Peer-Reviewed Papers | Books and Reviews |


in press
Kurosawa, K., Sugita, S., Ishibashi, K., Hasegawa, S., Sekine, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Kadono, T., Ohno, S., Ohkouchi, N., Nagaoka, Y., and Matsui, T. (2013) Hydrogen cyanide production due to mid-size impacts in a redox-neutral N2-rich atmosphere. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, in press.
Naito, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Yoneda, M. (2013) Evaluation of carnivory in inland Jomon hunter-gatherers based on nitrogen isotope ratios of individual amino acids in bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Science, in press.
Ohkouchi, N. and Takano, Y. (2013) Organic nitrogen: sources, fates, and chemistry. Treatise on Geochemistry, 10: Organic Geochemistry (Edited by Birrer, B., Falkowski, P., Freeman, K.), Elsevier, in press.

2013
Kaneko, M., Naraoka, H., Takano, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2013) Distribution and isotopic signatures of archaeal lipid biomarkers associated with gas hydrate occurrences on the northern Cascadia Margin. Chemical Geology, 343, 76-84, in press.
Ohkouchi, N., Tsuda, R., Chikaraishi, Y., and Tanabe, K. (2013) A preliminary estimate of the trophic position of the deep-water ram’s horn squid Spirula spirula based on the nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. Marine Biology, 160(4), 773-779, DOI:10.1007/s00227-012-2132-1.
Takano, Y., Kaneko, M., Kahnt, J., Imachi, H., Shima, S., and Ohkouchi, N. (2013) Detection of coenzyme F430 in deep sea sediments: A key molecule for biological methanogenesis. Organic Geochemistry, 58, 137-140, DOI:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.01.012.

2012
Chikaraishi Y., Kaneko, M., and Ohkouchi N. (2012) Stable hydrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of long-chain (C21-C33) n-alkanes and n-alkenes in insects. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 95(15), 53-62.
Miller M.J., Chikaraishi Y., Ogawa N.O., Yamada Y., Tsukamoto K., and Ohkouchi N. (2012) A low trophic position of Japanese eel larvae indicates feeding on marine snow. Biology Letters, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0826.
Ogawa N.O., Chikaraishi Y., and Ohkouchi N. (2012) Trophic position estimates of formalin-fixed samples with nitrogen isotopic compositions of amino acids: an application to gobiid fish (Isaza) in Lake Biwa, Japan. Ecological Research, DOI:10.1007/s11284-012-0967-z.
Sakuma, H., Tada, R., Ikeda, M., Kashiyama, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N.O., Watanabe, S., Tajika, E., and Yamamoto, S. (2012) High-resolution lithostratigraphy and organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Triassic pelagic sequence in central Japan. Island Arc, 21, 79-100.
Takano, Y., Tyler, J.J., Kojima, H., Yokoyama, Y., Tanabe, Y., Sato, T., Ogawa, O.N., Ohkouchi, N., and Fukui, M. (2012) Holocene lake development and glacial-isostatic uplift at Lake Skallen and Lake Oyako, Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica: based on biogeochemical facies and molecular signatures. Applied Geochemistry, 27(12), 2546-2559, DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.009.
Takishita, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Leger, M., Kim, E., Yabuki, A., Ohkouchi, N., and Roger, A.J. (2012) Lateral transfer of tetrahymanol-synthesizing genes has allowed multiple diverse eukaryote lineages to independently adapt to environments without oxygen. Biology Direct, 7(5), DOI:10.1186/1745-6150-7-5.

2011
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Doi, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2011) 15N/14N ratios of amino acids as a tool for studying terrestrial food webs: a case study of the terrestrial insects (bees, wasps, and hornets). Ecological Research, DOI:10.1007/s11284-011-0844-1.
Enge, A.J., Nomaki, H., Ogawa, N.O., Witte, U., Moeseneder, M.M., Lavik, G., Ohkouchi, N., Kitazato, H., Kučera, M., and Heinz, P. (2011) Response of the benthic foraminiferal community to a simulated short-term phytodetritus pulse in the abyssal North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 438, 129-142.
Kohzu, A., Imai, A., Ohkouchi, N., Fukushima, T., Kamiya, K., Komatsu, K., Tomioka, N., Kawasaki, N., Miura, S., and Satou, T. (2011) Direct evidence for the alteration of 13C natural abundances during early diagenesis in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, DOI:10.1029/2011GC003532.
Kuroda, J., Tanimizu, M., Hori, R. S., Suzuki, K., Ogawa, N. O., Tejada, M. L. G., Coffin, M. F., Coccioni, R., Erba, E., and Ohkouchi, N. (2011) Lead isotopic record of Barremian-Aptian marine sediments: Implications for large igneous provinces and the Aptian climatic crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 307, 126-134.
Nomaki, H., Ogawa, N. O., Takano, Y., Suga, H., Ohkouchi, N., and Kitazato, H. (2011) Differing utilization of glucose and algal particulate organic matter by deep-sea benthic ecosystems of Sagami Bay, Japan. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 431, 11-24.
Sekine, Y., Suzuki, K., Senda, R., Goto, K.T., Tajika, E., Tada, R., Goto, K., Yamamoto, S., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N.O., and Maruoka, T. (2011) Osmium evidence for synchronicity between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and Palaeoproterozoic deglaciation. Nature Communications, 2(502), DOI:10.1038/ncomms1507.
Strable M. S., Tschanz, C. L., Varamini, B., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Brenna, J. T. (2011) Mammalian DNA δ15N exhibits 40‰ intramolecular variation and is unresponsive to dietary protein level. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25, 3555-3562.
Tayasu, I., Hirasawa, R., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., and Yamada, K. (2011) New organic reference materials for carbon- and nitrogen-stable isotope ratio measurements provided by Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, and Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Limnology, DOI:10.1007/s10201-011-0345-5.
Toyoda, S., Yano, M., Nishimura, S., Akiyama, H., Hayakawa, A., Koba, K., Sudo, S., Yagi, K., Makabe, A., Tobari, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Ohkouchi, N., Yamada, K., and Yoshida, N. (2011) Characterization and production and consumption processes of N2O emitted from temperate agricultural soils determined via isotopomer ratio analysis. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB2008, DOI:10.1029/2009GB003769.
Yamazaki, A., Watanabe, T., Ogawa, N.O., Ohkouchi, N., Shirai, K., Toratani, M., and Uematsu, M. (2011) Seasonal variations in the nitrogen isotope composition of Okinotori coral in the tropical western Pacific: A new proxy for marine nitrate dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 116, DOI:10.1029/2011JG001697.
Zhou, Y., Grice, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Stuart-Williams, H., Farquhar, G. D., and Ohkouchi, N. (2011) Temperature effect on leaf water deuterium enrichment and isotopic fractionation during leaf lipid biosynthesis: Results from controlled growth of C3 and C4 land plants. Phytochemistry, 72, 207-213.
         
2010
Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, N., Sakai, S., Tanabe, K., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Reconstructing the life history of modern and fossil nautiloids based on the nitrogen isotopic composition of shell organic matter and amino acids. Cephalopods - Present and Past, Tokai University Press, Tokyo, p.67-75.
Kuroda, J., Suzuki, K., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Linkage between massive volcanic events and global extreme climatic events in the Cretaceous period. Journal of Geography, 119(3), 534-555.
Kuroda, J., Hori, R. S., Suzuki, K., Gröcke, D. R., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Marine osmium isotope record across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary from a Pacific pelagic site. Geology, 38, 1095-1098.
Kusch, S., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Altabet, M., Butzin, M., Friedrich, J., Ohkouchi, N., and Mollenhauer, G. (2010) Implications for chloro- and pheopigment synthesis and preservation from combined compound-specific δ13C, δ15N, and Δ14C analysis. Biogeosciences, 7, 4105-4118.
Naito, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Mukai, H., Shibata, Y., Honch, N. V., Dodo, Y., Ishida, H., Amano, T., Ono, H., and Yoneda, M. (2010) Dietary reconstruction of the Okhotsk Culture of Hokkaido, Japan, based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids: implication for correction of 14C marine reservoir effects on human bones. Radiocarbon, 52, 671-681.
Naito, Y., Honch, N V.., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Yoneda, M. (2010) Quantitative evaluation of marine protein contribution in ancient diets based on nitrogen isotope ratios of individual amino acids in bone collagen: An investigation at the Kitakogane Jomon site. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 143, 31-40.
Sekine, Y., Tajika, E., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N. O , Goto, K., Tada, R., Yamamoto, S., and Kirschvink, J. L. (2010) Anomalous negative excursion of carbon isotope in organic carbon after the last Paleoproterozoic glaciations in North America. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11, Q08019, DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003210.
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Nomaki, H., Morono, Y., Inagaki, F., Kitazato, H., Hinrichs, K..-U., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Sedimentary membrane lipids recycled by deep-sea benthic archaea. Nature Geosciences, 3, 858-861. DOI:10.1038/ngeo983.
Takano, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Chikaraishi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Isolation and desaltation with caton-exchange chromatography for compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids: application to biogeochemical samples. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 2317-2323.
Takano, Y., Yokoyama, Y., Tyler, J.J., Kojima, H., Fukui, M., Sato, T., Ogawa, N.O., Suzuki, N., Kitazato, H., Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Crustal uplifting rate associated with late-Holocene glacial-isostatic rebound at Skallen and Skarvsnes, Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica: evidence of a synchrony in sedimentary and biological facies on geological setting. Biogeosciences Discuss, 7, 4341-4384, doi:10.5194/bgd-7-4341-2010.
Tyler, J., Kashiyama, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N. O , Yokoyama, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Staff, R. A., Ikehara, Bronk Ramsey, C., Bryant, C., Brock, F., Gotanda, K., Haraguchi, T., Yonenobu, H., and Nakagawa, T. (2010) Tracking aquatic change using chlorin-specific carbon and nitrogen isotopes: The last glacial-interglacial transition at Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11, Q09010, DOI:10.1029/2010GC003186.
Yamaguchi, K., Oguri, K., Ogawa, N. O , Sakai, S., Hirano, S., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Geochemistry of modern carbonaceous sediments overlain by a water mass showing photic zone anoxia in the saline meromictic Lake Kai-ike, southwest Japan: I. Early diagenesis of organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 294, 72-82.
Yokoyama, Y., Koizumi, M., Matsuzaki, H., Miyairi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Developing ultra small-scale radiocarbon sample measurement at the University of Tokyo. Radiocarbon. 52, 310-318.
         
2009
Bassez, M.-P., Takano, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Organic analysis of peridotite rocks from Ashadze and Logatchev hydrothermal sites. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 10, 2986-2998.
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Kashiyama, Y., Takano, Y., Suga, H., Tomitani, A., Miyashita, H., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7, 740-750.
Chikaraishi, Y., Tanaka, R., Tanaka, A., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Fractionation of hydrogen isotopes during phytol biosynthesis. Organic Geochemistry, 40, 569-573.
Nomaki, H., Ohkouchi, N., Heinz, P., Suga, H., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Matsumoto, K., and Kitazato, H. (2009) Degradation of algal lipids by deep-sea benthic foraminifera: An in situ tracer experiment. Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 1488-1503.
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of D-alanine, L-alanine, and valine: Application of diastereomer separation to δ15N and microbial peptidoglycan studies. Analytical Chemistry, 81, 394-399.
Tejada, M. L. G., Suzuki, K., Kuroda, J., Coccioni, R., Mahoney, J. J., Ohkouchi, N., Sakamoto, T., and Tatsumi, Y. (2009) Ontong Java Plateau eruption as a trigger for the early Aptian oceanic anoxic event. Geology, 37, 855-858.
         
2008
Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., Satoh, M., Nomoto, S., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) A compound-specific isotope method for measuring the stable nitrogen isotopic composition of tetrapyrroles. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 510-520.
Jenkins, R. G., Hikida, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Tanabe, K. (2008) Microbially induced formation of ooid-like coated grains in the Late Cretaceous methane-seep deposits of the Nakagawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Island Arc, 17, 261-269.
Kashiyama, Y., Miyashita, H., Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., Takano, Y., Suga, H., Toyofuku, T., Nomaki, H., Kitazato, H., Nagata, T., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) Evidence of global chlorophyll d. Science, 321, 658.
Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kuroda, J., Shiro, M., Nomoto, S., Tada, R., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) Diazotrophic cyanobacteria as the major photoautotrophs during mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events: nitrogen and carbon isotopic evidence from sedimentary porphyrin. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 532-549.
Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Shiro, M., Tada, R., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) Reconstruction of the biogeochemistry and ecology of photoautotrophs based on the nitrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of vanadyl porphyrins from Miocene siliceous sediments. Biogeosciences, 5, 797-816.
Neal, C. R., Coffin, M. F., Arnt, N. T., Duncan, R. A., Eldholm, O., Erba, E., Farnetani, C., Fitton, G., Ingle, S. P., Ohkouchi, N., Rampino, M. R., Reicow, M. K., Self, S., and Tatsumi, Y. (2008) Investigatin large igneous province formation and associated paleoenvironmental events: A white paper for scientific drilling. Scientific Drilling, 6, 4-18.
Nomaki, H., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., Suga, H., Toyofuku, T., Shimanaga, M., Nakatsuka, T., and Kitazato, H. (2008) Benthic foraminifera as trophic links between phytodetritus and benthic metazoans: carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 357, 153-164.
Ohkouchi, N. and Eglinton, T. I. (2008) Compound-specific radiocarbon dating of Ross Sea sediments: A prospect for constructing chronologies in high-latitude oceanic sediments. Quaternary Geochronology, 3, 235-243.
Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Okada, H., Ogawa, N. O., Chikaraishi, Y., Suga, H., Sakai, S., and Kitazato, H. (2008) Carbon isotopic composition of tetrapyrrole nucleus in chloropigments from a saline meromictic lake: A mechanistic view for interpreting the isotopic signature of alkyl porphyrins in geological samples. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 521-531.
Shah, S. R., Mollenhauer, G., Ohkouchi, N., Eglinton, T. I., and Pearson, A. (2008) Origins of archaeal tetraether lipids in sediments: Insights from radiocarbon analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 4577-4594.
Suzuki, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., and Korenaga, T. (2008) Geographical origin of polished rice based on stable isotope analyses. Food Chemistry, 109, 470-475.
         
2007
Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) Metabolic control of nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids in macroalgae and gastropods: implications for aquatic food web studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 342, 85-90.
Chikaraishi, Y., Matsumoto, K., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) Sources and transformation processes of pheopigments: Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic evidence from Lake Haruna, Japan. Organic Geochemistry, 38, 985-1001.
Kashiyama, Y., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) An improved method for isolation and purification of sedimentary porphyrins by high-performance liquid chromatography for compound-specific isotopic analysis. Journal of Chromatography A, 1138, 73-83.
Kashiyama, Y., Shiro, M., Tada, R., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) A novel vanadyl alkylporphyrins from geological samples: a possible derivative of divinylchlorophylls or bacteriochlorophyll a? Chemistry Letters, 36, 706-707.
Kuroda, J., Ogawa, N. O., Tanimizu, M., Coffin, M. F., Tokuyama, H., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) Contemporaneous massive subaerial volcanism and late Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 256, 211-223.
         
2006
Kameo, K., Okada, M., El-Masry, M., Hisamitsu, T., Saito, S., Nakazato, H., Ohkouchi, N., Ikehara, M., Yasuda, H., Kitazato, H., and Taira, A. (2006) Age model, physical properties and paleoceanographic implications of the middle Pleistocene core sediments in the Choshi area, central Japan. Island Arc, 15, 366-377.
Kuroda, J. and Ohkouchi, N. (2006) Implications of spatiotemporal distribution of black shales deposited during the Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event-2. Paleontological Research, 10, 345-358.
Nomaki, H., Heinz, P., Nakatsuka, T., Shimanaga, M., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N. O., Kogure, K., Ikemoto, E., and Kitazato, H. (2006) Different ingestion patterns of 13C-labeled bacteria and algae by deep-sea benthic foraminifera. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 310, 95-108.
Ohkouchi, N. and Eglinton, T. I. (2006) Radiocarbon constraint on relict organic carbon contributions to Ross Sea sediments. Geophysics Geochemistry Geosystems, 7, Q04012, doi:10.1029/2005GC001097.
Ohkouchi, N., Kashiyama, Y., Kuroda, J., Ogawa, N. O., and Kitazato, H. (2006) The importance of diazotrophic cyanobacteria as primary producers during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Biogeosciences, 3, 467-478.
Yokoyama, Y., Naruse, T., Ogawa, N. O., Tada, R., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2006) Dust influx reconstruction during the last 26,000 years inferred from a sedimentary leaf wax record from Japan Sea. Global Planetary Change, 54, 239-250.
         
2005
Chikaraishi, Y., Matsumoto, K., Ogawa, N. O., Suga, H., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2005) Hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionations during chlorophyll biosynthesis in C3 higher plants. Phytochemistry, 66, 911-920.
Kuroda, J., Ohkouchi, N., Ishii, T., Tokuyama, H., and Taira, A. (2005) Lamina-scale variations in sedimentary components in Cretaceous black shales by chemical compositional mapping: Implications for paleoenvironmental changes during Oceanic Anoxic Events. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 1479-1494.
Ohkouchi, N., Eglinton, T. I., Hughen, K., Roosen, E., Keigwin, L. D. (2005) Radiocarbon dating of alkenones from marine sediments - III. Influence of solvent extraction procedures on 14C measurements of foraminifera. Radiocarbon, 47, 425-432.
Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Okada, H., and Kitazato, H. (2005) Copper-chelated bacteriochlorophyll e homologues in the sediments from anoxic Lake Abashiri (Japan). Organic Geochemistry, 36, 1576-1580.
Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Okada, H., Ogawa, N. O., Suga, H., Oguri, K., and Kitazato, H. (2005) Biogeochemical processes in the meromictic lake Kaiike: Implications from carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of photosynthetic pigments. Environmental Microbiology, 7, 1009-1016.
Ohkouchi, N., Xu, L., Reddy, C. M., Montlucon, D., and Eglinton, T. I. (2005) Radiocarbon dating of alkenones from marine sediments - I. Isolation protocol. Radiocarbon, 47, 401-412.
         
2004
Nakajima, Y., Shimizu, H., Ogawa, N. O., Sakamoto, T., Okada, H., Koba, K., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2004) Vertical distributions of stable isotopic compositions and bacteriochlorophyll homologues in suspended particulate matter in saline meromictic Lake Abashiri. Limnology, 5, 185-189.
         
2003
Johnson, C. G., Frysinger, G. S., Nelson, R. K., Gaines, R. B., Ohkouchi, N., Reddy, C., and Eglinton, T. I. (2003) Innovative methods for determining alkenone unsaturation ratios. Marine Chemistry. 83, 5-22.
Mollenhauer, G., Eglinton, T. I., Ohkouchi, N., Schneider, R. R., Müller, P. J., Grootes, P. M. and Rullkötter, J. (2003) Asynchronous alkenone and foraminifera records from the Benguela Upwelling System. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 2157-2171.
Nakajima, Y., Okada, H., Oguri, K., Suga, H., Kitazato, H., Koizumi, Y., Fukui, M., and
Ohkouchi, N. (2003) Distribution of chloropigments in suspended particulate matter and benthic microbial mat of a meromictic lake, Lake Kaiike, Japan. Environmental Microbiology, 5, 1103-1110.
Ohkouchi, N., Eglinton, T. I., and Hayes, J. M. (2003) Radiocarbon dating of individual fatty acids as a tool for refining Antarctic margin sediment chronologies. Radiocarbon, 45, 17-24.
         
2002
Ohkouchi, N., Eglinton, T. I., Keigwin, L. D., and Hayes, J. M. (2002) Spatial and temporal offsets between proxy records in a sediment drift. Science, 298, 1224-1227.
Pagani, M., Freeman, K., Ohkouchi, N., and Caldeira, K. (2002) Comparison of water column [CO2aq] with sedimentary alkenone-based estimates: A test of the alkenone-CO2 proxy. Paleoceanography, 17, PA000756.
         
2001
Ogawa, N. O., Koitabashi, T., Oda, H., Nakamura, T., Ohkouchi, N., and Wada, E. (2001) Fluctuations of nitrogen isotope ratio of gobiid fish specimens and sediments in Lake Biwa during the 20th century. Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 1228-1236.
Rosell-Mele, A., Bard, E., Emeis, K.-C., Grimalt, J. O., Muller, P., Schneider, R., Bouloubassi, I., Epstein, B. Fahl, K., Fluegge, A., Freeman, K., Goni, M., Guntner, U., Hartz, D., Hellebust, S., Herbert, T., Ikehara, M., Ishiwatari, R., Kawamura, K., Kenig, F., de Leeuw, J., Hehman, S., Mejanelle, L., Ohkouchi, N., Pancost, R. D., Pelejero, C., Prahl, F., Quinn, J., Rontani, J.-F., Rostek, F., Rullkotter, J., Sachs, J., Blanz, T., Sawada, K., Schults-Bull, D., Sikes, E., Sonzogni, C., Ternois, Y., Versteegh, G., Volkman, J. K., and Wakeham, S. (2001) Precision of current methods to measure the alkenone proxy UK37 and absolute alkenone abundance in sediments: Results of an interlaboratory comparison study. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2, Paper number 2000GC000141.
Ternois, Y., Kawamura, K., Keigwin, L. D., Ohkouchi, N., and Nakatsuka, T. (2001) A biomarker approach for assessing marine and terrigenous inputs to the Okhotsk Sea for the last 30,000 years. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 791-802.
         
2000
Ikehara, M., Kawamura, K., Ohkouchi, N., Murayama, M., Nakamura, T., and Taira, A. (2000) Variations of terrestrial input and marine productivity in the Southern Ocean (48°S) during the last two deglaciations. Paleoceanography, 15, 170-180.
Ohkouchi, N., Takemoto, N., Ikehara, M., Kawamura, K., and Nakatsuka, T. (2000) Implications of carbon isotopic ratios of C31 alkane and C37 alkenes for the sources of organic matter in the Southern Ocean surface sediments. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 233-236.
Prahl, F., Herbert, T., Brassell, S. C., Ohkouchi, N., Pagani, M., Rosell-Mele, A., Repeta, D., and Sikes, E. (2000) Status of alkenone paleothermometer calibration: Report from Working group 3. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 1, Paper number 2000GC000058.
Ternois, Y., Kawamura, K., Ohkouchi, N., and Keigwin, L. D. (2000) Alkenone sea surface temperature in the Okhotsk Sea for the last 15 kyr. Geochemical Journal, 34, 283-293.
         
1999~
Ikehara, M., Kawamura, K., Ohkouchi, N., and Taira, A. (1999) Organic geochemistry of greenish clay and organic-rich sediments since early Miocene from Hole 985A, Norway Basin. Proceedings of Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 162, 209-216.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., and Kawahata, H. (1999) Distributions of 3- to 7-ring parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the deep sea floor in the Central Pacific. Environmental Science and Technology, 33, 3086-3090.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., Kawahata, H., and Okada, H. (1999) Depth ranges of alkenone production in the Central Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13, 695-704.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., Kajiwara, Y., Wada, E., Okada, M., Kanamatsu, T., and Taira, A. (1999) Sulfur isotope records around Livello Bonarelli (northern Apennines, Italy) black shale at Cenomanian-Turonian boundary. Geology, 27, 535-538.
Ikehara, M., Kawamura, K., Ohkouchi, N., Kimoto, K., Oba, T., and Taira, A. (1997) Alkenone sea surface temperature in the Southern Ocean for the last two deglaciations. Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 679-682.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., Kawahata, H., and Taira, A. (1997) Latitudinal distributions of terrestrial biomarkers in the Central Pacific. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 1911-1918.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., and Taira, A. (1997) Fluctuations of marine and terrestrial biomarkers in the western tropical Pacific during the last 23,300 years. Paleoceanography, 12, 623-630.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., and Taira, A. (1997) High abundances of hopanols and hopanoic acids in Cretaceous black shales. Ancient Biomolecules, 1, 183-192.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., and Taira, A. (1997) Molecular paleoclimatology: Reconstruction of climate change in the late Quaternary. Organic Geochemistry , 27, 173-183.
Ohkouchi, N. and Wada, E. (1997) Secular variations of sedimentary organic δ13C during the last 35 Ma in the tropical Atlantic, Site 925. Proceedings of Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 154, 501-505.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawahata, H., Okada, M., Murayama, M., Nakamura, T., and Taira, A. (1995) Benthic foraminifera cadmium record from the western equatorial Pacific. Marine Geology, 127, 167-180.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., Kawahata, H., and Taira, A. (1995) Organic geochemistry of deep sea sediments: how it contributes to paleoceanography. in Global Fluxes of Carbon and Its Related Substances in the Coastal Sea-Ocean-Atmosphere System, pp. 533-538.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawahata, H., Murayama, M., Okada, M., Nakamura, T., and Taira, A. (1994) Was deep water formed in the North Pacific during the late Quaternary?: cadmium evidence from the northwest Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 124, 185-194.
Ohkouchi, N., Kawamura, K., Nakamura, T., and Taira, A. (1994) Small changes in the sea surface temperature during the last 20,000 years: Molecular evidence from the western tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 2207-2210.

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Bickle, M., Arculus, R., Barrett, P., DeConto, R., Camoin, G., Edwards, K., Fisher, F., Inagaki, F.,Kodaira, S., Ohkouchi, N., Pälike, H., Ravelo, C., Saffer, D., and Teagle, D. (2011) Illuminating Earth’s Past, Present and Future. The International Ocean Discovery Program, Science Plan for 2013-2023, 84 p.
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Further evaluation of trophic level estimation based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 37-51.
Chikaraishi, Y. and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) An improved method for precise determination of carbon isotopic composition of amino acids. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 355-366.
Chikaraishi, Y., Takano, Y., Ogawa, N. O., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Instrument optimization for compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 367-386.
Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Nitrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of copper, nickel, and vanadyl porphyrins in Cretaceous OAE black shales. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 313-335.
Nomaki, H., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., Toyofuku, T., and Kitazato, H. (2010) The role of meiofauna in deep-sea benthic food-webs revealed by carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 119-138.
Ogawa, N. O., Nagata, T., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Ultra-sensitive elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometer for stable nitrogen and carbon isotopic analyses. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 339-353.
Ohkouchi, N., Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., and Ogawa, N. O. (2010) Isotopomers of chlorophyll nuclei: Theories and an application. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 271-290.
Ohkouchi, N., Tayasu, I., and Koba, K. (eds.) (2010) Earth, Life, and Isotopes. Kyoto University Press.
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Enantiomer-specific isotope analysis of D- and L-alanine: Nitrogen isotopic hetero- and homogeneity in microbial and chemical processes. in Earth, Life, and Isotopes (Eds. Ohkouchi N, Tayasu I, Koba K), Kyoto University Press, p. 387-402.
Ogawa, N. O., Sato, R., and Ohkouchi, N. (2006) Evaluation of precision and accuracy for carbon isotopic measurements of 13C-labeled samples by an on line elemental analyzer / isotope ratio mass spectrometer system. Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, 2.
Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Suga, H., Kashiyama, Y., Matsumoto, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Oguri, K., and Kitazato, H. (2006) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of photosynthetic pigments as tracers for elemental cycle in the modern- and paleo-environments. Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, 2.
Ohkouchi, N., Yanagisawa, T., Kuroda, J., Yamagishi, Y., Hamano, Y., Tanimizu, M., Ogawa, N. O., Suganuma, Y., and Yoshihara, A. (2006) A status report of MUD “Global Event” group: A dynamic interaction between Earth’s interior and surface environments in the mid Cretaceous. Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, 2.
Ohkouchi, N., Kuroda, J., Okada, M., and Tokuyama, H. (2003) Why Cretaceous black shales have high C/N ratios? Implications from SEM-EDX observations for Livello Bonarelli black shales at Cenomanian-Turonian boundary. Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, 1, 239-241.
Kajiwara, Y., Kaiho, K., and Ohkouchi, N. (1997) An invitation to the sulfur isotope study of marine sediments: implications and constraints for the exogenic sulfur cycle. Annual Report of Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, 23, 69-74.

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