. C. Segaran and A. W. M. Effendy. 2013. Enrichment of microbial abundance in the sea-surface microlayer over a coral reef: implications for biogeochemical cycles in reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 490, 11-22.
• Nishikawa, H., I. Yasuda, S. Itoh, K. Komatsu, H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai and Y. Oozeki. 2013. Transport and survival of Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) eggs and larvae via particle-tracking experiments. Fisheries Oceanography, 22, 509–522.
• Okubo, A., S. Takeda and H. Obata. 2013. Atmospheric deposition of trace metals to the western North Pacific Ocean observed at coastal station in Japan. Atmospheric Research, 129-130, 20-32.
• Omori, Y., H. Tanimoto, S. Inomata, S. Kameyama, S. Takao and K. Suzuki. 2013. Evaluation of using unfiltered seawater for underway measurement of dimethyl sulfide in the ocean by online mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 11, 549-560, doi: 10.4319/lom.2013.11.549.
• Peloquin, J., C. Swan, N. Gruber, M. Vogt, H. Claustre, J. Ras, J. Uitz, R. Barlow, M. Behrenfeld, R. Bidigare, H. Dierssen, G. Ditullio, E. Fernandez, C. Gallienne, S. Gibb, R. Goericke, L. Harding, E. Head, P. Holligan, S. Hooker, D. Karl, M. Landry, R. Letelier, C.A. Llewellyn, M. Lomas, M. Lucas, A. Mannino, J.-C. Marty, B. G. Mitchell, F. Muller-Karger, N. Nelson, C. O'Brien, B. Prezelin, D. Repeta, W.O. Smith Jr., D. Smythe-Wright, R. Stumpf, A. Subramaniam, K. Suzuki, C. Trees, M. Vernet, N. Wasmund and S. Wright. 2013. The MAREDAT global database of high performance liquid chromatography marine pigment measurements. Earth System Science Data, 5, 109-123, doi: 10.5194/essd-5-109-2013.
• Sailley, S. F., M. Vogt, S. C. Doney, M. N. Aita, L. Bopp, E. T. Buitenhuis, T. Hashioka, I. Lima, C. Le Quéré and Y. Yamanaka. 2013. Comparing food web structures and dynamics across a suite of global marine ecosystem models. Ecological Modelling, 261-262, 43-57.
• Sato, M., R, Sakuraba and F. Hashihama. 2013. Phosphate monoesterase and diesterase activities in the Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences, 10, 7677-7688.
• Shiozaki, T., T. Kodama, S. Kitajima, M. Sato and K. Furuya. 2013. Advective transport of diazotrophs and importance of their nitrogen fixation on new and primary production in the western Pacific warm pool. Limnology and Oceanography, 58 (1), 49-60.
• Sugie, K., H. Endo, K. Suzuki, J. Nishioka, H. Kiyosawa and T. Yoshimura. 2013. Synergistic effects of pCO2 and iron availability on nutrient consumption ratio of the Bering Sea phytoplankton community. Biogoesciences, 10, 6309-6321, doi: 10.5194/bg-10-6309-2013.
• Suzuki, T., M. Ishii, M. Aoyama, J. R. Christian, K. Enyo, T. Kawano, R. M. Key, N. Kosugi, A. Kozyr, L. A. Miller, A. Murata, T. Nakano, T. Ono, T. Saino, K. Sasaki, D. Sasano, Y. Takatani, M. Wakita, C. L. Sabine. 2013. Pacifica Data Synthesis Project, ORNL/CDIAC-159, NDP-092.
• Tada, Y., R. Makabe, N. Kasamatsu-Takazawa, A. Taniguchi and K. Hamasaki. 2013. Growth and distribution patterns of Roseobacter/Rhodobacter, SAR11, and Bacteroidetes lineages in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 36, 691-704.
• Takahashi, K, T. Ichikawa, H. Saito, S. Kakehi, Y. Sugimoto, K. Hidaka and K. Hamasaki. 2013. Sapphirinid copepods as predators of doliolids: Their role in doliolid mortality and sinking flux. Limnology and Oceanograpy, 58, 1972-1984.
• Takao, S., T. Hirawake, S. W. Wright and K. Suzuki. 2012. Variations of net primary productivity and phytoplankton community composition in the Southern Ocean as estimated from ocean-color remote sensing data. Biogeosciences, 9, 3875-3890, doi:10.5194/bg-9-3875-2012.
• Takeda, S., F. Chai and J. Nishioka. 2013. Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean. PICES Scientific Report, 42, 1-60.
• Tanaka, S.S., Y.W. Watanabe, T. Ono and T. Aramaki. 2013. Spatial high-resolution estimation of net oxygen production during spring bloom in the North Pacific using dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Marine Chemistry, 149, 85-95.
• Tsuchiya, K., T. Yoshiki, R. Nakajima, H. Miyaguchi, V. S. Kuwahara, S. Taguchi, T. Kikuchi and T. Toda. 2013. Typhoon-driven variations in primary production and phytoplankton assemblages in Sagami Bay, Japan: A case study of typhoon Mawar (T0511). Plankton and Benthos Research, 8(2), 74-87.
• Yamashita, Y., Y. Nosaka, K. Suzuki, H. Ogawa, K. Takahashi and H. Saito. 2013. Photobleaching as a factor controlling spectral characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in open ocean. Biogeosciences, 10, 7207-7217, doi: 10.5914/bg-10-7207-2013.
• Yasunaka, S., Y. Nojiri, S. Nakaoka, T. Ono, H. Mukai and N. Usui. 2013. Monthly maps of sea surface dissolved inorganic carbon in the North Pacific: Basin-wide distribution and seasonal variation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 3843-3850, doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20279
• Yatsu, A., S. Chiba, Y. Yamanaka, S. Ito, Y. Shimizu, M. Kaeriyama and Y. Watanabe. 2013. Climate forcing and the Kuroshio/Oyashio ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70, 922-933.
• Yoshiki, T., S. Chiba, H. Sugisaki, K. Sasaoka, T. Ono and S. Batten. 2013. Interannual variations and regional differences in the developmental timing of mesozooplankton in the western North Pacific Ocean based on Continuous Plankton Recorder data from 2001 to 2009. Journal of Plankton Research, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fst084.
• Yoshimura, T., K. Suzuki, H. Kiyosawa, T. Ono, K. Kuma and J. Nishioka. 2013. Impacts of elevated CO2 on particulate and dissolved organic matter production: Microcosm experiments using iron deficient plankton communities in open subarctic waters. Journal of Oceanography, 69, 601-618, doi: 10.1007/s10872-013-0196-2.

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• Chiba, S., S. Batten, K. Sasaoka, Y. Sasai and H. Sugisaki. 2012. Influence of the Pacific Decadel Oscillation on phytoplankton phenology and community structure in the western North Pacific based on satellite observation and the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey for 2001–2009. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L15603, doi:10.1029/2012GL052912.
• Edwards, M., P. Helaouet, D.G. Johns, S. Batten, G. Beaugrand, S. Chiba, M. Flavell, E. Head, G. Hosie, A.J. Richardson, K. Takahashi, H.M. Verheye, P. Ward and M. Wooton. 2012. Global Marine Ecological Status Report: results from the global CPR survey 2010/2011. SAFHOS Technical Report, 9, 1-40. Plymouth, UK.
• Kaeriyama, M., H. Seo, H., Kudo and M. Nagata. 2012. Perspectives on wild and hatchery salmon interactions at sea, potential climate effects on Japanese chum salmon, and the need for sustainable salmon fishery management reform in Japan. Environmetal Biology of Fishes, 94, 165-177, doi: 10.1007/s10641-011-9930-z.
• Kaneko, H., I. Yasuda, K. Komatsu, and S. Itoh. 2012. Observations of the structure of turbulent mixing across the Kuroshio. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL052419.
• Kondo, Y., S. Takeda and K. Furuya. 2012. Distinct trends in dissolved Fe speciation between shallow and deep waters in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 134-135, 18-28.
• Kouketsu, S., H. Tomita, E. Oka, S. Hosoda, T. Kobayashi and K. Sato. 2012. The role of meso-scale eddies in mixed layer deepening and mode water formation in the western North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 68(1), 63-77, doi: 10.1007/s10872-011-0049-9.
• Luo, Y.-W., S.C. Doney, L.A. Anderson, M. Benavides, I. Berman-Frank, A. Bode, S. Bonnet, K.H. Boström., D. Böttjer, D.G. Capone, E.J. Carpenter, Y.L. Chen, M.J. Church, J.E. Dore, L.I. Falcón, A. Fernández, R.A. Foster, K. Furuya, F. Gómez, K. Gundersen, A.M. Hynes, D.M. Karl, S. Kitajima, R.J. Langlois, J. LaRoche, R.M. Letelier, E. Marañón, D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., P.H. Moisander, C.M. Moore, B. Mouriño-Carballido, M.R. Mulholland, J.A. Needoba, K.M. Orcutt, A.J. Poulton, E. Rahav, P. Raimbault, A.P. Rees, L. Riemann, T. Shiozaki, A. Subramaniam, T. Tyrrell, K.A. Turk-Kubo, M. Varela, T.A. Villareal, E.A. Webb, A.E. White, J. Wu and J.P. Zehr. 2012. Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates. Earth System Science Data, 4, 47-73, doi: 10.5194/essd-4-47-2012.
• Nagata, M., Y. Miyakoshi, H. Urabe, M. Fujiwara, Y. Sasaki, K. Kasugai, M. Torao, D. Ando and M. Kaeriyama. 2012. An overview of salmon enhancement and the need to manage and monitor natural spawning in Hokkaido, Japan. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 94, 311-323, doi: 10.1007/s10641-011-9882-3.
• Oka, E., B. Qiu, S. Kouketsu, K. Uehara and T. Suga. 2012. Decadal seesaw of the Central and Subtropical Mode Water formation associated with the Kuroshio Extension variability. Journal of Oceanography, 68(2), 355-360, doi: 10.1007/s10872-011-0098-0.
• Okunishi, T., S.-I. Ito, D. Ambe, A. Takasuka, T. Kameda, K. Tadokoro, T. Setou, K. Komatsu, A. Kawabata, H. Kubota, T. Ichikawa, H. Sugisaki, T. Hashioka, Y. Yamanaka, N. Yoshie and T. Watanabe. 2012. A modeling approach to evaluate growth and movement for recruitment success of Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) in the western Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 21: 44–57. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00608.x
• Okunishi T., S. Ito, T. Hashioka, T.T. Sakamoto, N. Yoshie, H. Sumata, Y. Yara, N. Okada and Y. Yamanaka. 2012. Impacts of climate change on growth and migration of Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) in the western North Pacific. Climatic Change, 3-4, 485-503.
• Rand, P.S., B.A. Berejikian, A. Bidlack, D. Bottom, J. Gardner, M. Kaeriyama, R. Lincoln, M. Nagata, T.N. Pearsons, M. Schmidt, W.W. Smoker, L.A. Weitkamp and L.A. Zhivotovsky. 2012. Ecological interactions between wild and hatchery salmonids and key recommendations for research and management actions in selected regions of the North Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 94, 343-351, doi: 10.1007/s10641-012-9988-2.
• Seo, H, S. Kang, K. Masuda and M. Kaeriyama. 2012. Long-term variation in relative abundance and body size of Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus species. Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 44(6), 717-731.
• Shigemitsu, M., T. Okunishi, J. Nishioka, H. Sumata, T. Hashioka, M.N. Aita, S.L. Smith, N. Yoshie, N. Okada and Y. Yamanaka. 2012. Development of a one-dimensional ecosystem model including the iron cycle applied to the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, C6, 117., doi:10.1029/2011JC007689.
• Shimode, S., K. Takahashi, Y. Shimizu, T. Nonomura and A. Tsuda. 2012. Distribution and life history of two planktonic copepods, Rhincalanus nasutus and Rhincalanus rostrifrons, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 65, 133-145.
• Tada, Y., A. Taniguchi, Y. Sato-Takabe and K. Hamasaki. 2012. Growth and succession patterns of major phylogenetic groups of marine bacteria during a mesocosm diatom bloom. Journal of Oceanography, 68, 509–519.
• Takao, S., T. Hirawake, S. W. Wright and K. Suzuki. 2012. Variations of net primary productivity and phytoplankton community composition in the Southern Ocean as estimated from ocean-color remote sensing data. Biogeosciences, 9, 3875-3890, doi:10.5194/bg-9-3875-2012.
• Uchimiya M., H. Fukuda, S. Nishino, T. Kikuchi, H. Ogawa and T. Nagata. 2012. Vertical distribution of prokaryote production and abundance in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic layers of the Canada Basin, western Arctic: Implications for the mode and extent of organic carbon delivery. Deep Sea Research Part I, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.001.
• Uehara, H., A.A. Kruts, Y.N. Volkov, T. Nakamura, T. Ono and H. Mitsudera. 2012. A new climatology of the Okhotsk Sea derived from the FERHRI database. Journal of Oceanography, 68, doi: 10.1007/s10872-012-0147-3.
• Williamson, P., D. W. R. Wallace, C. S. Law, P. W. Boyd, Y. Collos, P. Croot, K. Denman, U. Riebesell, S. Takeda and C. Vivian. 2012. Ocean fertilization for geoengineering: A review of effectiveness, environmental impacts and emerging governance. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 90, 475-488.
• Yamada N., H. Fukuda, H. Ogawa, H. Saito and M. Suzumura. 2012. Heterotrophic bacterial production and extracellular enzymatic activity in sinking particulate matter in the western North Pacific Ocean. Frontier in Aquatic Microbiology, 3: 379. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00379.

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