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2. AOYAMA, Jun, Seiji SASAI, Michael J. MILLER, Akira SHINODA, Akira NAKAMURA, Koji KAWAZU & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Preliminary study on the movements of yellow and silver eels in the river mouth of the Fukui River, Japan, revealed by accoustic tracking. Hydrobiologia, 470, 31-36.

3. AOYAMA, Jun, Sam WOUTHUYZEN, Michael J. MILLER, Tadashi INAGAKI & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Short-distance spawning migration of tropical freshwater eels. Biological Bulletin, 204, 104-108.

4. AOYAMA, Jun. 2003. Origin and Evolution of the freshwater eels genus Anguilla. In Eel Biology. (eds. K. AIDA, K. TSUKAMOTO & K .YAMAUCHI.), Springer, Tokyo. (in press)

5. ARAI, Takaomi, Miho MARUI, Michael J. MILLER & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Growth history and inshore migration of the tropical eel, Anguilla marmorata, in the Pacific. Marine Biology, 140, 309-316.

6. ARAI, Takaomi, Miho MARUI, Tsuguo OTAKE & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Inshore migration of a tropical eel, Anguilla marmorata, from Taiwanese andJapanese coasts. Fisheries Science, 68, 152-157.

7. ARAI, Takaomi, Hiroshi SATO, Teruaki ISHII & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Alkaline earth metal distribution in otoliths of Anguilla spp. glass eels and elvers, as revealed by X-ray intensity maps. Fisheries Science. (in press)

8. BHANDARI, Ramji Kumar, Ikuo USHIKOSHI, Hideo FUKUOKA, Nobuhisa KOIDE, Kohei YAMAUCHI & Hiroshi UEDA. 2002. Effects of Rhizopus extract administration on somatic growth and sexual maturation in lacustrine sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka. Fisheries Science, 68, 776-782.

9. DOU, Shuozeng, Reiji MASUDA, Masaru TANAKA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Identificaton of factors affecting the growth and survival of Japanese flounder larvae during settling stage. Aquaculture, 218, 309-327.

10. JELLYMAN, Donald & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. First use of archival transmitters to track migrating freshwater eels Anguilla dieffenbachii at sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233, 207-215.

11. KIMURA, Yobuo, Satoshi ISHIKAWA, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the Japanese conger eel Conger myriaster. Molecular Ecology Notes. (in press)

12. KOTAKE, Aya, Takaomi ARAI, Takakazu OZAWA, Satoshi NOJIMA, Michael J. MILLER & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Variation in migratory history of Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in coastal waters of the Amakusa Islands, Japan, inferred from otolith Sr/Ca ratios. Marine Biology. (in press)

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14. MATSUISHI, Takashi, Atsuhiro NARITA & Hiroshi UEDA. 2002. Population assessment of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka caught by recreational angling and commercial fisher in Lake Toya Japan. Fisheries Science, 68, 1205-1211.

15. MILLER, Michael J. & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Evidence of a spawning area of Anguilla marmorata in the North Equatorial Current of the Western North Pacific. Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Research, 9, 191-198.

16. MILLER, Michael J., Noritaka MOCHIOKA, Tsuguo OTAKE & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Evidence of a spawning area of Anguilla marmorata in the western North Pacific. Marine Biology, 140, 809-814.

17. MILLER, Michael J., Tsuguo OTAKE, Gen MINAGAWA, Tadashi INAGAKI & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Distribution of leptocephali in the Kuroshio Current and East China Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 235, 279-288.

18. MILLER, Michael J. 2003. Distribution of anguillid leptocephali in the ocean. In Eel Biology. (eds. K. AIDA, K. TSUKAMOTO & K .YAMAUCHI.), Springer, Tokyo. (in press)

19. MOCHIDA, Kazuhiko, Takahiro MATSUBARA, Hideaki KUDO, Tadashi ANDO, Hiroshi UEDA, Shinji ADACHI & Kohei YAMAUCHI. 2002. Molecular cloning and immunohistochemical localization of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase expressed in testis of a teleost, the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis nilotixus. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 293, 368-383.

20. SAKAKURA, Yoshitaka & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Onset and develpment of aggressive behavior in the early life stage of japanese flounder. Fisheries Science, 68, 854-861.

21. SAKANO, Hiroyuki, Shuhei BAN, Masahide KAERIYAMA, Hiroshi UEDA & Kenji SHIMAZAKI. 2001. The interaction between lacustrine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponinsis) in relation to the decline of zoolplankton biomass in Lake Toya northern Japan. Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 27, 3881-3886.

22. SHINODA, Akira, Hideaki TANAKA, Hirohiko KAGAWA, Hiromi OHTA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2003. Otolith microstructural analysis of reared larvae of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Fisheries Science. (in press)

23. SHIRAKIHARA, Miki, Kunio SHIRAKIHARA, Junichi TOMONAGA & Megumi TAKATSUKI. 2002. A resident population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Amakusa, western Kyushu, Japan. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 18, 30-41.

24. SHIRAKIHARA, Miki, Hedeyoshi YOSHIDA & Kunio SHIRAKIHARA. 2003. Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus in Amakusa, western Kyushu, Japan. Fisheries Science. (in press)

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26. TSUKAMOTO, Katsumi, Tae-Won LEE & Hans FRICKE. 2003. Spawning area of the Japanese eel. In Eel Biology. (eds. K. AIDA, K. TSUKAMOTO & K .YAMAUCHI.), Springer, Tokyo. (in press)

27. TSUKAMOTO, Katsumi, Tsuguo OTAKE, Noritaka MOCHIOKA, Tae-Won LEE, Hans FRICKE, Tadashi INAGAKI, Jun AOYAMA, Satoshi ISHIKAWA, Shingo KIMURA, Michael J. MILLER, Hiroshi HASUKMOTO, Machiko OYA & Yuzuru SUZUKI. 2003. Seamounts, new moon and eel spawning: the search for the spawning site of the Japanese eel. Environmental Biology of Fishes. (in press)

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29. UEDA, Hiroshi and Takayuki SHOJI. 2002. Physiological mechanisms of homing migration in salmon. Fisheries Science, 68, Suppl. I, 53-56.

30. ADRIANOV, Andrey V., Chisato MURAKAMI & Yoshihisa SHIRAYAMA. 2002. Taxonomic study of the Kinorhyncha in Japan. II. Condyloderes setoensis n. sp. (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Tanabe Bay. (Honshu Island), first representative of the genus in the Pacific ocean. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 115, 205-216.

31. ADRIANOV, Andrey V., Chisato MURAKAMI & Yoshihisa SHIRAYAMA. 2002. Taxonomic study of the Kinorhyncha in Japan. III. Echinoderes sensibilis n. sp. (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Tanabe Bay. Zoological Science, 19, 463-473.

32. ADRIANOV, Andrey V., Chisato MURAKAMI & Yoshihisa SHIRAYAMA. 2002. Taxonomic study of the Kinorhyncha in Japan. IV. Echinoderes aureus n. sp. (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Tanabe Bay (Honshu Island), with a key to the genus Echinoderes. Species Diversity, 7, 47-66.

33. AOYAMA, Jun, Shun WATANABE, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2000. Discrimination of catadromous eels of genus Anguilla using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA domain. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 129, 873-878.

34. AOYAMA, Jun, Shun WATANABE, Satoshi ISHIKAWA, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2000. Are morphological characters distinctive enough to discriminate between two species of freshwater eels, Anguilla celebesensis and A. interioris?. Icthyological Research, 47, 157-161.

35. AOYAMA, Jun, Shun WATANABE, Takeshi MIYAI, Seiji SASAI, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2000. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), in Japanese waters. Dana, 12, 1-5.

36. AOYAMA, Jun, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2001. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the freshwater eel, genus Anguilla. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 20, 450-459.

37. DINE, Naw, W. M. & Yoshiaki HARA. 2002. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Prasiora sp. (Prasiolaes, Chlorophyta) from Myanmar. Phycol. Res., 50, 175-182.

38. DUNLAP, P. V. & Kumiko KITA-TSUKAMOTO. 2001. Luminous Bacteria. In The Prokaryotes, an evolving electronic resource for the microbiological community. (eds. M. Dworkin Falkow, S., E. ROSENBERG, K.-H. SCHLEIFER & E. STACKEBRANDT.), Ch. 328. Academic Press, New York.

39. ENDO, Kazuyoshi, Tomoo OZAWA & Shigeaki KOJIMA. 2001. Nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences reveal unexpected genetic heterogeneity among northern Pacific populations of the brachiopod. Lingula anatina. Mar. Biol., 139, 105-112.

40. ENDO, Kazuyoshi. 2001. The phylogenetic position of brachiopods inferred from mitochondrial gene orders. In Brachiopods: past and present. Systematic Association Special volume. (ed. BRUNTON, H. et al.), pp. 142-149. Taylor & Francis, London.

41. FUJIKURA, Katsunori, Shigeaki KOJIMA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Jun HASHIMOTO & Takashi OKUTANI. 2000. New distribution records of vesicomyid bivalves from deep-sea chemosynthesis-based comminities in Japanese waters. Venus, 59, 103-121.

42. FUJIKURA, Katsunori, Yoshihiro. FUJIWARA, Shigeaki. KOJIMA, Takashi OKUTANI. 2002. Micro-scale distribution of mollusks occurring in deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities in the Japan Trench. Venus, 60, 225-236.

43. FUJIWARA, Yoshihiro, Shigeaki KOJIMA, Chitoshi MIZOTA, Yonosuke MAKI & Katsunori FUJIKURA. 2000. Phylogenetic characterization of the endosymbionts of the deepest-living vesicomyid clam, Calyptogena fossajaponica, from the Japan Trench. Venus, 59, 307- 316.

44. FUJIWARA, Yoshihiro, Chiaki KATO, Noriaki MASUI, Katsunori FUJIKURA & Shigeaki KOJIMA. 2001. Dual symbiosis in a cold seep thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench, western Pacific. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 214, 151-159.

45. FUKUBA, T., Mari OGAWA, T. FUJII & Tsuyoshi NAGANUMA. 2003. Phylogenetic diversity of dissimilatory sulfite reductase genes from deep-sea cold seep sediment. Mar. Biotechnol. (in press)

46. FUKUSHIMA, Tomohiko, Yoshihisa SHIRAYAMA & Eiji KUBOKI. 2000. The characteristics of deep-sea megabenthos community two years after an artificial rapid deposition event. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 39, 17-27.

47. HARA, Yoshiaki, Akiko YOKOYAMA & J. H. KIM. 2000. Systematic relationship of unicellular red algae: from the phenetics to the phylogeny. Algae, 15, 7-11.

48. HIGA, A., KUDO H., IWATAKI M.,HORIGUCHI Tkeo & HARA Yoshiaki. 2003. Ultrastructure and phylogeny of benthic dinoflagellates releasing Amphidinium-like swarmers. Proc.3rd Asian Pacific Phycol Forum. (in press)

49. HOSHINA, Ryo, HASEGAWA K., TANAKA J. & HARA Yoshiaki. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of the Dictyotaceae (Phaeophyceae) with emphasis on their morphology and ite taxonomic implication. Proc. 3rd Asian Pacific Phycol Forum. (in press)

50. IGUCHI, Kei-ichiro & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Genetic biogeography among insular populations of the amphidromous fish Plecoglossus altivelis assessed from mitochondrial DNA analysis. Conservation Genetics, 1, 147-156.

51. IGUCHI, Kei’ichiro, Toshiyuki OHKAWA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2002. Genetic structure of land-locked ayu within the Biwa Lake system. Fisheries Science, 68, 138-143.

52. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Japanese sardine, Sardinops melanostictus. Fisheries Science, 66, 924-932.

53. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. A mitogenomic perspective on the basal teleostean phylogeny: resolving higher-level relationships with longer DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 20, 275-285.

54. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Conger myriaster (Teleostei: Anguillioformes): novel gene order for vertebrate mitochondrial genomes and the phylogenetic implications for anguilliform families. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 52, 311-320.

55. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus. Fisheries Science, 67, 828-835.

56. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. Fisheries Science, 67,118-125.

57. INOUE, Jun G., Masaki MIYA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2003. Basal actinopterygian relationships: a mitogenomic perspective on the “ancient fish”. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 26, 110-120.

58. ISHIGURO, Naoya, Masaki MIYA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis. Fisheries Science, 67, 474-481.

59. ISHIGURO, Naoya B., Masaki MIYA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2003. Basal euteleostean relationships: a mitogenomic perspective on the phylogenetic reality of the “Protacanthopterygii”. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. (in press)

60. ISHIKAWA, Satoshi, Jun AOYAMA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Population structure of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica as examined by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Fisheries Science, 67, 246-253.

61. ISHIKAWA, Satoshi, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Characterization of microsatellite loci from the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Molecular Ecology Notes, 1, 140-142.

62. ISHIKAWA, Satoshi, Yobuo KIMURA, Tadashi TOKAI, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Gene rearrangement around the control region in the mitochondrial genome of conger eel Conger myriaster. Fisheries Science, 66, 1187-1190.

63. ISHIKAWA, Satoshi, Yobuo KIMURA, Tadashi TOUKAI, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Genetic variation in the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of the Japanese conger Conger myriaster. Fisheries Science, 67, 1081-1087.

64. IVANOVA, E. P., L. A. ROMANENKO, M. H. MATTE, G. R. MATTE, A. M. LYSENKO, U. SIMIDU, Kumiko KITA-TSUKAMOTO, T. SAWABE, M. V. VYSOTSKII, G. M. FROLOVA, V. MIKHAILOV, R. CHRISTEN & R. R. COLWELL. 2001. Retrieval of the species Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990 as Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis comb. nov. and emendation of description. I. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 51, 1071-1078.

65. KANEDA, Minako, Yoshiaki HARA, Takashi SUZUKI & Takuo SHIRAISHI. 2001. Chilling injury of sweet cherry flower buds with and without freezing. J. Japan Soc. Hort. Sci., 70, 51-518.

66. KARSTEN, U., West J. A., Zuccarello G. C., Engbrodt R., Akiko YOKOYAMA, Yoshiaki HARA & Brodie J. 2003. Lowmolecular weight carbohydrates of the Bangiophycidae(Rhodophyta). Part II. J. Phycol., 39. (in press)

67. KAWAGUCHI, Akira, Masaki MIYA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Aulopus japonicus (Teleostei: Aulopiformes), a basal Eurypterygii: Longer DNA sequences and higher-level relationships. Ichthyological Research, 48, 213-223.

68. KITAURA, Jun, Keiji WADA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid and ocypodoid crabs with special reference to the genera Metaplax and Macrophthalmus. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 22, 682-693.

69. KITAURA, Jun, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Keiji WADA. 2002. Genetic and behavioral diversity in the Macrophthalmus japonicus species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Marine Biology, 140, 1-8.

70. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Ryoko SEGAWA & Ikuo HAYASHI. 2000. Stability of the courses of the warm coastal currents long the Kyushu Island suggested by the population structure of the Japanese turban shell Turbo (Batillus) cornutus. Journal of Oceanography, 56, 601-604.

71. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Ryoko SEGAWA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Jun HASHIMOTO & Suguru OHTA. 2000. Genetic differentiation of populations of a hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod, Ifremeria nautilei, between the Noth Fiji Basin and the Manus Basin revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. Zoological Science, 17, 1167-1174.

72. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Tomoyuki SASAKI, Kensaku TAMAKI, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Katsunori FUJIKURA & Takashi OKUTANI. 2000. Bathymetrical zonation of chemoautosynthesis- based communities on the deepest area of the landward slope of the Japan Trench. JAMSTEC Deep-Sea Research, 17, 89-93.

73. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Naotomo OTA, Keisuke MORI, Taiji KUROZUMI, Toshio FUROTA. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Japanese gastropods in the genus Batillaria. J. Moll. Stud., 67, 377-384.

74. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Ryoko SEGAWA, Ikuo HAYASHI & M. OKIYAMA. 2001. Phylogeography of a deep-sea demersal fish, Bothrocara hollandi, in the Japan Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 217, 135- 143.

75. KOJIMA Shigeaki, Ryoko SEGAWA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Katsunori FUJIKURA, Suguru OHTA & Jun HASHIMOTO. 2001. Phylogeny of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropods Alviniconcha spp. from the Western Pacific revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Biol. Bull., 200, 298-304.

76. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Suguru OHTA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki MIURA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA & Jun HASHIMOTO. 2001. Molecular taxonomy of vestimentiferans of the Western Pacific and their phylogenetic relationship to species of the Eastern Pacific. I. Family Lamellibrachiidae. Marine Biology, 139, 211-219.

77. KOJIMA, Shigeaki. 2002. Deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities in the Northwestern Pacific. J. Oceanogr., 58, 343-363.

78. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Suguru OHTA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki MIURA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Katsunori FUJIKURA & Jun HASHIMOTO. 2002. Molecular taxonomy of vestimentiferans of the western Pacific and their phylogenetic relationship to species of the eastern Pacific. II. Families Escarpiidae and Arcovestiidae. Mar. Biol., 141, 57-64.

79. KOJIMA, Shigeaki, Suguru OHTA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Toshiyuki YAMAGUCHI, Tomoyuki MIURA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Katsunori FUJIKURA & Jun HASHIMOTO. 2003. Molecular taxonomy of vestimentiferans of the western Pacific and their phylogenetic relationship to species of the eastern Pacific. III. Alaysia-like vestimentiferans and relationships among families. Mar. Biol. (in press)

80. KUMAZAWA, Yoshinori & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of osteoglossoids: a new model for Gondwanian origin and plate tectonic transportation of the Asian arowana. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17, 1869-1878.

81. MABUCHI, Kohji, Hiromi IKEDA, Tetsuji NAKABO & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2002. Genetic comparison of two Choerodon (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Labridae) Color -types from the southern coasts of Japan. Species Diversity, 7, 387-392.

82. MACHIDA, Ryuji, J., Masaki U. MIYA, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Shuhei NISHIDA. 2002. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Tigriopus japonicus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Marine Biotechnology. (in press)

83. MITO, Taro & Kazuyoshi ENDO. 2000. PCR survey of Hox genes in the crinoid and ophiuroid: Evidence for anterior conservation and posterior expansion in the echinoderm Hox gene cluster. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 14, 375-388.

84. MIYA, Masaki & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Molecular systematics of the deep-sea fish genus Gonostoma (Stomiiformes:Gonostomatidae) : two paraphyletic clades and resurrection of Sigmops. Copeia, 2000, 378-389.

85. MIYA, Masaki & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Use of mitogenomic information in teleostean molecular phylogenetics: A tree-based exploration under the maximum-parsimony optimality criterion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17, 437-455.

86. MIYA, Masaki, Akira KAWAGUCHI & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Mitogenomic exploration of the higher teleostean phylogeny: a case study for moderate-scale evolutionary genomics with 38 newly determined complete mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18, 1993-2009.

87. MIYA, Masaki, Hirohiko TAKESHIMA, Hiromitsu ENDO, Naoya B. ISHIGURO, Jun G. INOUE, Takahiko MUKAI, Takashi P. SATOH, Motoomi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KAWAGUCHI, Kohji MABUCHI, Shigeru M. SHIRAI & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2003. Major patterns of higher teleostean phylogenies: a new perspective based on 100 complete mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 26, 121-138.

88. MOTCHUROVA-DEKOVA, N., M. SAITO & Kazuyoshi ENDO. 2002. The recent rhynchonellide brachiopod Parasphenarina cavernicola gen. sp. nov. from the submarine caves of Okinawa, Japan. Paleontol. Res., 6, 299-319.

89. MURAKAMI, Chisato, Andrey V. ADRIANOV & Yoshihisa SHIRAYAMA. 2002. Taxonomic Study of the Kinorhyncha in Japan. I. Pycnophyes tubuliferus Adrianov, 1989 (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida) from Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 39, 113-127.

90. MOAT, War Dine Naw & HARA Yoshiaki. 2002. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Prosiola sp.(Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from Maynmar. Phycol. Res. 50, 175-182.

91. NOGUCHI, Yasuhiro, Kazuyoshi ENDO, Fumio TAJIMA & Rei UESHIMA. 2000. The mitochondrial genome of brachiopod Laqueus rubellus. Genetics, 155, 245-259.

92. NOHARA, Masahiro, Mutsumi NISHIDA, Takao YAMAGUCHI, Minoru TOMIYAMA, Peijun ZHANG, Hisashi YOKOYAMA, Vipoosit MANTHACITRA & Teruaki NISHIKAWA. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA variation and genetic relationships of Branchiostoma species from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Zoological Science, 18, 453-454.

93. OGAWA, Mari, Akira. TAKEUCHI, M. HATTORI, M. AOKI, M. IMAMURA, T. KAWABATA, T. TSUBOI, Daisuke TANIMOTO & Takeshi NAGANUMA. 2002. Geological and microbial anomalies at the extinct submarine volcano, Shiribeshi Seamount, in the eastern margin of Japan Sea. The Island Arc., 11, 269-281.

94. OGAWA, Mari, Daisuke TANIMOTO, Takuji OKAMOTO, Yasunori SAITO, Jing ZHANG, Akira TAKEUCHI & Takeshi NAGANUMA. 2002. Ester-linked phospholipid fatty acids in marine sediments: testing the possibility of methane seepage in Japan Sea. Aquat. Ecosystem Health Management. (in press)

95. OKUTANI, Takashi, Katsunori FUJIKURA & Shigeaki KOJIMA. 2000. New taxa and review of vesicomyid-bivalves collected from the Northwest Pacific by deep sea research systems of Japan Marine Science & Technology Center. Venus, 59, 83-101.

96. OKUTANI, Takashi, Shigeaki KOJIMA & N. IWASAKI. 2002. New and known vesicomyid bivalves recently collected from western and central Nankai Trough off Shikoku and Honshu, by deep sea research systems of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. Venus, 61, 129-140.

97. OKUYAMA, M., A. KURABAYASHI, Mari OGAWA, Akira TAKEUCHI, Jing ZHANG, Takeshi NAGANUMA & Yasunori SAITO. 2002. Morphological studies on the bathyal ascidian, Megalodicopia hians Oka 1918 (Octacnemidae, Phlebobranchia), with remarks on feeding and tunic morphology. Zool. Sci., 19, 1181-1189.

98. PUSPASARI, A. Ida, Toshiyuki YAMAGUCHI & Shigeaki KOJIMA. 2001. Phylogeny of barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex occuring in Japan (Cirripedia: Balanidae) infeered from mitochindrial COI gene necleotide sequences and morphology. Sessile Organisms, 18, 7-17.

99. RADJASA, O. K., H. URAKAWA, Kumiko KITA-TSUKAMOTO & Kohichi OHWADA. 2001. Characterization of psychrotrophic bacteria in the surface and deep-sea waters from the north-western Pacific Ocean based on 16S rDNA analysis. Marine biotechnology, 3, 454-462.

100. SAITO, Kenji, Masaki MIYA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2003. Mitochondrial genomics of ostariophysan fish: Perspectives on phylogeny and biogeography. Journal of Molecular Evolution. (in press)

101. SAITO, Michiko, Shigeaki KOJIMA & Kazuyoshi ENDO. 2000. Mitochondrial COI sequences of brachiopods: genetic code shared with protostomes and limits of utility for phylogenetic reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15, 331-344.

102. SAITO, Michiko & Kazuyoshi ENDO. 2001. Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of laqueoid brachiopods. Paleontol Res., 5, 87-100.

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112. WATANABE, Katsutoshi, Toshiki WATANABE & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2001. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the endangered bagrid catfish, Pseudobagrus ichikawai. Molecular Ecology Notes, 1, 61-63.

113. WILSON, S., L. A. WEST, J. PICKETT-HEAPS, Akiko YOKOYAMA & Yoshiaki HARA. 2002. Chloroplast rotation and morphological plasticity of the unicellular red alga Rhodosorus(Rhodophyta, Stylonematales). Phycol. Res., 50, 183-191.

114. YAMAGUCHI, Motoomi, Masaki MIYA, Muneo OKIYAMA & Mutsumi NISHIDA. 2000. Molecular phylogeny and larval morphological diversity of the lanternfish genus Hygophum (Teleostei: Myctophidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15, 103-114.

115. YAMAGUCHI, Shigetaka. 2003. Biogeographical history and morphological evolution of two closely related ostracod species, Ishizakiella ryukyuensis and I. miurenis. J. Crust. Biol. (in press)

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118. ABE, Jun, Yukihiro KITADE, Kazuhoshi KUWANO, Toshiki WATANABE & Naotsune SAGA. 2000. Isolation of a cDNA encoding a homologue of ribosomal protein L36 in a marine green alga, Enteromorpha compressa. DNA Res., 7, 309-313.

119. ANDERSON, W. Gary, Maria C. CERRA, Mary L. TIERNEY, Bruno TOTA, Yoshio TAKEI & Neil HAZON. 2001. Angiotensin and angiotensin receptors in cartilaginous fishes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 128A, 31-40.

120. ANDERSON, W. Gary, Yoshio TAKEI & Neil HAZON. 2001. The dipsogenic effect of the renin-angiotensin system in elasmobranch fish. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 125, 300-307.

121. ANDERSON, W. Gary, Yoshio TAKEI & Neil HAZON, 2001. Possible interaction between the renin angiotensin system and natriuretic peptides on drinking in elasmobranchs. In Perspectives in Comparative Endocrinology. (ed. H. J. Th. Goos et al.), pp. 753-758. Monduzzi Editore, Bologna.

122. ANDERSON, W. Gary, Yoshio TAKEI & Neil HAZON. 2002. Osmotic and volemic effects on drinking rate in elasmobranch fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 1115-1122.

123. ANDERSON, W. Gary, A. WELLS, Yoshio TAKEI & Neil HAZON. 2002. The control of drinking in elasmobranch fish with special reference to the renin-angiotensin system. In Osmoregulation and Drinking in Vertebrates. (ed. N. Hazon & G. Flik.), pp. 19-30. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd., Oxford.

124. AYSON, Felix G., E. G. T. de JESUS, Syunsuke MORIYAMA, Susumu HYODO, B. FUNKENSTEIN, A. GERTLER & Hiroshi KAWAUCHI. 2002. Differential expression of insulin-like growth factor I and II mRNAs during embryogenesis and early larval development in rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 126, 165-175.

125. BALMENT, Richard J., Justin M. WARNE & Yoshio TAKEI. 2003. Isolation, synthesis and biological activity of flounder [Asn1, Ile5, Thr9] angiotensin I. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 130, 92-98.

126. CERRA, Maria C., Mary L. TIERNEY, Yoshio TAKEI, Neil HAZON & Bruno TOTA. 2001. Angiotensin II binding sites in the heart of Scyliorhinus cannicula: An autoradiographis study. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 121, 126-134.

127. de JESUS, E. G. T., Felix G. AYSON, Yutaka AMEMIYA, Syunsuke MORIYAMA, Susumu HYODO, Tetsuya HIRANO & Hiroshi KAWAUCHI. 2002. Milkfish (Chanos chhanos) growth hormone cDNA cloning and mRNA expression in embryos and early larval stages. Aquaculture, 208, 177-188.

128. ECKERT, Steve M., T. A. LEEDOM, Yoshio TAKEI, Tetsuya HIRANO & Gordon E. GRAU. 2003. Effects of angiotensin II and natriuretic peptides on prolactin and growth hormone release in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. (in press)

129. ENDO, Hirotoshi, P. PERSSON & Toshiki. WATANABE. 2000. Molecular cloning of the crustacean DD4 cDNA encoding a Ca?+- binding protein. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 276, 286-291.

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131. FUKUDA, Isao, Shuzo IMAGAWA, Kenji IWAO, Takeo HORIGUCHI & Toshiki WATANABE. 2002. Isolation of Actin-Encoding cDNAs from Symbiotic Corals. DNA Res., 9, 1-7.

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133. FUKUDA, Satoshi, Shuichi OOTSUKA, Yukihiro KITADE, Toshiki WATANABE & Naotsune SAGA. 2002. Isolation, characterization and expression of a cDNA encoding an elongation factor-1α in Porphyra yezoensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Phycol. Res., 50, 11-15.

134. FUKUSHIMA, M, OZAKI N, IKEDA H, FURIHATA K, HYAYAKAWA Y, SAKUDA S & NAGASAWA Hiromichi. 2002. Isolation and characterization of 2-nitroimidazole produced by Streptomyces sp. as an inhibitor for both carbonic anhydrase and shell formation in the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite. Mar. Biotechnol., 4, 103-110.

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137. HONDA, Sinji, Masahide KASHIWAGI, Kentaro MIYAMOTO, Yoshio TAKEI & Shigehisa HIROSE. 2000. Multiplicity, structures, and endocrine and exocrine natures of eel fucose-binding lectins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, 33151-33157.

138. IKEYA. Teppei, P. PERSSON, Michiko KONO & Toshiki WATANABE. 2001. The DD5 gene of the decapod crustacean Penaeus japonicus encodes a putative exoskeletal protein with a novel tandem repeat structure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 128B, 379-388.

139. INOUE, Hirotaka, Noriaki OZAKI & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. 2001. Purification and structural determination of a phosphorylated peptide with anti-calcification and chitin-binding activities in the exoskeleton of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65, 1840-1848.

140. INOUE, Koji & Yoshio TAKEI. 2002. Adaptability of medaka (Oryzias latipes) and three related species to environmental salinity. Zool. Sci., 19, 727-734.

141. INOUE, Koji & Yoshio TAKEI. 2002. Diverse adaptability of Oryzias species to high environmental salinity. Zoological Science, 19, 727-734.

142. INOUE, Koji, Hoji IWATANI & Yoshio TAKEI. 2003. Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I of a euryhaline sculpin, Cottus kazika. General and Comparative Endocrinology. (in press)

143. INOUE, Koji, M. J. RUSSELL, K. R. OLSON & Yoshio TAKEI. 2003. C-type natriuretic peptide of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Primary structure and vasorelaxant activities. General and Comparative Endocrinology. (in press)

144. KANEKO, Gen, Shigeharu KINOSHITA, Shugo WATABE, Tatsuki YOSHINAGA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Expression patterns of heat shock genes during population dynamics of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. II, 1311-1312.

145. KANEKO, Gen, Shigeharu KINOSHITA, Tatsuki YOSHINAGA, Katsumi TSUKAMOTO & Shugo WATABE. 2002. Changes in expression patterns of stress protein genes during population growth of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Fisheries Science, 68, 1317-1323.

146. KATAYAMA, H, K. NAGATA, T. OHIRA, F. YOMOTO, M TANOKURA & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. The solution structure of molt-inhibiting hormone from the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus. J. Biol. Chem. (in press)

147. KATOH, Fumi, Susumu HYODO & Toyoji KANEKO. 2003. Vacuolar-type proton pump in the basolateral plasma membrane energizes ion uptake in branchial mitochondria-rich cells of killifish Fundulus heteroclitus, adapted to a low ion environment. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 793-803.

148. KAWAKOSHI, Akatsuki, Susumu HYODO & Yoshio TAKEI. 2001. CNP is the only natriuretic peptide in a elasmobranch fish, Triakis scyllia. Zoological Science, 18, 861-868.

149. KIDA, Yujiro, Shinji UCHIDA, Hiroaki MIYAZAKI, Sei SASAKI & Fumiaki MARUMO. 2001. Localization of mouse CLC-6 and CLC-7 mRNA and their functional complementation of yeast CLC gene mutant. Histochem. Cell. Biol., 115, 189-194.

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152. KITADE, Yukihiro, Satoshi FUKUDA, Maiko NAKAJIMA, Toshiki WATANABE & Naotsune SAGA. 2002. Isolation of a cDNA encoding a homologue of actin from Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta). J. Appl. Phycol., 14, 135-141.

153. KRUNGKASEM, C, T. OHIRA, YANG W-J, R. ABDULLAH, Hiromichi NAGASAWA & Katsumi AIDA. 2002. Identification of two distinct molt-inhibiting hormone-related peptides from the giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon. Mar. Biotechnol., 4, 132-140.

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156. MIYAMOTO, K., N. NAKAMURA, M. KASHIWAGI, S. HONDA, A. KATO, Sanae HASEGAWA, Yoshio TAKEI & Shigehisa HIROSE. 2003. Cloning, properties, and localization of an RBCC protein specifically expressed in the gill of freshwater eels. European Journal of Biochemistry. (in press)

157. MIYAZAKI, Hiroaki, Toyoji KANEKO, Shin-ichi UCHIDA, Sei SASAKI & Yoshio TAKEI. 2002. Possible role of a novel chloride channel in the renal tubules of freshwater adapted Mozambique tilapia. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, 99, 15782-15787.

158. MURAYAMA, Emi, Atsuro OKUNO, Tsuyoshi OHIRA, Yasuaki TAKAGI & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. 2000. Molecular cloning and expression of an otolith matrix protein cDNA from the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, 126, 511-520.

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160. NAKAMURA, Osamu, Yuzuru SUZUKI & Katsumi AIDA. 2000. Oral immunization specifically inhibits the intestinal protein uptake in common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Fisheries Sci., 66, 540-546.

161. NAKAMURA, Osamu, Yuzuru SUZUKI, Katsumi AIDA & Hajime HATTA. 2001. Decrease of transport of orall administered protein into blood circulation in developing glass eel, Anguilla japonica. Fisheries Sci., 67, 863-869.

162. NG, P-S., H. LI, Kazuo MATSUMOTO, Sunao YAMAZAKI, Toshihiro KOGURE, Tokuhei TAGAI & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. 2001. Striped dolphin detoxificates mercury as insoluble Hg(S, Se) in the liver. Proc. Japan Acad., 77 Ser. B, 178-183.

163. OHTA, Suguru & D. S. KIM. 2001. Submersible observations of the hydrothermal vent communities on the Iheya Ridge, Mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan. J. Oceanogr., 57, 663-677.

164. OOKI, Shuichi, Toshihiro FUJITA, Emi MURAYAMA, Yeishin ISA, Hiromichi NAGASAWA & Toshiki WATANABE. 2002. Molecular analysis of a soluble skeletal protein in the hermatypic coral Galaxea fascicularis. In Biomineralization. (ed. KOBAYASHI, I.), Tokai Univ. Press, Tokyo. (in press)

165. OZAKI, Noriaki, Shoheu SAKUDA & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. 2001. Isolation and some characterization of an acidic polysaccharide with anti-calcification activity from coccoliths of a marine alga, Pleurochrysis carterae. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65, 2330-2333.

166. SAHA, N. R., Takeshi USAMI, Tomoko SAITO, Hiroaki SUETAKE & Yuzuru SUZUKI. 2002. Relationships between immune and reproductive endocrine systems in fish. Fisheries Sci., 68 suppl. II, 1135-1138.

167. SAHA, N. R., Takeshi. USAMI, & Yuzuru SUZUKI. A double staining flow cytometric assay for the detection of steroid induced apoptotic leucocytes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Dev. Comp. Immunol. (in press)

168. SASAYAMA, Yuichi, Yoshio TAKEI, Sanae HASEGAWA & Daisuke SUZUKI. 2002. Direct rises in blood Ca levels by infusing a high-Ca solution into the blood stream accelerate the secretion of calcitonin from the ultimobranchial gland in eels. Zoological Science, 19, 1039-1043.
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170. SMITH, Michael P., Yoshio TAKEI & Ken R. OLSON. 2000. Similarity of vasorelaxant effects of natriuretic peptides in isolataed blood vessels of salmonids. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73, 494-500.

171. SUZUKI, Yuzuru & Tuguo OTAKE. 2000. Skin lectin and the lymphoid tissues in the leptocephalous larvae of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Fisheries Science, 66, 636-643.

172. TAKAGI, Yasuaki. 2000. Cellular contributions to the otolith formation in teleosts:A review. Otsuchi Marine Science, 25, 1-6.

173. TAKAGI, Yasuaki. 2000. Ultrastructural immunolocalization of the otolith water-soluble-matrix in the inner ear of rainbow trout just-hatched fry. Fisheries Sci., 66, 71-77.

174. TAKAGI, Yasuaki, Katsuaki ISHII, Noriaki OZAKI & Hiromichi NAGASAWA. 2000. Immunolocalization of gastrolith matrix protein (GAMP) in the gastroliths and exoskeleton of crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Zoological Science, 17, 179-184.

175. TAKAGI, Yasuaki, Kou ISHIDA & Yasuo MUGIYA. 2000. Carbohydrates of the otolith organ in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, detected by lectins. Fisheries Sci., 66, 933-939.

176. TAKAGI, Yasuaki. 2002. Otolith formation and endolymph chemistry: a strong correlation between the aragonite saturation state and pH in the endolymph of the trout otolith organ. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 231, 237-245.

177. TAKEI, Yoshio. 2000. Comparative physiology of body fluid regulation in vertebrates with special reference to thirst regulation. Japanese Journal of Physiology, 50, 171-186.

178. TAKEI, Yoshio. 2000. Structural and functional evolution of the natriuretic peptide system in vertebrates. International Review of Cytology, 194,1-66.

179. TAKEI, Yoshio & Takamasa TSUCHIDA. 2000. Role of the renin-angiotensin system in drinking of seawater-adapted eels, Anguilla japonica: A reevaluation. American Journal of Physiology, 279, R1105-R1111.

180. TAKEI, Yoshio. 2001. Does the natriuretic peptide system exist throughout the animal and plant kindgom?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, B129, 559-573.

181. TAKEI, Yoshio, Koji INOUE, Kenji ANDO, Tsuyoshi IHARA, Takeshi KATAFUCHI, Masahide KASHIWAGI & Shigehisa HIROSE. 2001. Enhanced expression and release of C-type natriuretic peptide by the heart of freshwater eels, Anguilla japonica. American Journal of Physiology, 280, R1727-1735.

182. TAKEI, Yoshio, Takamasa TSUCHIDA, Zihong LI & J. Michael CONLON. 2001. Antidipsogenic effect of eel bradykinin in the eel, Anguill japonica. American Journal of Physiology, 281, R1090-R1096.

183. TAKEI, Yoshio & Takehiro TSUKADA. 2001. Ambient temperature regulates drinking rate and arterial pressure in eels. Zoological Science, 18, 963-967.

184. TAKEI, Yoshio. 2002. Hormonal control of drinking in the eel: an evolutionary approach. In Osmoregulation and Drinking in Vertebrates. (eds. HAZON, N. & G. FLIK.), pp. 61-82. BIOS Scientific Publishers Limited, Oxford.

185. TAKEI, Yoshio & Shigehisa HIROSE. 2002. The natriuretic peptide system in eel: a key endocrine system for euryhalinity? American Journal of Physiology, 282, R940-R951.

186. TAKEI, Yoshio, Jean M. P. JOSS, W. KLOAS & Criff J. RANKIN. 2003. Isolation and sequencing of angiotensin I from evolutionary unique vertebrate species. General and Comparative Endocrinology. (in press)

187. TASUMI, Satoshi, T. OHIRA, I. KAWAZOE, Hiroaki SUETAKE, Yuzuru SUZUKI & Katsumi AIDA. 2002. Primary structure and characteristics of a lectin from skin mucus of the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 27305-27311.

188. TSUKADA, Takehiro & Yoshio TAKEI. 2001. Relative potency of three homologous natriuretic peptide (ANP, CNP and VNP) in eel osmoregulation. Zoological Science , 18, 1253-1258.

189. UCHIDA, Katsuhisa, Toyoji KANEKO, Hiroaki MIYAZAKI, Sanae HASEGAWA & Tetsuya HIRANO. 2000. Excellent salinity tolerance of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) : Elevated chloride cell activity in the branchial and opercular epithelia of the fish adapted to concentrated seawater. Zoological Science, 17,149-160.

190. WARME, Justin M., Susumu HYODO, Karen HARDING & Richard J. BALMENT. 2000. Cloning of provatocin and pro-isotocin cDNAs from the flounder Platichthys flesus, levels of hypothalamic mRNA following acute osmotic challenge. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 119, 77-84.

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211. HAN, Myung -S. & Ken FURUYA. 2000. Size and species-specific primary production and community structure of phytoplankton in Tokyo Bay. Journal of Plankton Research, 22, 1221-1235.

212. HARA, Sigenari & Isao KOIKE. 2000. Dynamics of organic marine aggregates-nanometer colloids to marine snow-. In Biogeochemistry of Marine Organic Matter. (ed. HANDA, N. et al.), pp. 277-298. Tera Academic Press, Tokyo.

213. HASEGAWA, Toru, Isao KOIKE & Hiroshi MUKAI. 2000. Dissolved organic nitrogen dynamics in coastal waters and the effect of copepods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 244, 219-238.

214. HASEGAWA, Toru, Isao KOIKE & Hiroshi MUKAI. 2000. Release of dissolved organic nitrogen by size-fractionated natural planktonic assemblages in coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 98, 43-49.

215. HASEGAWA, Toru, Isao KOIKE & Hiroshi MUKAI. 2001. Release of dissolved organic nitrogen by a planktonic community in Akkeshi Bay. Aquatic Microb. Ecol., 24, 99-107.

216. HAYAKAWA, Yasuhiro & Shuhei NISHIDA. 2002. Diel behavior of the puerulus and the first instar juvenile of the red rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii. Fisheries Science, 68 Suppl. I, 393-396.

217. HAYASHI, Masato, Ken FURUYA & Hiroshi HATTORI. 2001. Spatial heterogeneity in distributions of chlorophyll a derivatives in the subarctic North Pacific during summer. Journal of Ocenography, 57, 323-331.

218. HIROSE, Euichi, Chie OHSHIMA & Jun NISHIKAWA. 2001. Tunic cells in pyrosomes (Thaliacea, Urochordata): Cell morphology, distribution, and motility. Invertebrate Biology, 120, 386-393.

219. ITOH, Hiroshi & Shuhei NISHIDA. 2002. A new species of Hemicyclops (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia major in an estuarine mud-flat in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Hydrobiologia, 474, 139-146.

220. KIMURA, Satoshi, Chie OHSHIMA, Euichi HIROSE, Jun NISHIKAWA & Takao ITOH. 2001. Cellulose in the house of the Appendicularian, Oikopleura rufescens. Protoplasma, 216, 71-74.

221. KINOSHITA, K., Minoru WADA, Kazuhiro KOGURE & Toshio FUROTA. 2003. Effect of burrow of the mud shrimp, Upogebia major on bacterial abundance and electrontransport system activity (ETSA), and accumulation of organic matter in intertidal sediment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 247, 159-164.

222. KOIKE, Isao, Hiroshi HOGAWA, Toshi NAGATA, Rumi FUKUDA & Hideki FUKUDA. 2001. Silicateto nitrate ratio of the upper sub-arctic Pacific and the Bering Sea Basin in summer: Its implication for phytoplankton dynamics. Journal of Oceanography, 57, 253-260.

223. KUDOH, Sakae, Chie IKURA, Akinori TAKAHASHI, Jun NISHIKAWA, Akira ISHIKAWA, Naoki WASHIYAMA, Tohru HIRAWAKE, Tsuneo ODATE, Kentaro WATANABE & Mitsuo FUKUCHI. 2001. Surface biomass of net-zooplankton in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean during the icebreaker Shirase cruises of JARE-39,-40. Antarctic Record, 45, 279-296.

224. LACUNA, D. G. & Shin-ichi UYE. 2001. Effect of mid-ultraviolet (UVB) radiation on the physiology of the planktonic copepod Acartia omorii and the potential role of photoreactivation. J. Plankton Res., 23, 143-155.

225. MACHIDA, Ryuji J., Masaki U. MIYA, Mutsumi NISHIDA & Shuhei NISHIDA. 2002. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Tigriopus japonicus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Marine Biotechnology, 4, 406-417.

226. MATSUURA, Hiroyuki & Shuhei NISHIDA. 2000. Fine structure of the "button setae" in the deep-sea pelagic copepods of the genus Euaugaptilus (Calanoida: Augaptilidae). Marine Biology, 137, 339-345.

227. MIYASAKA, Iku, Kenji NANBA, Ken FURUYA, Yoshihachiro NIMURA & Akira AZUMA. Functional roles of the transverse and longitudinal flagella in the swimming motility of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae). Journal of experimental Biology. (in press)

228. NAGANO, Naoki & Shinichi UYE. 2002. Seasonal variations in abundance, biomass, in situ growth rate and production of tintinnid ciliates in Kure Port, the Inland Sea of Japan. Bull. Soc. Sea Water Sci. Jpn., 56, 142-149.

229. NAGATA, Toshi. 2000. "Picopellets" produced by phagotrophic nanoflagellates: Role in the material cycling within marine environments. In Dynamics and Characterization of Marine Organic Matter (ed. HANDA, N. et al.), pp. 241-256. Terra Scientific Publication, Tokyo.

230. NAGATA, Toshi. 2000. Production mechanisms of dissolved organic matter. In Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. (ed. KIRCHMAN, D. L.), pp. 121-152. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

231. NAGATA, Toshi. & D. L. KIRCHMAN. 2000. Bacterial mortality: A pathway for the formation of refractory DOM?. In Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. (eds. BELL, C. R., M. BRYLINSKY. & P. JOHNSON-GREEN.), pp. 153-158. Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology, Halifax.

232. NAGATA, Toshi, Hideki FUKUDA, Rumi FUKUDA & Isao KOIKE. 2000. Bacterioplankton distribution and roduction in deep Pacific waters: Large scale geographic variations and possible coupling with sinking particle fluxes. Limnology and Oceanography, 45, 426-435.

233. NAGATA, Toshi, Hideki FUKUDA, Rumi FUKUDA & Isao KOIKE. 2001. Basin-scale geographic patterns of bacterioplankton biomass and production in the subarctic Pacific July-September 1997. Journal of Oceanography, 57, 301-313.

234. NAGATA, Toshi, Benedikt. M., Kirchman, D. L. 2003. Microbial degradation of peptidoglycan in seawater. Limnol. Oceanogr., 48. (in press)

235. NAGATA, Erina, Kazuhiro KOGURE, Kumiko KITA-TSUKAMOTO, Minoru WADA & Mitsuru EGUCHI. Na+ dependent respiratory chain in Vibrio anguillarum, a fish pathogen, isolated from a freshwater area. FEMS Microbial Ecology. (in press)

236. NAITO, Yasuhiko, Yutaka WATANUKI, IWAMI, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO, Akiko KATO, Hideo ICHIKAWA, Nobuaki ARAI, Jun NISHIKAWA, Katsufumi SATO, Maki Hideki NUMANAMI. 2002. Report on Sea Ice and Penguin Study (SIPENS) by JARE-37-41. Antarctic Record, 46, 399-413.

237. NISHIDA, Shuhei. 2002. Sensory, feeding, and digestive systems in the phyllosoma and puerulus of palinurid lobsters. Fisheries Science, 68 Suppl. I, 397-400.

238. NISHIDA, Shuhei, Susumu OHTSUKA & Andrew R. PARKER. 2002. Functional morphology and food habits of the deep-sea copepods of the genus Cephalophanes (Calanoida: Phaennidae): perception of bioluminescence as a strategy for food detection?. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 227, 157-171.

239. NISHIKAWA, Jun & Atsushi TSUDA. 2001a. Diel vertical migration of the pelagic tunicate, Salpa thompsoni in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer. Polar Biology, 24, 299-302.

240. NISHIKAWA, Jun & Atsushi TSUDA. 2001b. Feeding of the pelagic tunicate, Salpa thompsoni on flagellates and size-fractionated chlorophyll particles. Plankton Biology and Ecology, 48, 133-135.

241. NISHIKAWA, Jun, Shuhei NISHIDA, Masatoshi MOKU, Kiyotaka HIDAKA & Kouichi KAWAGUCHI. 2001. Biomass, abundance, and vertical distribution of micronekton and large gelatinous zooplankton in the subarctic Pacific and the Bering Sea during the summer of 1997. Journal of Oceanography, 57, 361-375.

242. NISHINO, Tomohiko, B. B. NAYAK & Kazuhiro. KOGURE. Density dependent sorting of physiologically different cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. (in press)

243. ODATE, T., M. FUKUCHI & K. FURUYA. 2002. Photo- synthetic oxygen production and community respiration in the Indian sector of the Antarctic Ocean during austral summer. Polar Biology, 25, 859-864.

244. OGAWA, Hiroshi, Yukio AMAGAI, Isao KOIKE, Karl KAISET, & Ron BENNER. 2001. Production of refractory dissolved organic matter by bacteria. Science, 292, 917-920.

245. OGAWA, Hiroshi, Toshihiro USUI, & Isao KOIKE. 2003. Distribution of dissolved organic carbon in the East China Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 353-366.

246. OHSHIMA, Chie, Shigeo NAKAMURA, Jun NISHIKAWA & Euichi HIROSE. 2001. The occurrence of pyrosomas in the vicinity of Maeda Point (Okinawa Island) and Sesoko Island. The Biological Magagine Okinawa, 39, 1-4.

247. OHTSUKA, Susumu, Shuhei NISHIDA & Akira NAKAGUCHI. 2002. Three new species of the genus Macandrewella (Copepoda: Calanoida: Scolecitrichidae) from the Pacific Ocean, with notes on distribution and feeding habits. Journal of Natural History, 36, 531-564.

248. RAMAIAH, Neelam, Takashi YOSHIKAWA & Ken FURUYA. 2001. Temporal variations in transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) associated with diatom spring bloom in a subarctic ria in Japan. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 212, 79-88.

249. RAMAIAH, Neelam & Ken FURUYA. 2002. Seasonal variations in phytoplankton composition and transparent exopolymer particles in a eutrophicated coastal environment. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 30, 69-82.

250. SUZUKI, Satoru, Kazuhiro KOGURE & Eiichiro TANOUE. 2000. Bacterial porin in the ocean and its ecological implications. In Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers (eds. BELL, C. R., M. BRYLINSKY & P. JOHNSON-GREEN.), pp. 175-178. Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology, Halifax.

251. SUZUKI, Satoru, Tetsuji FUJITA, Noriko KIMATA, Kazuhiro KOGURE & Eiichiro TANOUE. 2000. Isolation of bacteria with membrane proteins homologous to Vibrio anguillarum porin Omp35La. Microbes and Environments, 15, 185-189.

252. TAKAMARU, H., T. YOSHIKAWA, Neelam RAMAIAH, S. TAKEDA & Ken FURUYA. 2002. Rapid evaluation of photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorescence in coastal waters. Fisheries Sciences, 68, suppl., 651-652.

253. TOMARU, Akiko, Tatsuomi MATSUOKA & Kazuhiro KOGURE. 2001. Photoresponse in a marine ciliate Euplotes vannus. Archiev fur Hydrobiol., 152, 647-660.

254. TSUTSUMI, Hiroaki, Sam WAINRIGHT, Shigeru MONTANI, M. SAGA, S. ICHIHARA & Kazuhiro KOGURE. 2001. Exploitation of a chemosynthetic food resource by a polychaete, Capitella spI. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 216, 119-127.

255. UYE, Shin-ichi. 2000. Why does Calanus sinicus prosper in the shelf ecosystem of the Northwest Pacific Ocean?. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57, 1850-1855.

256. UYE, Shin-ichi., I. AOTO & T. ONBE. 2002. Seasonal population dynamics and production of Microsetella norvegica, a widely distributed but little-studied marine planktonic harpacticoid copepod. J. Plankton Res., 24, 143-153.

257. UYE, Shin-ichi., N. FUJII & H. TAKEOKA. 2003. Unusual aggregations of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita in coastal waters along western Shikoku, Japan. Plankton Biol. Ecol., 50. (in press)

258. WU, Shiow Shyan, H. TSUTSUMI, Kumiko KITA-TSUKAMOTO, Kazuhiro. KOGURE, K. OHWADA & Minoru WADA. 2003. Visualization of the respiring bacteria in sediments inhabited by Capitella. Fisheries Science, 69, 170-175.

259. YOSHIKAWA, Takashi, Ichiro TAKEUCHI & Ken FURUYA. 2001. Active erosion of Undaria pinnatifida Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) mass-cultured in Otsuchi Bay in northeastern Japan. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 266, 51-65.

260. YOSHIKAWA, Takashi, H. OTOBE & Ken FURUYA. 2002. Continuous monitoring of chlorophyll a and photosynthesis by natural fluorescence method in a coastal aquaculture ground. Fisheries Sciences, 68 suppl., 588-591.

261. ANAN, Yasumi, Takashi KUNITO, Tokutaka IKEMOTO, Akira KUBOTA, Izumi WATANABE, Shinsuke TANABE, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI & Evgenii A. PETROV. 2002. Elevated concentrations of trace elements in Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) found stranded during the mass mortality events in 2000. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 42, 354-362.

262. ARAI, Takaomi, Masaru MAEDA, Hiroshi YAMAKAWA, Akiyoshi KAMATANI & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI．2002. Growth effect on the uptake and elimination of trace metals in the abalones Haliotis. Fisheries Science, 68, 1094-1098.

263. ARAI, Takaomi, Tokutake IKEMOTO, Takashi KUNITO, Shinsuke TANABE & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Otolith microchemistry of the conger eel, Conger myriaster. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U. K., 82, 303-305.

264. DOU, Shuo-Zeng, Reiji MASUDA, Masaru TANAKA & Katsumi TSUKAMOTO. 2002. Feeding resumption, morphological changes and mortality during starvation in Japanese flounder larvae. Journal of Fish Biology, 60, 1363-1380.

265. ESTEVEZ, Alicia, Toyoji KANEKO, Tadahisa SEIKAI, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2001. ACTH and MSH production in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) larvae fed arachidonic acid-enriched live prey. Aquaculture, 192, 309-319.

266. ESTEVEZ, Alicia., Toyoji KANEKO, Tadahisa SEIKAI, Robert M. DORES, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2001. Ontogeny of ACTH and MSH cells in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in relation to albinism. Aquaculture, 202, 131-143.

267. EUN-YOUNG, Kim, Mark E. HAHN, Hisato IWATA, Shinsuke TANABE & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI． 2002. cDNA cloning of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor from Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica). Marine Environmental Research, 54, 285-289.

268. GWAK, WooSeok & Masaru Tanaka. 2001. Developmental changes in RNA/DNA ratios of the fed and starved laboratory-reared Japanese flounder larvae and juveniles, and its application to assessment of nutritional status for wild fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 59, 902-915.

269. GWAK, Woo-Seok & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Changes in RNA, DNA and protein contents of laboratory-reared Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus during metamorphosis and settlement. Fisheries Science, 68, 27-33.

270. HASHIMOTO, Hisashi, Akira MIZUTA, Nozomi OKADA, Tohru SUZUKI, Masatomo TAGAWA, Kazuo TABATA, Yoshihiro YOKOYAMA, Morihiko SAKAGUCHI, Masaru TANAKA & Haruhiko TOYOHARA. 2002. Isolation and characterization of a Japanese flounder clonal line, reversed, which exhibits reversal of metamorphic left-right asymmetry. Mechanisms of Development, 111, 17-24.

271. HASHIMOTO, Hisashi, Akira MIZUTA, Nozomi OKADA, Tohru SUZUKI, Masatomo TAGAWA, Kazuo TABATA, Yoshihiro YOKOYAMA, Morihiko SAKAGUCHI, Masaru TANAKA & Haruhiko TOYOHARA. 2002. Japanese flounder, reversed, displays a randomization of metamorphic and visceral left-right asymmetries without correlation. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. II, 1301-1302.

272. HIRAI, Narisato, Masatomo TAGAWA, Toyoji KANEKO, David H. SECOR & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Freshwater adaptation in Japanese sea bass and striped bass : a comparison of chloride cell distibution during their early life history. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 433-434.

273. HOSSAIN, ar Mostafa, Masaru TANAKA & Reiji MASUDA. 2002. Predator-prey interaction between hatchery-reared Japanese flounder juvenile, Paralichthys olivaceus, and sandy shore crab, Matuta lunaris: daily rhythms, anti-predator conditioning and starvation. The Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 267, 1-14.

274. HOTTA, Yuji., Masato ARITAKI, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2001. Changes in tissue thyroid hormone levels of metamorphosing spotted halibut Verasper variegatus reared at different temperatures. Fisheries Science, 67, 1119-1124.

275. ISHIZAKI, Yasuro, Reiji MASUDA, Kazumasa UEMATSU, Ken SHIMIZU, Misao ARIMOTO & Toshio TAKEUCHI. 2001. The effect of dietary docosahexaenoic acid on schooling behaviour and brain development in larval yellowtail. J. Fish Biol., 58, 1691-1703.

276. JIAN, Yang, Takashi KUNITO, Shinsuke TANABE, Masao AMANO & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI． 2002. Trace elements in skin of Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the northern waters of Japan: an evaluation for utilization as non-lethal tracers. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 45, 230-236.

277. JIAN, Young, Takashi KUNITO, Shinsuke TANABE & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Mercury in tissues of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) from Sanriku coastof Japan. The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, 638, 256-259.

278. JIAN, Yang & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2003. Moisture content in Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) tissues: a reference base for conversion factors between dry and wet weight trace element concentrations in cetaceans. Environmental Pollution, 121, 345-347.

279. JOHNSON, T. B. & M. TERAZAKI The effects of a Kuroshio warm Core ring on chaetognath ecology. Fish. Oceanogr. (in press)

280. KAJI, Tatsuya, Jun SHOJI, Mitsuhiro AOYAMA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Highly specialized development of the digestive system in piscivorous scombrid larvae. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 884-887.

281. KAJI, Tatsuya, Masaaki KODAMA, Hiroshi ARAI, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Precocious development of the digestive system in relation to early appearance of piscivory in striped bonito Sarda orientalis larvae. Fisheries Science, 68, 1212-1218.

282. KAJIWARA, Natuko, Shizuko NIIMI, Mafumi WATANABE, Yukie ITO, Shinsuke TANABE, L. Sergeevich, KHURASKIN & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Organochlorine and organotin compounds in Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) collected during an usual mortality event in the Caspian Sea in 2000. Environmental Pollution, 117, 391-402.

283. KAJIWARA, Natsuko, Mafumi WATANABE, Shinsuke TANABE, Ken NAKAMATSU, Masao AMANO & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Specific accumulation and temporal trends of organochlorine contaminants in Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from Japanese coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 44, 1089-1099.

284. KAMISAKA, Yuko, Geir K. TOTLAND, Masatomo TAGAWA, Tadahide KUROKAWA, Tohru SUZUKI, Masaru TANAKA & Ivar RONNESTAD. 2001. Ontogeny of cholecystokinin-immunoreactive cells in the digestive tract of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus Hippoglossus, larvae. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 123, 31-37.

285. KAMISAKA, Yuko, Tadahide KUROKAWA, Tohru SUZUKI, Geir K. TOTLAND, Ivar RONNESTAD, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Ontogenetic appearance and distribution of the digestive hormone, cholecystokinin (CCK) in fish. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 963 - 964.

286. KAMISAKA, Yuko, Tatsuya KAJI, Shukei MASUMA, Nobuhiro TEZUKA, Tadahide KUROKAWA, Tohru SUZUKI, Geir K. TOTLAND, Ivar RONNESTAD, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Ontogeny of cholecystokinin - immunoreactive cells in the digestive tract of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, larvae. SARSIA, 87, 258 - 262.

287. KASAI, Akihide, Shingo KIMURA, Hideaki NAKATA & Yuji OKAZAKI. 2001. Survival condition of fish larvae in the Kuroshio front and frontal eddies. Journal of Marine Systems. (in press)

288. KASAI, Akihide, Shingo KIMURA, Hideaki NAKATA & Yuji OKAZAKI. 2002. Entrainment of coastal water into a frontal eddy of the Kuroshio and its biological significance. Journal of Marine Systems, 37, 185-198.

289. KATSUKAWA Toshio. 2002. Switching fisheries for non-equilibrium bioresources. Fisheries Sciences. (in press)

290. KATSUKAWA, Toshio, Hiroyuki MATSUDA & Yoshiharu MATSUMIYA. 2002. Population reproductive potential: evaluation of long-term stock productivity. Fisheries Sciences, 68, 1104-1110.

291. KATSUKAWA, Toshio, Hiroyuki MATSUDA. 2003. Simulated effects of target switching on yield and sustainability of fish stocks. Fisheries Research, 60, 515-525.

292. KATSUKAWA, Yuu, Toshio KATSUKAWA & Hiroyuki MATSUDA. 2002. Indeterminate growth selected by a trade-off between high fecundity and risk avoidance in stochastic environment. Population Ecology, 44, 265-272.

293. KAWAI, Hiroaki, Akihiko YATSU, Chikako WATANABE, Takumi MITANI, Toshio KATSUKAWA & Hiroyuki MATSUDA. 2002. Recovery policy for chub mackerel stock using recruitment-per-spawning. Fish. Sci., 68, 961-969.

294. KAWAI, Shin’ichiro, Yuko KUROKAWA, Sumiko MATSUOKA, Maiko NAKATSUKURI & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Estrogenic substances in the surface seawater collected from Otsuchi Bay, Yamada Bay and Ofunato Bay, Iwate Prefecture. Otsuchi Marine Science, 27, 28-32.

295. KAWAMURA, Tomohiko, Hideki TAKAMI, Rodney D. ROBERTS & Yoh YAMASHITA. 2001. Radula development in abalone Haliotis discus hannai from larva to adult in relation to the transitions in feeding. Fisheries Science, 67, 596-605.

296. KAWAMURA, Tomohiko, Hideki TAKAMI & Takahiro SAIDO. 2002. Early life ecology of abalone Haliotis discus hannai in relation to recruitment fluctuations. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 230-234.

297. KIMURA, Ryo, Yoshiro WATANABE & Hiromu ZENITANI. 2000. Nutritional condition of first- feeding larvae of sardine caught in the Kuroshio current areas. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57, 240-248.

298. KIMURA, Shingo & Takashige SUGIMOTO. 2000. Two processes by which short-period fluctuations in the meander of the Kuroshio affect its countercurrent. Deep-Sea Research, 47, 745-754.

299. KIMURA, Shingo, Hideaki NAKATA & Yuji OKAZAKI. 2000. Biological production in meso-scale eddies caused by frontal disturbances of the Kuroshio Extension. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57, 133-142.

300. KIMURA, Shingo, Takashi INOUE & Takashige SUGIMOTO. 2001. Fluctuation in distribution of low-salinity water in the North Equatorial Current and its effect on the larval transport of the Japanese eel. Fisheries Oceanography, 10, 51-60.

301. KIMURA, Shingo, Takashi INOUE & Takashige SUGIMOTO. 2001. Fluctuation in larval transport of the Japanese eel associated with global oceanic-climatic change. Journal of Taiwan Fisheries, 9, 183-190.

302. KIMURA, Shingo, Takashi INOUE & Takashige SUGIMOTO. 2001. Oceanic fluctuation in the spawning ground of the Japanese eel. Proceedings of the Inter national Symposium “Advance in Eel Biology” held on 28-30 September 2001 at Tokyo, Japan, 101-103.

303. KIMURA, Shingo. Larval transport of the Japanese eel. Eel Biology. (in press)

304. LIMBONG, Daniel, Jeims KUMAMPUNG, Joice RIMPER, Takaomi ARAI & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Emissions and environmental implications of mercury from artisanal gold mining in north Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Science of the Total Environment, 302, 227-236.

305. MASUDA, Reiji & David A ZIEMANN. 2003. Vulnerability of Pacific threadfin juveniles to predation by bluefin trevally and hammerhead shark: size dependent mortality and handling stress. Aquaculture, 217, 249-257.

306. MASUDA, Reiji, A. C. OSTROWSKI & D. A. ZIEMANN. 2001. Patchiness formation and development of schooling behavior in Pacific threadfin Polydactylus sexfilis reared with different dietary highly unsaturated fatty acid contents. J. World Aquacul. Soc., 32, 309-316.

307. MASUDA, Reiji, Jun SHOJI, Mitsuhiro AOYAMA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Chub mackerel larvae fed fish larvae can swim faster than those fed rotifers and Artemia nauplii. Fisheries Science, 68, 320-324.

308. MASUDA, Reiji, Karl KELLER, David A ZIEMANN & John OGLE. 2003. Association with underwater structure in hatchery-reared and wild red snapper Lutjanus campechanus juveniles. Journal of World Aquaculture Society. (in press)

309. MASUDA, Reiji, Jun SHOJI, Shinnosuke NAKAYAMA & Masaru TANAKA. 2003. Development of schooling behavior in Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius during the early ontogeny. Fisheries Science. (accepted pending revision)

310. MATSUDA, Hiroyuki 2001. Application of the EIA law system to the 2005 World Exposition. Built Environm., 27, 51-56.

311. MATSUDA, Hiroyuki & Tosihio KATSUKAWA. 2002. Fisheries Management Based on Ecosystem Dynamics and Feedback Control. Fisheries Oceanography, 11, 366-370.

312. MATSUDA, Hiroyuki & Katsuhiro NISHIMORI. 2003. A size-structured model for stock rehabilitation program of an endemic overexploited bioresouce. Fisheries Research. (in press)

313. MATSUDA, Hiroyuki & Shinichi EBINA. Adaptive management for Cuban Hawksbill turtles. Phuket Mar. Biol. Center Rep. (in press)

314. MINH, T. Binh, Haruhiko NAKATA, Mafumi WATANABE, Shinsuke TANABE, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Thomas A. JEFFERSON, Maricar S. PRUDENTE & Annamalai SUBRAMANIAN. 2000. Isomer-specific accumulation and toxic assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, including coplanar congeners, in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 39, 398-410.

315. MINH, T. Binh, Mafumi WATANABE, Shinsuke TANABE, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Thomas A. JEFFERSON, Maricar S. PRUDENTE, Annamalai SUBRAMANIAN & S. KARUPPIAH. 2000. Widespread contamination by tris (4-chlorophenyl) methane and tris (4-chlorophenyl) methanol in ceatceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters. Environmental Pollution, 110, 459-468.

316. MINH, T. Binh, Maricar S. PRUDENTE, Mafumi WATANABE, Shinsuke TANABE, Haruhiko NAKATA, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Thomas A. JEFFERSON & Annamalai SUBRAMANIAN. 2000. Recent contamination of persistent chlorinated endocrine disrupters in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters. Water Science and Technology, 47, 231-240.

317. MIYAKE, Hiroshi, Makoto, TERAZAKI & Yoshiko KAKINUMA. 2002. On the polyps of Aureria aurita found in Kagoshima Bay. Journal of Oceanography, 58, 451-459.

318. MIYAZAKI, Nobuyuki 2001. A review of studies on the ringed, Caspian, and Baikal seals (Pusa hispida, P. caspica, and P. sibirica). Otsuchi Marine Science, 26, 1-6.

319. MIYAZAKI, Nobuyuki, Shinsuke TANABE & Ryo TATUKAWA. 2001. Accumulation of hazardous chemicals in marine mammals. Proceedings of IOC/WESTOPAC International Science Symposium “Ocean Science at the Dawn of a New Millennium”.

320. MIYAZAKI, Nobuyuki. 2002. Proporsal for marine mammal research in Asian-Oceanian region. The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, 658, 306-309.

321. MIYAZAKI, Nobuyuki. 2002. Ringed, Caspian and Baikal seals. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. (eds. PERRIN, William F., Bernd WURSIG & J. G. M. THEWISSEN.), pp. 1033-1037. Academic Press, London.

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329. NAKATA, Haruhiko, Shinsuke TANABE, Hisato IWATA, Masao AMANO & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2000. Contamination of the ecosystems of Lake Baikal by persistent organochlorines.In Lake Baikal. (ed. MINOURA, K.), pp. 281-298. Elsevier, Tokyo.

330. NAKATA, Haruhiko, Akihiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto KANOH, Satoki KUDO, Hideaki WATANABE, Noriyasu NAGAI, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Yoshihiro ASANO & Shinsuke TANABE. 2002. Evaluation of mitogen-induced responses in marine mammal and human lymphocytes by in-vitro exposure of butyltins and non-ortho coplanar PCBs. Environmental Pollution, 120, 245-253.

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332. NAKAYAMA, Shinnosuke, Reiji MASUDA, Jun SHOJI, Toshio TAKEUCHI & Masaru Tanaka. 2003. Effect of prey items on the development of schooling behavior in chub mackerel Scomber japonicus in the laboratory. Fisheries Science. (accepted pending revision)

333. NAKAYAMA, Shinnosuke, Reiji MASUDA, Toshio TAKEUCHI & Masaru TANAKA. 2003. Effect of highly unsaturated fatty acids on escape ability from moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita in red sea bream Pagrus major larvae. Fisheries Science. (accepted pending revision)

334. NISHIKAWA, Jun, Shuhei NISHIDA, Masatoshi MOKU, Kiyotaka HIDAKA & Kouichi KAWAGUCHI. 2001. Biomass, abundance, and vertical distribution of micronekton and large gelatinous zooplankton in the subarctic Pacific and the Bering Sea during the summer of 1997. Journal of Oceanography, 57, 361-375.

335. OHASHI, Kenjiro, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Shinsuke TANABE, Haruhiko NAKATA, Ryuichi MIURA, Kentaro FUJITA, Chiaki WAKASA, Masashi UEMA, Motohiro SHIOTANI, Eiji TAKAHASHI & Chieko KAI. 2001. Seroepidemiological survey of distemper virus infection in the Caspian Sea and in Lake Baikal. Veterinary microbiology, 82, 203-210.
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337. OHISHI, Kazue, Ryoko ZENITANI, Takeharu BANDO, Yoshitaka GOTO, Kazuyuki UCHIDA, Tadashi MARUYAMA, Saburo YAMAMOTO, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI & Yoshihiro FUJISE. 2003. Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infection in baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the western North Pacific. Comparative Immunology. Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 26, 125-136.

338. OHJI, Madoka, Ichiro TAKEUCHI, Shin TAKAHASHI, Shinsuke TANABE & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Differences in the acute toxicities of tributyltin between the Caprellidea and the Gammariea (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 44, 16-24.

339. OHJI, Madoka, Takaomi ARAI & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2002. Effects of tributyltin exposure in the embryonic stage on sex ratio and survival rate in the caprellid amphipod Caprella danilevskii. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 253, 171-176.

340. OKA, Toshihiro, Hiroyuki MATSUDA, Yasuo KADONO. 2001. Ecological risk-benefit analysis of a wetland development based on risk assessment using `expected loss of biodiversity'. Risk Anal., 21, 1011-1023.

341. OKADA, Nozomi., Yasuaki TAKAGI, Tadahisa SEIKAI, Masaru TANAKA & Masatomo TAGAWA. 2001. Asymmetrical development of bones and soft tissues during eye migration of metamorphosing Japanese flounder. Paralichthys olivaceus. Cell and Tissue Research, 304, 59-66.

342. OKAZAKI, Yuji, Hideaki NAKATA and Shingo KIMURA. 2002. Effects of frontal eddies on the distribution and food availability of anchovy larvae in the Kuroshio Extension. Marine and Freshwater Research, 53, 403-410.

343. OKAZAKI, Yuji, Hideaki NAKATA, Shingo KIMURA & Akihide KASAI. Offshore entrainment of anchovy larvae and its implication for their survival in a frontal region of the Kuroshio. Marine Ecology Progress Series. (in press)

344. SEO, Hwan-Sook, Yasushi ENDO, Masatoshi MOKU, Kouichi KAWAGUCHI & Kenshiro FUJIMOTO. 2001. Wax ester biosynthesis in the liver of myctophid fishes. Lipids, 36, 389-393.

345. SHOJI, Jun., Tsutomu MAEHARA, Mitsuhiro AOYAMA, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Akio IWAMOTO & Masaru TANAKA. 2001. Daily ration of Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius larvae. Fisheries Science, 67, 238-245.

346. SHOJI, Jun, Tsutomu MAEHARA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Recruitment of an inherent piscivore, Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius (Scombridae). Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 218-221.

347. SHOJI, Jun, Mitsuhiro AOYAMA, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Akio IWAMOTO & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Susceptibility to starvation by piscivorous Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius (scombridae) larvae at first feeding. Fisheries Science, 68, 59-64.

348. SUGIMOTO, Takashige, Shingo KIMURA & Kazuaki TADOKORO. 2001. Impact of El Nino events on marine living resources and their physical environments in the western North Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 49, 113-127.

349. TAGAWA, Masatomo & Christopher L. BROWN. 2001. Entry of thyroid hormones into tilapia oocytes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, 129, 605-611.

350. TAKAHASHI, Shin, Le Thi Hai LE, Kazutoshi SAEKI, Nobutake NAKATANI, Shinsuke TANABE, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI & Yoshiro FUJISE. 2000. Accumulation of butyltin compounds and total tin in marine mammals. Water Science and Technology, 42, 97-108.

351. TAKAHASHI, Motomitu, Yoshiro WATANABE, Takahiro KINOSHITA & Chikako WATANABE 2001. Growth of larval and juvenile Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus, in the Kuroshio-Oyashio transition region. Fisheries Oceanography, 10, 235-247.

352. TAKAHASHI, Motomitsu & Yoshiro WATANABE. 2002. Effects of larval growth on recruitment probalbilities in Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 222-225.

353. TAKAMI, Hideki, Tomohiko KAWAMURA & Yoh YAMASHITA. 2000. Starvation tolerance of newly metamorphosed abalone Haliotis discus hannai. Fisheries Science, 66, 1180-1182.

354. TAKAMI, Hideki, Tomoniko KAWAMURA & Yoh YAMASHITA. 2002. Effects of delayed metamorphosis on survival and growth of newly metamorphosed abalone Haliotis discus hannai. Aquaculture, 213, 311-322.

355. TAKAMI, Hideki & Tomohiko KAWAMURA. 2003. Dietary transitions in the abalone Haliotis discus hannai and the relationship with development of digestive organ. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly, 37. (in press)

356. TAKEUCHI, Ichiro, Shin TAKAHASHI, Shinsuke TANABE & Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI. 2001. Caprella watch: a new approach for monitoring butyltin residues in the ocean. Marine Environmental Research, 52, 97-113.

357. TANAKA, Yosuke, Osamu TOMINAGA, Tatsuo TSUSAKI & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. The factors influencing the growth and feeding of hatchery-raised Japanese flounder juveniles under various designs of experimental mass releases in the field. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 1008 - 1009.

358. TERAZAKI, Makoto. 2000. Feeding of carnivous zooplankton, chaetognath in the Pacific. In Dynamics and Charaterization of Marine Organic Matter. (ed. HANDA, N. et al.), pp. 257-276. TERAPUB, Tokyo.

359. TERAZAKI, Makoto. 2000. Utilization of Biological Data for IODE system in the WESTPAC area. In Proceedings of ICWP'99 conference (ed. JODC.), pp. 163-165. Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo.

360. TERAZAKI, Makoto. 2001. Ecological studies on Carnivorous plankton, Chaetognatha. La mer, 39, 155-160.

361. TERAZAKI, Makoto, Masami HAMAGUCHI, Hironori USUKI & Hiroko ISIOKA. 2001. Automated identification of larval bovalves utilizing an imgae processor. La mer, 39, 87-93.

362. TOYOKAWA, M., Toshio FUROTA & Makoto TERAZAKI. 2000. Life history and seasonal abundance of Aurelia aurita medusae in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Plankton Biology & Ecology, 47, 48-58.

363. TRIJUNO, Dody Dharmawan, Kenzo YOSEDA, Jun HIROKAWA, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Effects of thyroxine and thiourea on the metamorphosis of coral trout grouper Plectropomus leopardus. Fisheries Science, 68, 282-289.

364. TRIJUNO, Dody, Satoshi SHIOZAWA, Kenzo YOSEDA, Masatomo TAGAWA & Masaru TANAKA. 2002. Development and metamorphosis in coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus. morphological, biochemical and physiological aspects. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 892-895.

365. TSUKAMOTO, Yoichi, Hiromu ZENITANI, Ryo KIMURA, Yoshiro WATANABE & Yoshioki OOZEKI. 2001. Vertical distribution of fish larvae in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio-Oyashio transition regions in early summer. Bulletin of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 13, 39-56.

366. WATANABE, Izumi, Takashi KUNITO, Tokutaka IKEMOTO, Shinsuke TANABE, Masao AMANO, Yasuhiko KOYAMA, Nobuyuki MIYAZAKI, Evgenii A. PETROV & Ryo TATSUKAWA. 2002. Accumulation of heavy metals in Caspian seals (Phoca caspica). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 42, 109-120.

367. WATANABE, Satoshi, Motomitsu TAKAHASHI & Yoshiro WATANABE. 2002. Fluctuating asymmetry in the otoliths as an index of the growth rate of the Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus. Fisheries Science, 68 suppl. I, 234-237.

368. WATANABE, Yoshiro, Norio SHIRAFUJI & Masayuki CHIMURA. 2002. Latitudinal difference in recruitment dynamics of clupeid fishes ?variable to the north, stable to the south ?. In Proceedings of the International Herring Symposium. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Report No. 2001-01, 521-533.

369. WATANABE, Yoshiro. 2002. Resurgence and decline of the Japanese sardine population. In Concepts in Fishery Science: The Unique Contribution of Early Life Stages. (eds. FUIMAN L. A. & R. G. WERNER.), pp. 243-257. Blackwell Science, London.

370. WATANABE, Yoshiro, Yutaka KURITA, Masayuki NOTO, Yoshioki OOZEKI & Daiji KITAGAWA. 2003. Growth and survival processes of Pacific saury Cololabis saira in the Kuroshio- Oyashio transitional waters. Journal of Oceanography. (in press)

371. YAMASHITA, Yoh, Masaru TANAKA & John M. MILLER. 2001. Ecophysiology of juvenile flatfish in nursery grounds. Journal of Sea Research, 45, 205-218.

372. YATSU, A., T. MITANI T, C. WATANABE, H. NISHIDA, A. KAWABATA & H. MATSUDA. 2002. Current stock status and management of chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, along the Pacific coast of Japan-an example of allowable biological catch determination -. Fisheries Science, 68 Suppl. I, 93-96.