Toshiro SAINO

Profile

Shin NAGAI

Environmental Biogeochemical Cycle Research Program
Program Director
Principal Scientist

Address

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
2-15 Natsushima Cho, Yokosuka Shi, Kanagawa Ken, 237-0061 Japan
TEL：+81-46-867-9450
FAX：+81-46-867-9455

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Doctor of Science, March 1978.
Course for Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Master of Science, March 1974.
Course for Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Bachelor of Science, March 1972.
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

Professional Experience

Program Director: 2009-present
Environmental Biogeochemical Cycle Research Program
Research Institute for Global Change
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Professor Emeritus: 2009-present
Nagoya University
Program Director: 2008-2009
Global Warming Observational Research Program
Institute for Observational Research of Global Change, JAMSTEC
Principal Scientist: 2008-present
JAMSTEC
Professor: 2001-2008
Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University
Professor: 1994-2001
Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya University
Associate Professor: 1993-1994
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Assistant Professor: 1979-1993
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

Professional Memberships

  • The Oceanographic Society of Japan, Councilor: 1990-present
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Oceanography: 2007-2011
  • Editor, Journal of Oceanography: 2011-2012
  • Japan Society of Advanced Marine Science and Technology, Councilor: 1990-2010
  • Japan Society of Geochemistry
  • Plankton Society of Japan
  • Japan Society of Fisheries Oceanography
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  • The Oceanography Society

Societal Activity

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
  • Member, Science Steering Committee: 1997-2003
  • Executive Member, Science Steering Committee: 2000-2003
  • Co-Chair, North Pacific Task Team: 1997-2000
  • Vice-Chair, North Pacific Task Team: 2000
  • Vice-Chair, North Pacific Synthesis Group: 2000-2003
  • Chief Guest Editor, Deep-Sea Research II
    Special Issue on North Pacific Biogeochemical Processes: 2000-2002
  • Chief Guest Editor, Journal of Oceanography
    Special Issue on JGOFS North Pacific Synthesis: 2002-2003
SOLAS/IMBER Implementation Group for Carbon Research
  • Member: 2005-2008
CarboOcean Integrated Project
  • Member, International Advisory Panel: 2004-2009
North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
  • Member, co-Chair, Carbon and Climate Section: 2005-present
  • Guest Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Oceanography Special Section of PICES North Pacific Carbon Cycle Studies: 2009
Science Council of Japan
  • Member, IGBP National Committee: 2000-2003
  • Member, JGOFS National Committee: 1988-2003
  • Chair, JGOFS Japan Data Management Advisory Group: 1990-2000
  • Chair, JGOFS National Committee of Japan: 2000-2003
  • Member, IGBP-DIS National Committee: 1992-2000
  • Member, IGBP-DIS National Committee: 1992-2000
  • Member, IMBER National Committee: 2004-present
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
  • Member, Councilors: 2004-present
  • Member, Evaluation Committee: 2007
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University
  • Member, Councilors: 2004-present
Graduate school of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University
  • Member, Evaluation Committee, 2003
National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Senior Invited Researcher, Center for Global Environmental Research: 2002-2006
  • Member, Evaluation Committee: 2007-2010
  • Member, Steering Committee: 2011-present
Japan Oceanographic Data Center, Japan Coast Guard
  • Invited Scientist: 1999-2004
National Space Development Agency of Japan: currently as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Invited Eminent Scientist: 1996-2005
  • Chair, Ocean Biology Science Team/ADEOS Project: 1996-2005
  • Chief Guest Editor, Journal of Oceanography Special Issue on ADEOS Field Campaign off Sanriku: 1997-1998
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
  • Member, Evaluation Committee: 1997-2000
  • Chair, R/V Mirai Cruise Planning and Operation Committee: 1999-2000
Frontier Research Center for Global Change, JAMSTEC
  • Group Leader, Marine Ecosystem Model Group: 2000-2009
Japan Science and Technology Corporation
  • Project Leader, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology: 1999-2004
  • Project Leader, Solution Oriented Research in Science and Technology: 2004-2010
Japan Marine Science Foundation
  • Member, Board of Directors: 1994-present
Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences
  • Adjunct Senior Research Scientist: 2006-2010
Journal of Earth System Sciences, Indian Academy of Science
  • Editorial Board Member: 2004-present

Awards

  • Miyake Prize of Geochemical Research Association, Japan: 2010
  • Uda Prize of The Oceanographic Society of Japan: 2012

Publications

English, Refereed

  • Wada E., K. Ohki, S. Yoshikawa, P.L. Parker, C. Van Baalen, G.I. Matsumoto, M. Noguchi Aita, T. Saino. (2012): Ecological aspects of carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of cyanobacteria. Plankton & Benthos Research, 7(3), 135-145.
  • Takahashi, D., A. Morimoto, T. Nakamura, T. Hosaka, Y. Mino, Vu Hai Dang, and T. Saino (2012): Short-term flow and water temperature fluctuations in Sagami Bay, Japan, associated with variations of the Kuroshio during the non-large-meander path. Progress in Oceanography, 105, 47-60.
  • Honda, M. C., T. Aono, M. Aoyama, Y. Hamajima, H. Kawakami, M. Kitamura, Y. Masumoto, Y. Miyazawa, M. Takigawa and T. Saino (2012): Dispersion of  artificial caesium-134 and -137 in the western North Pacific one month after the Fukushima accident. Geochemical Journal, 46 (1), e1-e9.
  • Aita, N. M., K. Tadokoro, N. O. Ogawa, F. Hyodo, R. Ishii, S. Lan Smith, T. Saino, M. J. Kishi, S-I. Saitoh and E. Wada (2011): Linear relationship between carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios along simple food chains in marine environments, Journal of Plankton Research, 33(1),1629-1642. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr070, Nov. 2011
  • Sasaoka K., S. Chiba and ,T. Saino (2011): Climatic forcing and phytoplankton phenology over the subarctic North Pacific from 1998 to 2006, as observed from ocean color data. Geophys. Res. Letters, 38, L15609, DOI: 10.1029/2011 GL048299, Aug. 10 2011
  • Fujiki, T., K. Matsumoto, S. Watanabe, T. Hosaka and T. Saino (2011): Phytoplankton productivity in the western subarctic gyre of the North Pacific in early summer 2006. Journal of Oceanography, 67 (3), 295-303. June 2011
  • Sukigara, C., T. Suga, T. Saino, K. Toyama, D. Yanagimoto, K. Hanawa, N. Shikama (2011): Biogeochemical evidence of large diapycnal diffusivity associated with the subtropical mode water of the North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 67 (1), 77-85, DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0008-5, Feb. 2011
  • Saino, T (2011) A new partner for the Journal of Oceanography, Journal of Oceanography, 67 (1), 1-1, DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0012-9, Feb. 2011
  • Iglesias-Rodriguez M. Debora, Kenneth R.N. Anthony, Jella Bijma, Andrew G.Dickson, Scott C. Doney, Victoria J. Fabry, Richard A. Feely, Jean-Pierre Gattuso,　Kitack Lee, Toshiro Saino and Carol Turley(2010): Towards an Integrated Global Ocean Acidification Observation Network, Plenary Paper, Ocean Obs. ’09 proceedings.
  • Hutahaean A. A., J. Ishizaka, A. Morimoto, J. Kanda, N. Horimoto and T. Saino (2010)：Development of Algorithms for Estimating the Seasonal Nitrate Profiles in the Upper Water Column of the Sagami Bay, Japan. La mer, 48: 1-16.
  • Tripathy, S. C., J. Ishizaka, T. Fujiki, T. Shibata, K. Okamura, T. Hosaka, and T. Saino (2010): Assessment of carbon- and fluorescence-based primary productivity in Ariake Bay, southwestern Japan. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science , 87(1), 163-173. Mar. 20, 2010.
  • Kessarkar, P. M., V. P. Rao, S.W.A. Naqvi, A.R. Chivas, T. Saino (2010): Fluctuations in productivity and denitrification in the southeastern Arabian Sea during the Late Quaternary. Current Science, 99(4), 485-491. Aug.25, 2010
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., O. Abe, M. Honda, and T. Saino (2010): Estimating of Gas Transfer Velocity Using Triple Isotopes of Dissolved Oxygen. Journal of Oceanography, 66(4), 505-512.
  • Abe, O., A. Watanabe, VVSS Sarma, Y. Matsui, H. Yamano, N. Yoshida, and T. Saino (2010): Air-sea gas transfer in a shallow, flowing and coastal environment estimated by dissolved inorganic carbon and dissolved oxygen analyses. Journal of Oceanography, 66(3),363-372.
  • Feely, R.A., V.J. Fabry, A. Dickson, J-P Gattuso, J, Bijma, U. Riebesell, S. Doney, C. Turley, T. Saino, K. Lee, K. Anthony, and J. Kleypas (2010)“An International Observational Network for Ocean Acidification”, in Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, 2010.
  • Cronin, M. F., N. Bond, J. Booth, H. Ichikawa, T. M. Joyce, K. Kelly, M. Kubota, B. Qiu, C. Reason, M. Rouault, C. Sabine, T. Saino, J. Small, T. Suga, L. D. Talley, L. Thompson, R. A. Weller (2010): "Monitoring ocean-atmosphere interactions in western boundary current extensions", in Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, 2010.
  • Chiba, S., H. Sugisaki, M. Nonaka, and T. Saino (2009): Geographical shift of zooplankton communities and decadal dynamics of the Kuroshio-Oyashio currents in the western North Pacific. Global Change Biology, 15(7), 1846-1858.
  • Mitbavkar, S., T. Saino, N. Horimoto, J. Kanda, and T. Ishimaru (2009): Role of environment and hydrography in determining the picoplankton community structure of Sagami Bay, Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 65(2), 195-208.
  • Hoepffner, N., F. Mélin, M. Dowell, J. Marra, T. Saino and C.Wilson (2008): Chapter 5: Biogeochemical Cycles, pp. 31-46, in Why Ocean Colour? The Societal Benefits of Ocean-Colour Technology.Platt, T., Hoepffner, N., Stuart, V. and Brown, C. (eds.), Reports of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, No. 7, IOCCG, Dartmouth, Canada.
  • Chiba, S., M. N. Aita, K. Tadokoro, T. Saino, H. Sugisaki, K. Nakata (2008): From climate regime shifts to lower-trophic level phenology: Synthesis of recent progress in retrospective studies of the western North Pacific, Progress in Oceanography, 77, 112–126, 2008.
  • Siswanto, E., J. Ishizaka, A. Morimoto, K. Tanaka, K. Okamura, A. Kristijono, and T. Saino (2008): Ocean physical and biogeochemical responses to the passage of Typhoon Meari in the East China Sea observed from Argo floats and multiplatform satellites. Geophysical Research Letters,vol. 35. LI5604, doi;10.1029/2008GL035040, 2008.
  • Ono, T., A. Shiomoto, and T. Saino (2008): Recent decrease of summer nutrients concentrations and future possible shrinkage of the subarctic North Pacific High-Nutrient Low-Chlorophyll region, Global Biogeochemical. Cycles, doi:10.1029/2007GB003092, 2008.
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., O. Abe and T. Saino (2008): Spatial variations in time-integrated plankton metabolic rates in the Sagami Bay using triple oxygen isotopes and O2/Ar ratios.  Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 53, 1776-1783, 2008.
  • Fujiki, T., T. Hosaka, H. Kimoto, T. Ishimaru, and T. Saino (2008):  In situ observation of phytoplankton productivity by an underwater profiling buoy system: use of fast repetition rate fluorometry. Marine Ecology Progress Series,Vol. 353., 81-88, 2008.
  • Hashihama,F., N.Horimoto, J.Kanda, K.Furuya, T.Ishimaru and T. Saino (2008): Temporal variation in phytoplankton composition related to water mass properties in the central part f Sagami Bay. Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 64 (No. 1), pp. 23-37, 2008.
  • Sukigara, C. and T. Saino (2007): Monitoring of particle transport from Tokyo Bay to open ocean. Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography, Vol. 45 (1), 51-59, 2007. (in Japanese, with English abstract and caption)
  • Saino, T. (2007): Ocean primary productivity monitoring using an underwater profiling buoy system. Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography, Vol. 45 (1), 17-28, 2007. (in Japanese, with English abstract and caption)
  • Fujiki, T. and T. Saino (2007): Estimation of phytoplankton productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence. Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography, Vol. 45 (1), 5-10, 2007. (in Japanese, with English abstract and caption)
  • Ishizaka, J, E. Siswanto, T. Itoh, H. Murakami, Y. Yaniaguchi, N. Horimoto, T. Ishimaru, S. Hashimoto and T. Saino (2007): Verification of vertically generalized production model and estimation of primary production in Sagami Bay, Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 63 (3): 517-524, JUN 2007
  • Patil, J. S., H. Kimoto, T. Kimoto and T. Saino (2007) : Ultraviolet Radiation (UV-C): A potential tool for the control of biofouling on marine optical instruments. Biofouling, 23(4): 215-230, JUL 2007  doi: 10.1080/08927010701275598
  • Fujiki, T., T. Suzue, H. Kimoto and T. Saino (2007): Photosynthetic electron transport in Dunaliella tertiolecta (chlorophyceae) measured by fast repetition rate fluorometry: Relation to carbon assimilation. Journal of Plankton Research, 29(2): 199-208.
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., M.D. Kumar and T. Saino (2007): Impact of sinking carbon flux on accumulation of deep-ocean carbon in the Northern Indian Ocean. Biogeochemistry, 82(1), 89-100  doi:10.1007/s10533-006-9055-1.
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., O. Abe, N. Yoshida and T. Saino（2006）: Continuous shipboard sampling system for determination of triple oxygen isotopes and O2/Ar ratio by dual-inlet mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 20 (23): 3503-3508. NOV 2006
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., T. Saino, K. Sasaoka, Y. Nojiri, T. Ono, M. Ishii, H.Y. Inoue, and K. Matsumoto (2006): Basin-scale pCO2 distribution using satellite SST, Chl a and climatological salinity in the North Pacific in Spring and Summer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20 (3): GB3005, doi:10.1029/ 2005GB002594. JUL 2006
  • Naqvi, S.W.A., H. Naik, A. Pratihary, W. D' Souza, P. V. Narvekar, D. A. Jayakumar, A. H. Devol, T. Yoshinari and T. Saino (2006): Coastal versus open-ocean denitrification in the Arabian Sea. Biogeosciences,3 (3): 621-633. DEC 2006
  • Hashimoto, S., N. Horimoto, T. Ishimaru, and T. Saino (2006): Metabolic balance of gross primary production and community respiration in Sagami Bay, Japan, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 321, 31-40. SEP 2006
  • Sukigara, C., and T. Saino (2006): A 7-year increasing trend of 15N in sinking particles at the mouth of the Tokyo Bay.  Geophysical Research Letters, 33(9), L09607, doi:10.1029/2006GL025982, 2006
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., O. Abe, A. Hinuma and T. Saino (2006): Short-term variation of triple oxygen isotopes and gross oxygen production in the Sagami Bay, central Japan. Limnology and Oceanography,51 (3), 1432-1442, 2006
  • Chiba, S., K. Tadokoro, H. Sugisaki, and T. Saino (2006): Effects of decadal climate change on zooplankton over the last 50 years in the western subarctic North Pacific. Global Change Biology, 12, 907–920, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01136.x
  • Hashimoto, S., N.Horimoto, Y.Yamaguchi, T.Ishimaru, and T. Saino (2005): Relationship between net and gross primary production in the Sagami Bay, Japan. Limnology and Oceanography,50(6), 1830-1835
  • Tadokoro, K., S. Chiba, T. Ono, T. Midorikawa and T. Saino (2005): Interannual variations of Neocalanus copepods biomass in the Oyashio water, western subarctic North Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 14(3), 210-220, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00333.x，2005
  • Sukigara, C. and T. Saino (2005): Temporal variations of d13C and d15N in organic particles collected by a sediment trap at a time-series station off the Tokyo Bay, Continental Shelf Research, 25 (14), 1749-1767.
  • Chiba, S., Y. Hirota, S. Hasegawa and T. Saino (2005): North-south contrast in decadal scale variations in lower trophic level ecosystems in the Japan Sea. Fisheries Oceanography, 14(6), 401-412,
  • Saito, H., K. Suzuki, A. Hinuma, T. Ota, K. Fukami, H. Kiyosawa, T. Saino and A. Tsuda. (2005): Responses of microzooplankton to in situ iron fertilization in the western subarctic Pacific (SEEDS). Progress in Oceanography, 64,(2-4) February-March 2005, Pages 223-236
  • Suzuki, K., A. Hinuma, H. Saito, H. Kiyosawa, H. Liu, T. Saino and A. Tsuda. (2005): Responses of phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the northwest subarctic Pacific to in situ iron fertilization as estimated by HPLC pigment analysis and flow cytometry. Progress in Oceanography,64,(2-4), February-March 2005, Pages 167-187
  • Tadokoro, K., S. Chiba, T. Ono, T. Midorikawa and T. Saino (2005): Interannual variations of Neocalanus copepods biomass in the Oyashio water, western subarctic North Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography,14 (3), 210 -220 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00333.x
  • Sarma,V.V.S.S., O.Abe, S.Hashimoto, A.Hinuma, and T.Saino (2005): Seasonal variations in triple oxygen isotopes and gross oxygen production in the Sagami Bay. Limnology and Oceanography, 50 (2): 544-552.
  • Ono T., T. Saino, N. Kurita and K. Sasaki (2004): Basin-scale extrapolation of shipboard pCO2 data by using satellite SST and Chl a. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25, 3803-3815.
  • Chiba, S, T. Ono, K. Tadokoro, T. Midorikawa and T. Saino (2004): Increased stratification and decreased lower trophic level productivity in the western subarctic North Pacific.– a 30-year retrospective study – Journal of Oceanography, 60, 1,149-162.
  • Goes, J. I., H.do R. Gomes, T. Saino, C.S. Wong and C. Mordy (2004): Exploiting MODIS Terra and Aqua data for estimating Sea Surface Nitrate concentrations from space. EOS, Vol. 85, No. 44, 2 November 2004
  • Goes, J. I., H. do R. Gomes, A. Limsakul and T. Saino (2004): The influence of large scale environmental changes on carbon export in the subarctic Pacific Ocean using satellite and shipboard data. Deep-Sea Research II, 51, 1-3, 247-279.
  • Goes, J. I., K.Sasaoka, H. do R. Gomes, S. Saitoh and T. Saino (2004): A comparison of the seasonality and interannual variability of phytoplankton biomass and production in the western and eastern gyres of the subarctic Pacific using multi-sensor satellite data. Journal of Oceanography, 60, 1, 75-91.
  • Saino, T., A. Bychkov, C-T. A. Chen, and P. J. Harrison (2004): North Pacific Synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study: Overview.  Journal of Oceanography, 60,1, 1-4.
  • Chiba, S. and T. Saino (2003): Variation in mesozooplankton community structure in the Japan/East Sea (1991.1999) with possible influence of the ENSO scale climatic variability. Progress in Oceanography, 57, 317-39.
  • Sarma, V.V.S.S., O. Abe, and T. Saino (2003): Chromatographic separation of Nitrogen, Argon and Oxygen in Dissolved air for determination of triple oxygen isotopes by Dual-inlet Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 75 (18), 4913-4917
  • Tsuda, A., Takeda S, Saito H, Nishioka J, Nojiri Y, Kudo I, Kiyosawa H, Shiomoto A, Imai K, Ono T, Shimamoto A, Tsumune D, Yoshimura T, Aono T, Hinuma A, Kinugasa M, Suzuki K, Sohrin Y, Noiri Y, Tani H, Deguchi Y, Tsurushima N, Ogawa H, Fukami K, Kuma K, Saino T (2003):

    A mesoscale iron enrichment in the western Subarctic Pacific induces a large centric diatom bloom. Science, 300 (5621), 958-961
  • Ono,T., K. Tadokoro, T. Midorikawa, J. Nishioka, and T. Saino (2002): Multi-decadal decrease of net community production in western subarctic North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (8), 10.1029/2001GLO14322.
  • Chiba, S, and T. Saino (2002): Interdecadal change in upper water environment altered spring diatom community structure in the Japan Sea: an early summer hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 231, 23-35.
  • Sarma, V. V. S.S., T. Ono, and T. Saino (2002): Increase of Total Alkalinity due to shoaling of aragonite saturation horizon in the Pacific and Indian Oceans: Influence of anthropogenic carbon inputs. Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 29, NO. 20, 1971, doi:10.1029/2002GL015135, 2002
  • Suzuki, K., H. Liu, T. Saino, H. Obata, M. Takano, K. Okamura, Y. Sohrin, and Y. Fujishima (2002): East-west gradients in the photosynthetic potential of phytoplankton and iron concentration in the subarctic Pacific Ocean during early summer. Limnology and Oceanography, 47, 1581-1594.
  • Sasaoka, K. , S. Saitoh, I. Asanuma, K. Imai, M. Honda, Y. Nojiri, and T. Saino (2002): Temporal and spatial variability of chlorophyll a in the subarctic northwestern Pacific determined from satellite and ship observations during 1997-1999. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25, 5557-5576.
  • Imai, K., Y. Nojiri, N. Tsurushima and T. Saino (2002): Seasonal variation of primary productivity at station KNOT (44N, 155E) in the subarctic western North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25, 5395-5408.
  • Liu, H., K. Imai, K. Suzuki, Y. Nojiri, N. Tsurushima and T. Saino (2002): Seasonal variability of picoplankton and bacteria in the western subarctic Pacific Ocean at Station KNOT. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25,5409-5420.
  • Suzuki, K., C. Minami, H. Liu and T. Saino (2002):Temporal and spatial patterns of chemotaxonomic algal pigments in the subarctic Pacific and the Bering Sea during summer 1999. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25,5685-5704.
  • Limsakul, A., T. Saino, J. I. Goes, T. Midorikawa (2002): Comparison of seasonal variability in lower trophic level biological environments between the subtropical and Oyashio Waters. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25,5487-5512.
  • Saino, T., A. Bychkov, C-T. A. Chen, and P. J. Harrison (2002): The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study in the North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, Nos.24-25, 5297-5301.
  • Ono,T., K. Tadokoro, T. Midorikawa, J. Nishioka, and T. Saino (2002): Multi-decadal decrease of net community production in western subarctic North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (8), 10.1029/2001GLO14322.
  • Mino, Y., T. Saino, K. Suzuki, and E. Marañon (2002): Itosopic composition of suspended particulate nitrogen d15Nsus in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean from 50N to 50S. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16, 4, 1059, doi:10.1029/2001GB001635, 2002.
  • Liu, H., K. Suzuki, and T. Saino (2002): Picoplankton Community structure in the subartic Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea during summer 1999. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 237, 1-14.
  • Suzuki, K., A. Tsuda, H. Kiyosawa, S. Takeda, J. Nishioka, T. Saino, M. Takahashi, and C.S. Wong (2002): Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm as estimated by pigment-specific dilution technique.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 271 (1), 99-120.
  • Chiba S, and T. Saino (2002): Interdecadal change in upper water environment altered spring diatom community structure in the Japan Sea: an early summer hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series,vol. 231, 23-35.
  • Liu, H., K. Suzuki, and T. Saino (2002): Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean and Bering Strait during summer 1999. Deep-Sea Research I, 49 (2), 363-375.
  • Tanaka, T. and T. Saino (2002): A modified method for the analysis of nitrogen isotopic composition of oceanic nitrate at low concentration in shallow water. Journal of Oceanography, 58 (4), 539-546.
  • Fasham, M.J.R., B.M. Baliño, M.C. Bowles, R. Anderson, D. Archer, U. Bathmann, P. Boyd, K., Buesseler, P. Burkill, A. Bychkov, C. Carlson, C.T.A. Chen, S. Doney, H. Ducklow, S. Emerson, R. Feely, G. Feldman, V. Garçon, D. Hansell, R. Hanson, P. Harrison, S. Honjo, C. Jeandel, D. Karl, R. Le Borgne, K.K. Liu, K. Lochte, F. Louanchi, R. Lowry, A. Michaels, P. Monfray, J. Murray, A. Oschlies, T. Platt, J. Priddle, R. Quinones, D. Ruiz-Pino, T. Saino, E. Sakshaug, G. Shimmield, S. Smith, W. Smith, T. Takahashi, P. Treguer, D. Wallace, R. Wanninkhof, A. Watson, J. Willebrand, C.S. Wong (2001): A new vision of ocean biogeochemistry after a decade of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). Ambio, Sp. Iss. 10, 4-31.
  • Goes, J.I., N. Handa, S. Taguchi, H.R. Gomes, and T. Saino (2001): Effect of UV-B radiation on the pathways of carbon biosynthesis in marine phytoplankton and its implications for the marine ecosystem.  Verhandlungen of International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, vol 27,
  • Ono, T., T. Midorikawa, Y.W. Watanabe, K. Tadokoro, and T. Saino (2001): Temporal increases of phosphate and apparent oxygen utilization in the subsurface waters of western subarctic Pacific from 1968 to 1998. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3285-3288.
  • Limsakul, A., T. Saino, T. Midorikawa and J.I. Goes (2001): Interannual variability and long-term trends in lower trophic level biological environments in the northwestern part of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre during the latter half of the 20th Century. Progress in Oceanography, 49, 129-149.
  • Goes, J.I., H. R. Gomes, A. Limsakul, W. Balch and T. Saino (2001): El-Nino related interannual variations in biological production in the north Pacific Ocean as evidenced by satellite and ship data. Progress in Oceanography, 49, 211-225.
  • Gomes, H.R., J.I. Goes and T. Saino (2000): Influence of physical processes and freshwater discharge on the seasonality of phytoplankton regime in the Bay of Bengal. Continental Shelf Research, 20, 313-330.
  • Goes, J.I., T. Saino, H. Oaku, J. Ishizaka, C.S. Wong and Y. Nojiri (2000): Basin scale estimate of sea surface nitrate and new production from remotely sensed sea surface temperature and chlorophyll. Geophysical Research Letters，27(9), 1263-1266.
  • Hosaka, T., T. Oishi, A. Tanaka and T. Saino (2000): Diffuse backward scattering in natural light fields. Ocean Optics XV CD-ROM paper no. 1037, The Office of Naval Research, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space S&T Department, 2000.
  • Suzuki, K., H. Liu, C. Minami, and T. Saino (2000): Photosynthetic potential of phytoplankton in the subarcric Pacific as estimated by active fluorescence technique. Ocean Optics XV. CD-ROM paper no. 1153, The Office of Naval Research, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space S&T Department, 2000.
  • Shimoda, H., W.T. Liu, H. Masuko, T. Nakjima, T. Ogawa, and T. Saino (1999): Special issue on ADEOS IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37, Iss 3, pp 1463-1463
  • Goes, J.I., T. Saino, H. Oaku, L-J. Ding (1999): A method for estimating sea surface nitrate concentrations from remotely sensed SST and Chlorophyll a - A case study for the North Pacific Ocean using OCTS/ADEOS data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 37, 1633-1644.
  • Taguchi, S., and T. Saino (1998): Net zooplankton and the biological pump off Sanriku, Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 54 (5), 573-582.
  • Suzuki, K., M. Kishino, M. Sasaoka, S. Saitoh, and T. Saino (1998): Chlorophyll-specific absorption coefficients and pigments of phytoplankton off Sanriku, northwestern North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography, 54 (5), 517-526.
  • Saitoh, S., D. Inagake, K. Sasaoka, J. Ishizaka, Y. Nakame, and T. Saino (1998): Satellite and ship observations of Kuroshio warm-core ring 93A off Sanriku, northwestern North Pacific, in spring 1997. Journal of Oceanography, 54 (5), 495-508.
  • Saino, T., S. Shang, Y. Mino, K. Suzuki, H. Nomura, H. Miyake, T. Masuzawa and K. Harada (1998): Short term variability of particle fluxes and its relation to the sea surface processes detected by Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS)/ADEOS off Sanriku, northwestern North Pacific, in spring 1997. Journal of Oceanography, 54 (5), 583-592.
  • Noriki, S., M. Shimizu, K. Hamahara, H. Narita, T. Saino and T. Yanagi (1997): Transportation of particulate material through the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the open ocean. Journal of Oceanography, 53(6), 571-577.
  • Yanagi, T., X. Guo, T. Saino, T. Ishimaru , and S. Noriki (1997): Thermohaline front at the mouth of Ise Bay. Journal of Oceanography, 53 (4), 403-409.
  • Saino, T (1996): Role of sediment trap experiments in the study of plankton ecology: contribution to biological oceanography. In Plankton Symposium, Use of Sediment Traps in the Study of Plankton Ecology. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan, 43 (2), 153-158.
  • Noriki, S., M. Shimizu, K. Hamahara, H. Narita, T. Saino and T. Yanagi (1997): Transportation of particulate material through the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the open ocean. Journal of Oceanography, 53(6), 571-577.
  • Yanagi, T., X. Guo, T. Saino, T. Ishimaru , and S. Noriki (1997): Thermohaline front at the mouth of Ise Bay. Journal of Oceanography, 53 (4), 403-409.
  • Yanagi,T., K. Tadokoro, and T. Saino (1996): Observation of convergence, divergence and sinking velocity at a thermohaline front in the Kii Channel, Japan. Continental Shelf Research, 16 (10), 1319-1328
  • Yanagi, T., T. Yamamoto, T. Ishimaru, and T. Saino (1996): Detailed cross-frontal strucutre of a tidal front in the Kii Channel, Japan. In Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Vol 50, 135-144, American Geophysical Union
  • Yanagi, T., T. Hagita, T. Saino, T. Ishimaru and S. Noriki (1995): Transport mechanism of suspended matter above the shelf slope at the mouth of Tokyo Bay. Journal of Oceanography, 51, (4), 459-470.
  • Yanagi, T., T. Hagita and T. Saino (1994): Episodic outflow of suspended sediments from the Kii Channel to the Pacific Ocean in winter. Journal of Oceanography, 50, (1), 99-108.
  • Tsuda, A., H. Sugisaki, T. Ishimaru, T. Saino and T. Sato (1993): White-noise-like distributionof the oceanic copepod Neocalanus cristatus in the subarctic North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 97, 39-46.
  • Yanagi, T., T. Saino, T. Ishimaru and S. Uye (1993): A carbon budget in Tokyo Bay. Journal of Oceanography, 49, 249-256.
  • Ishizaka, J., H.Fukushima, M.Kishino, T.Saino and M.Takahashi (1992): Phytoplankton pigments distributions in regional upwelling around the Izu Peninsula detected by Coastal Zone Color Scanner on May 1982. Journal of Oceanography, 48, 305-327.
  • Yanagi, T., M.Shimizu, T.Saino and T.Ishimaru (1992): Tidal Pump at the shelf edge. Journal of Oceanography, 48,1,13-21.
  • Saino, T. (1992): 15N and 13C natural abundance in suspended particulate organic matter from a Kuroshio warm core ring. Deep-Sea Research, 39, S347-S362.
  • Yanagi, T., S. Okada, T. Ishimaru, and T. Saino (1991): Behavior of high turbidity water outflow from Tokyo Bay in summer. La Mer, 29, 45-51.
  • Yanagi, T., T.Saino, T. Ishimaru, H. Nakata and Y. Iwatsuki (1991): Interdisciplinary study on the thermohaline front at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in winter. Journal of Marine System, 1, 373-381.
  • Yoshida, N., H. Morimoto, M. Hirano, I. Koike, S. Matsuo, E. Wada, T. Saino, and A. Hattori. (1989): Nitrification rates and 15N abundances of N2O and NO3- in the western North Pacific. Nature, 342, 895-897.
  • Yanagi, T., H. Tamaru, T. Ishimaru and T. Saino (1989): Intermittent outflow of high-turbidity bottom water from Tokyo Bay in summer. La Mer, 27, 34-40.
  • Yanagi,T., A. Isobe, T. Saino, and T. Ishimaru (1989): Thermohaline front at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in winter. Continental Shelf Research, 9, 77-91.
  • Saino, T., and S. Ohta (1989) : 13C/12C and 15N/14N ratios of vesicomyid clams and a vestimentiferan tube worm in the subduction zone east of Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, 71, 169-178.
  • Kanda, J., T. Saino and A. Hattori (1988): Nitrogen nutrition and physiological state of natural populations of phytoplankton in surface waters of the western Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 33, 1580-1585.
  • Kanda, J., E.A. Laws, T. Saino and A. Hattori (1987): An evaluation of isotope dilution effect from conventional data sets of 15N uptake experiments. Journal of Plankton Research, 9, 79-90.
  • Saino, T., J. Kanda, and T. Yamada (1987): A revolver inlet for elemental analyzer. Analytical Sciences, 3, 279-280.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1987): Geographical variation of the water column distribution of suspended particulate organic nitrogen and its 15N abundance in the Pacific and its marginal seas. Deep-Sea Research, 34, 807-827.
  • Ohmori, M., T. Saino and K. Ohmori (1985): Occurrence of glutamine-2-oxoacid transaminase activity in the blue-green alga Anabaena cylindrica. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 31, 171-176.
  • Kanda, J., T. Saino and A. Hattori (1985): Variation of carbon and nitrogen uptake capacity in a regional upwelling area around Hachijo Island. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 41, 373-380.
  • Kanda, J., T. Saino and A. Hattori (1985): Nitrogen uptake by natural populations of phytoplankton and primary production in the Pacific Ocean: Regional variability of uptake capacity. Limnology and Oceanography, 30, 987-999.
  • Hashimoto, S., K. Fujiwara, K. Fuwa and T. Saino (1985): Distribution and characteristics of carboxypeptidase activity in pond, river and seawaters in the vicinity of Tokyo. Limnology and Oceanography, 30, 631-645.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1985): Variation of 15N natural abundancea of suspended particulate matter in shallow oceanic waters. In Marine and Estuarine Geochemistry, A.C. Sigleo and A. Hattori (editors), Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI, 1-13 pp.
  • Ishimaru, T., H. Otobe, T. Saino, H. Hasumoto and T. Nakai (1984): OCTOPUS, an octo parameter underwater sensors, for use in biological oceanography studies. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 40, 207-212.
  • Yoshida, N., A. Hattori, T. Saino, S. Matsuo and E. Wada (1984) : 15N/14N ratio of dissolved N2O in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Nature, 307, 442-444.
  • Saino, T., H. Otobe, E. Wada and A. Hattori (1983): Subsurface ammonium maximum in the northern North Pacific and the Bering Sea in summer. Deep-Sea Research, 30, 1157-1171.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1982): Aerobic nitrogen fixation by the marine non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium (Oscillatoria) spp.: Its protective mechanism against oxygen. Marine Biology, 70, 251-254.
  • Takahashi, M., I. Koike, T. Ishimaru, T. Saino, K. Furuya, Y. Fujita, A. Hattori and S. Ichimura (1980): Upwelling plumes in Sagami Bay and adjacent water around the Izu Islands, Japan. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 36, 209-216.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1980): Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium and its significance in nitrogen cycling in the Kuroshio area and adjacent waters. In The Kuroshio IV: Proceedings of the 4th CSK symposium, Tokyo, 1979, Saikon Publishing Co., Tokyo, 697-709 pp.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1980): 15N natural abundance in oceanic suspended particulate matter. Nature, 283, 752-754.
  • Saino, T., K. Miyata and A. Hattori (1979): Primary productivity in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and in the northern North Pacific in 1978 summer. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan, 26, 96-103.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1978): Diel variation in nitrogen fixation by a blue-green alga, Trichodesmium thiebautii. Deep-Sea Research, 25, 1259-1263.
  • Wada, E., T. Tsuji, T. Saino and A. Hattori (1977): A simple procedure for mass spectrometric microanalysis of 15N in particulate organic matter with special reference to 15N tracer experiments. Analytical Biochemistry, 80, 312-318.
  • Saino, T. and A. Hattori (1977): Estimate of the growth rate of phytoplankton in the Bering Sea and the northern North Pacific. Marine Science Communications, 3, 1-19.