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- Yuya Tada; Ryota Nakajima; Minoru Kitamura; Kohji Marumoto
Distribution and function of prokaryotes involved in mercury methylation, demethylation, and reduction in the western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Frontiers in Microbiology, Jan. 2026
16
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Takashi Ishimaru
Seasonal Occurrences and Assemblage Characteristics of Hydromedusae in the Offshore Area of Sagami Bay, Central Japan
Marine Ecology, Dec. 2025
46, 6
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Minoru Kitamura; Naofumi Murata
Seasonal changes of community structure and vertical distribution/migration for mesopelagic fish in the western subarctic Pacific
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 29 Oct. 2024
104
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Akira Nagano; Minoru Kitamura; Kensuke Watari; Iwao Ueki
Kuroshio Extension cold-core ring and wind drop-off observed in 2021–2022 winter
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 05 Sep. 2024
11, 1
[Reviewed] - Kanako Amei; Ryo Dobashi; Minoru Kitamura; Atsushi Yamaguchi
Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes at the subtropical station S1 in the western North Pacific: comparison with the results from the subarctic station K2
Journal of Plankton Research, 13 Jun. 2023
45, 4, 661, 676
[Reviewed] - Ryo Taniguchi; Kanako Amei; Koki Tokuhiro; Yuichiro Yamada; Minoru Kitamura; Atsushi Yamaguchi
Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the pelagic amphipod communities in the subarctic Pacific: insights from imaging analysis
Journal of Plankton Research, 26 May 2023
45, 3, 554, 570
[Reviewed] - Takahito Ikenoue; Shigeyoshi Otosaka; Makio C. Honda; Minoru Kitamura; Yoshihisa Mino; Hisashi Narita; Takuya Kobayashi
Neocalanus cristatus (Copepoda) From a Deep Sediment-Trap: Abundance and Implications for Ecological and Biogeochemical Studies
Frontiers in Marine Science, 20 May 2022
9
[Reviewed] - Toru Kobari; Rie Nakamura; Maki Noguchi Aita; Minoru Kitamura
Mesopelagic community supported by epipelagic production in the western North Pacific Ocean based on stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Apr. 2022
182, 103722, 103722
[Reviewed] - Koki Tsujii; Mayuko Otsuki; Tomonari Akamatsu; Kazuo Amakasu; Minoru Kitamura; Takashi Kikuchi; Amane Fujiwara; Hokuto Shirakawa; Kazushi Miyashita; Yoko Mitani
Annual variation of oceanographic conditions changed migration timing of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the southern Chukchi Sea
Polar Biology, 01 Nov. 2021
44, 12, 2289, 2298
[Reviewed] - Kanako Amei; Ryo Dobashi; Naoto Jimi; Minoru Kitamura; Atsushi Yamaguchi
Vertical changes in abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes down to 1000 m depths at Station K2 in the western subarctic Pacific Ocean covering the four seasons and day–night
Journal of Plankton Research, 03 May 2021
43, 3, 442, 457
[Reviewed] - KANAKO AMEI; NAOTO JIMI; MINORU KITAMURA; NAOYA YOKOI; ATSUSHI YAMAGUCHI
Community structure and seasonal changes in population structure of pelagic polychaetes collected by sediment traps moored in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific Ocean
Zoosymposia, 28 Dec. 2020
19, 1, 41, 50
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Naofumi Murata
Seasonal occurrence and vertical distribution of larval and juvenile northern smoothtongue, Leuroglossus schmidti (Pisces, Bathylagidae), in the western subarctic Pacific
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 24 Sep. 2020
100, 6, 969, 977
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Y. Mino; C. Sukigara; M. C. Honda; H. Kawakami; M. Wakita; K. Sasaoka; C. Yoshikawa; O. Abe; J. Kaiser; K. Kimoto; M. Kitamura; T. Fujiki; K. Matsumoto; T. Saino
Seasonal and Interannual Variations in Nitrogen Availability and Particle Export in the Northwestern North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 18 May 2020
125, 5
[Reviewed] - Mario Uchimiya; Hideki Fukuda; Masahide Wakita; Minoru Kitamura; Hajime Kawakami; Makio C. Honda; Hiroshi Ogawa; Toshi Nagata
Balancing organic carbon supply and consumption in the ocean's interior: Evidence from repeated biogeochemical observations conducted in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific
Limnology and Oceanography, 08 May 2018
63, 5, 2015, 2027
[Reviewed] - Naoya Yokoi; Yoshiyuki Abe; Minoru Kitamura; Makio C. Honda; Atsushi Yamaguchi
Comparisons between POC and zooplankton swimmer flux from sediment traps in the subarctic and subtropical North Pacific
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Mar. 2018
133, 19, 26
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Makio C. Honda; Yasunori Hamajima; Yuichiro Kumamoto; Michio Aoyama; Hajime Kawakami; Tatsuo Aono; Miho Fukuda; Yoshihisa Mino
Temporal changes in radiocesium contamination derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in oceanic zooplankton in the western North Pacific
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Jun. 2017
172, 163, 172
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Makio C. Honda; Masahide Wakita; Kazuhiko Matsumoto; Tetsuichi Fujiki; Eko Siswanto; Kosei Sasaoka; Hajime Kawakami; Yoshihisa Mino; Chiho Sukigara; Minoru Kitamura; Yoshikazu Sasai; Sherwood L. Smith; Taketo Hashioka; Chisato Yoshikawa; Katsunori Kimoto; Shuichi Watanabe; Toru Kobari; Toshi Nagata; Koji Hamasaki; Ryo Kaneko; Mario Uchimiya; Hideki Fukuda; Osamu Abe; Toshiro Saino
Comparison of carbon cycle between the western Pacific subarctic and subtropical time-series stations: highlights of the K2S1 project
Journal of Oceanography, 26 Apr. 2017
73, 5, 647, 667
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Kazuo Amakasu; Takashi Kikuchi; Shigeto Nishino
Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton in the southern Chukchi Sea revealed from acoustic backscattering strength
Continental Shelf Research, Feb. 2017
133, 47, 58
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Yoshihisa Mino; Chiho Sukigara; Makio C. Honda; Hajime Kawakami; Kazuhiko Matsumoto; Masahide Wakita; Minoru Kitamura; Tetsuichi Fujiki; Kosei Sasaoka; Osamu Abe; Jan Kaiser; Toshiro Saino
Seasonal variations in the nitrogen isotopic composition of settling particles at station K2 in the western subarctic North Pacific
Journal of Oceanography, 18 Jul. 2016
72, 6, 819, 836
[Reviewed] - Masahide Wakita; Makio C. Honda; Kazuhiko Matsumoto; Tetsuichi Fujiki; Hajime Kawakami; Sayaka Yasunaka; Yoshikazu Sasai; Chiho Sukigara; Mario Uchimiya; Minoru Kitamura; Toru Kobari; Yoshihisa Mino; Akira Nagano; Shuichi Watanabe; Toshiro Saino
Biological organic carbon export estimated from the annual carbon budget observed in the surface waters of the western subarctic and subtropical North Pacific Ocean from 2004 to 2013
Journal of Oceanography, 28 Jun. 2016
72, 5, 665, 685
[Reviewed] - Kazi Md. Azimuddin; Junya Hirai; Shotaro Suzuki; Md. Nurul Haider; Aiko Tachibana; Keigo Watanabe; Minoru Kitamura; Fuminori Hashihama; Kazutaka Takahashi; Koji Hamasaki
Possible association of diazotrophs with marine zooplankton in the Pacific Ocean
MicrobiologyOpen, 28 Jun. 2016
5, 6, 1016, 1026
[Reviewed] - Ryuichiro Inoue; Minoru Kitamura; Tetsuichi Fujiki
Diel vertical migration of zooplankton at the S1 biogeochemical mooring revealed from acoustic backscattering strength
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Feb. 2016
121, 2, 1031, 1050
[Reviewed] - T. Kobari; R. Nakamura; K. Unno; M. Kitamura; K. Tanabe; H. Nagafuku; A. Niibo; H. Kawakami; K. Matsumoto; M. C. Honda
Seasonal variability in carbon demand and flux by mesozooplankton communities at subarctic and subtropical sites in the western North Pacific Ocean
Journal of Oceanography, 27 Jan. 2016
72, 3, 403, 418
[Reviewed] - Koki Tsujii; Mayuko Otsuki; Tomonari Akamatsu; Ikuo Matsuo; Kazuo Amakasu; Minoru Kitamura; Takashi Kikuchi; Kazushi Miyashita; Yoko Mitani
The migration of fin whales into the southern Chukchi Sea as monitored with passive acoustics
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 26 Jan. 2016
73, 8, 2085, 2092
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Toru Kobari; Makio C. Honda; Kazuhiko Matsumoto; Kosei Sasaoka; Rie Nakamura; Kazuyuki Tanabe
Seasonal changes in the mesozooplankton biomass and community structure in subarctic and subtropical time-series stations in the western North Pacific
Journal of Oceanography, 12 Jan. 2016
72, 3, 387, 402
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Hajime Kawakami; Makio C. Honda; Kazuhiko Matsumoto; Masahide Wakita; Minoru Kitamura; Tetsuichi Fujiki; Shuichi Watanabe
POC fluxes estimated from 234Th in late spring–early summer in the western subarctic North Pacific
Journal of Oceanography, 18 Apr. 2015
71, 3, 311, 324
[Reviewed] - M. Wakita; S. Watanabe; M. Honda; A. Nagano; K. Kimoto; K. Matsumoto; M. Kitamura; K. Sasaki; H. Kawakami; T. Fujiki; K. Sasaoka; Y. Nakano; A. Murata
Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean
Biogeosciences, 02 Dec. 2013
10, 12, 7817, 7827
[Reviewed] - T. Kobari; M. Kitamura; M. Minowa; H. Isami; H. Akamatsu; H. Kawakami; K. Matsumoto; M. Wakita; M.C. Honda
Impacts of the wintertime mesozooplankton community to downward carbon flux in the subarctic and subtropical Pacific Oceans
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Nov. 2013
81, 78, 88
[Reviewed] - M. Kitamura; Y. Kumamoto; H. Kawakami; E. C. Cruz; K. Fujikura
Horizontal distribution of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in zooplankton in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Biogeosciences, 29 Aug. 2013
10, 8, 5729, 5738
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Takenori Kawabata; Dhugal J. Lindsay; Minoru Kitamura; Satoshi Konishi; Jun Nishikawa; Shuhei Nishida; Michiya Kamio; Hiroshi Nagai
Evaluation of the bioactivities of water-soluble extracts from twelve deep-sea jellyfish species
Fisheries Science, 10 Apr. 2013
79, 3, 487, 494
[Reviewed] - Shin Kubota; Yayoi Hirano; Shinichiro Ikeguchi; Ryo Minimize; Minoru Kitamura
Wide geographical distribution of Atorella vanhoeffeni (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Coronatae) in Japan
Biogeography, Sep. 2012
14, 83, 86
[Reviewed] - 松本 和彦; 藤木 徹一; 本多 牧生; 脇田 昌英; 川上 創; 喜多村 稔; 才野 敏郎
Inhibition of primary production by nitrile rubber O-rings in Niskin sampler
JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, Mar. 2012
14, 17, 25
[Reviewed] - MAKIO C. HONDA; TATSUO AONO; MICHIO AOYAMA; YASUNORI HAMAJIMA; HAJIME KAWAKAMI; MINORU KITAMURA; YUKIO MASUMOTO; YASUMASA MIYAZAWA; MASAYUKI TAKIGAWA; TOSHIRO SAINO
Dispersion of artificial caesium-134 and -137 in the western North Pacific one month after the Fukushima accident
GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 2012
46, 1, e1, e9
[Reviewed] - Ohashi, R.; K. Ishii; T. Fujiki; M. Kitamura; K. Matsumoto; M.C. Honda; A. Yamaguchi
Short-term changes in the planktonic community of the western subarctic Pacific during early summer: analysis of sediment trap samples
Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan, 2011
58, 123, 135
[Reviewed] - Kobari, Toru; Kayo Hijiya; Masato Minowa; Minoru Kitamura
Depth distribution, biomass and taxonomic composition of subtropical microbial community in southwestern Japan
South Pacific Studies, 2011
32, 1, 31, 43
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Makoto Omori
Synopsis of edible jellyfishes collected from Southeast Asia, with notes on jellyfish fisheries
Plankton and Benthos Research, 2010
5, 3, 106, 118
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Maruyama Tadashi; Lindasay Dhugal J.; Yoshida Takao; Kitamura Minoru; Takishita Kiyotaka; Kawato Masaru; Watanabe Hiromi; Florence Paradillon; Okutani Takashi; Oishi Kazue; Tsuchiya Masashi; Kato Chiaki; Miyake Hiroshi; Reimer James D.; Sasaki Takenori; Nemoto Suguru; Yamamoto Hiroyuki; Fujikura Katunori; Sato Takako; Fujiwara Yoshihiro; Furushima Yasuo; Tsuchida Shinji; Omata Tamano
Research activies of the Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology from 2004 to 2008.
JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 2009
9, 1, 1_13, 1_74 - TETSUTARO TAKIKAWA; MINORU KITAMURA; NAHO HORIMOTO
Horizontal current field, ADCP backscatter, and plankton distribution in Sagami Bay, Japan
Fisheries Oceanography, 09 Jul. 2008
17, 4, 254, 262
[Reviewed] - Toru Kobari; Deborah K. Steinberg; Ai Ueda; Atsushi Tsuda; Mary W. Silver; Minoru Kitamura
Impacts of ontogenetically migrating copepods on downward carbon flux in the western subarctic Pacific Ocean
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Jul. 2008
55, 14-15, 1648, 1660
[Reviewed] - MIYAKE Hiroshi; YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki; KITADA Mitsugu; UEDA Ikuo; OKOSHI Kenji; KITAMURA Minoru; MATSUYAMA Kazuyo; TSUCHIDA Shinji; Hiroshi Miyake; Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Mitsugu Kitada; Ikuo Ueda; Kenji Okoshi; Minoru Kitamura; Kazuyo Matsuyama; Shinji Tsuchida; Enoshima Aquarium:Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
Attempts to Rear the Deep-sea White Clams Calyptogena soyoae and Calyptogena solidissima
Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 05 Nov. 2005
14, 6, 645, 651 - Miyake, H.; D. Lindsay; M. Kitamura
Occurrence of the Scyphomedusa Parumbrosa polylobata Kishinouye, 1910 in Suruga Bay
Plankton Biology and Ecology, 2005
52, 58, 66
[Reviewed] - Kitamura, M.; D. J. Lindsay; H. Miyake
Description of a new midwater medusa, Tiaropsidium shinkai n. sp. (Leptomedusae, Tiaropsidae)
Plankton Biology and Ecology, 2005
52, 2, 100, 106
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Dhugal J. Lindsay; Yasuo Furushima; Hiroshi Miyake; Minoru Kitamura; James C. Hunt
The scyphomedusan fauna of the Japan Trench: preliminary results from a remotely-operated vehicle
Hydrobiologia, Nov. 2004
530-531, 1-3, 537, 547
[Reviewed] - Omori, Makoto; Minoru Kitamura
Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)
Plankton Biology and Ecology, 2004
51, 36, 51
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Yuji Tanaka; Takashi Ishimaru
Coarse scale distribution and community structure of hydromedusae related to water mass structure in two locations of Japanese waters in early summer
Plankton Biology and Ecology, 2003
50, 2, 43, 54
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Watanabe, T.; H. Inada; T. Takayama; S. Yamazaki; M. Kitamura
Retinal adaptation of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartrami at capture with jigs and fishing lights
ippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 1997
63, 6, 899, 904
[Reviewed] - Minoru Kitamura; Shin Kubota; Masaaki Murano
Description of some oceanic hydromedusae from Japan
Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 1997
38, 63, 71
[Reviewed]
Lead
Misc.
- Minoru Kitamura
Report from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PICES technical Committee MONITOR Briefing Book, 2024, Oct. 2024
66, 71
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Report from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PICES Technical Committee MONITOR Briefing Book, 2023, Oct. 2023
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Report from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PICES Technical Committee MONITOR Briefing Book, 2022, Oct. 2022
78, 80
Lead - Minoru Kitamura; Hideki Kaeriyama; Takahito Ikenoue; Hyoe Takata; Takashi Ishimaru
Contamination of radioisotopes in zooplankton
Kaiyo Monthly, 2022
623, 530, 538
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Report from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PICES Technical Committee MONITOR Briefing Book, 2021, Oct. 2021
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Report from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PICES Technical Committee MONITOR Briefing Book, 2020, Oct. 2020
Lead - Makio C. Honda; Tatsuo Aono; Michio Aoyama; Yasunori Hamajima; Hajime Kawakami; Minoru Kitamura; Yukio Masumoto; Yasumasa Miyazawa; Masayuki Takigawa; Toshiro Saino
Dispersion of artificial caesium-134 and -137 in the western North Pacific one month after the Fukushima accident (vol 46, pg e1, 2012)
GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 2019
53, 5, 339, 339 - Koki Tsujii; Mayuko Otsuki; Tomonari Akamatsu; Ikuo Matsuo; Minoru Kitamura; Takashi Kikuchi; Kazuo Amakasu; Kazushi Miyashita; Yoko Mitani
Migration monitoring of fin whales in the southern Chukchi Sea with acoustic methods during 2012-2015
Techno-Ocean 2016: Return to the Oceans, 30 Mar. 2017
49, 53 - 喜多村 稔
第2章 第5節 深海の世界
水産と海洋の科学, Mar. 2014
113, 127
Lead - Tsuchiya Masashi; Fujiwara Yoshihiro; Nomaki Hidetaka; Toyofuku Takashi; Yamamoto Hiroyuki; Maruyama Tadashi; Wada Eitaro; Chikaraishi Yoshito; Ohkouchi Naohiko; Takano Yoshinori; Ogawa Nanako; Fujikura Katsunori; Yoshida Takao; Kitamura Minoru; Lindsay Dhugal
Food web analyses of the marine ecosystems based on nitrogen isotope of amino acids
Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan, 2010
57, 0, 41, 41 - Minoru Kitamura
Vertical distribution of planktonic cnidaria in tree sites of Northwestern Pacific
Kaiyo, Monthly, 2009
465, 382, 392
Lead - 喜多村 稔
深海に生命を育むクラゲ
科学, 2009
79, 4, 393, 395
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Biology and ecology (5) Symbiosis and association
海洋と生物, 2004
26, 6, 589, 597
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Biology and ecology of jellyfishes (3) Parasitism
海洋と生物, 2004
26, 4, 351, 355
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Biology and ecology of jellyfishes (3) Where are jellyfishes positioned in food web?
海洋と生物, 2004
26, 1, 47, 56
Lead - 喜多村 稔
東南アジアにおける食用クラゲの分類
うみうし通信, 2003
38, 2, 5
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Biology and ecology of jellyfish (2) Phylogenetic history
海洋と生物, 2003
25, 6, 496, 502
Lead - Minoru Kitamura
Biology and ecology of jellyfish (1) Taxonomy
海洋と生物, 2003
25, 5, 374, 381
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