Researcher Profile and Settings

Affiliation

• Faculty of Fisheries Sciences　Marine Bioresource and Environmental Science　Marine Bioresource Science

Job Title

Professor

URL

• http://www.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/~s16802/Watanuki2012.html

Research Interests

• Animal Ecology   marine Ecology   

Research Areas

• Resource conservation science / Resource conservation science
• Basic biology / Ecology/Environment

Academic & Professional Experience

• 2014/04 - Today    Hokkaido UniversityFaculty of Fisheries SciencesProfessor
• 2007/04 - 2014/03    Hokkaido UniversityFaculty of Fisheries SciencesAssociate Professor
• 2003/04 - 2007/03    Hokkaido UniversityGraduate School of Fisheries SciencesAssociate Professor
• 1997/04 - 2003/03    Hokkaido UniversityGraduate School of AgricultureAssociate Professor
• 1993/10 - 1997/03    Hokkaido UniversityFaculty of AgricultureAssistant Professor
• 1987/12 - 1993/09    National Institute of Polar ResearchBiologyAssistant Professor

Association Memberships

• THE OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN   WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   Japanese Ornithological Society   Ethological Society of Japan   North Pacific Marine Science Organization   American Ornithological Society   Ecological Society of Japan   Pacific Seabird Group   

Research Activities

Published Papers

• Rhinoceros Auklet pair-mates migrate independently but synchronize their foraging activity during the pre-laying period.

  180 832 - 845 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Albatross-borne loggers show feeding on probable post-spawning deep-sea squids: implications for the study of squid distributions.

  Nishizawa B, Sugawara T, Young LC, Vanderwerf EA,Yoda K, Watanuki Y

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 592 (257) 265  2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Inter-annual climate variability affects foraging behavior and nutritional state of thick-billed murres breeding in the southeastern Bering Sea.

  WATANUKI Yutaka

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 592 195 - 208 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Seasonal distribution of short-tailed shearwaters and their prey in the Bering and Chukchi seas.

  WATANUKI Yutaka

  Biogeoscience 14 1 - 12 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Distribution of Arctic and Pacific copepods and their habitat in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas

  WATANUKI Yutaka

  Biogeosciences 13 4555 - 4567 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Dual foraging strategy and chick growth of streaked sheawater Calonectris leucomelas at two colonies in different oceanographic environments.

  WATANUKI Yutaka

  Ornith Sci 15 213 - 225 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Flight paths of seabirds soaring over the ocean surface enable measurement of fine-scale wind speed and direction.

  WATANUKI Yutaka

  Proc Natl Acad Sci doi/10.1073/pnas.1523853113  2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Foraging segregation of two congeneric diving seabird species breeding on St. George Island, Bering Sea.

  Kokubun N, Yamamoto T, Sato N, Watanuki Y, Will A, Kitaysky AS, Takahashi A.

  Biogeosciences 13 2576 - 2591 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Differential responses of seabirds to environmental variability over 2 years in the continental shelf and oceanic habitats of southeastern Bering Sea

  Yamamoto T, Kokubun N, Kikuchi DM, Sato N, Takahashi A, Will AP, Kitaysky AS, Watanuki Y

  iogeosciences 13 2405 - 2414 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• A red-footed booby catching airborne squid.

  Muramatsu K, Yamamoto J, Abe T, Nishizawa B, Hoshi N,Ohwada M, Watanuki Y, Sakurai Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 47 1 - 6 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Feather mercury concentration in streaked shearwaters wintering in separate areas of southeast Asia.

  Watanuki Y, Yamashita A, Ishizuka M, Ikenaka Y, Nakayama SMM, Ishii C, Yamamoto T, Ito M, Kuwae T, Trathan PN

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• European shags optimize their flight behavior according to wind conditions.

  Kogure Y, Sato K, Watanuki Y, Wanless S, Daunt F

  J exp Biol. 219 311 - 318 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• The jellyfish buffet: jellyfish enhance seabird foraging opportunities by concentrating prey.

  Sato NN, Kokubun N, Yamamoto T, Watanuki Y, Kitaysky AS, Takahashi A

  Biology Letters 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Feather corticosterone reveals stress associated with dietary changes in a breeding seabird

  Will A, Watanuki Y, Kikuchi DM, Sato N, Ito M, Callahan M, Wynne-Edwards K, Hatch S, Elliott K, Slater L, Takahashi A, Kitaysky A

  Ecology and Evolution. 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diets and body condition of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea.

  Nakano T, Matsuno K, Nishizawa B, Iwahara Y, Mitani Y, Yamamoto J, Sakurai Y, Watanuki Y

  Polar Biology 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• The triggers of fledging in Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata chicks when they experienced mass recession, examined by a supplementary feeding experiment.

  Deguchi T, Nomura H, Otsuka R, Wada M, Watanuki Y

  Ornithol Science 15 15 - 21 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Facilitated leaching of additive-derived PBDEs from plastic by seabirds’ stomach oil and accumulation in tissues

  Tanaka K, Takada H, Yamashita R, Mizukawa K, Fukuwaka M, Watanuki Y

  Environ Sci & Technol 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Past and current status of the Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo in Japan

  Senzaki M, Hasebe M, Kataoka Y, Fukuda Y, Nishizawa B, Watanuki Y.

  Waterbirds 38 184 - 190 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Strouhal number for flying and swimming in rhinoceros auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata).

  Kikuchi D, Watanuki Y, Sato N, Hoshina K, Takahashi A, Watanabe Y

  J Avian Biol doi:10.1111/jav.00642 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Migratory movements of rhinoceros auklets in the northwestern Pacific: connecting seasonal productivities

  Takahashi A, Ito M, Suzuki Y, Watanuki Y, Thiebot J-B, Yamamoto T, Iida T, Trathan P, Niizuma Y, Kuwae T.

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 525 229 - 243 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Considering multiple ecological states and data types in habitat models.

  Yamamoto T, Watanuki Y, Hazen EL, Nishizawa B, Ssasaki H, Takahashi A

  Ecological Applications 25 2394 - 2406 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Telomere length is a strong predictor of foraging behavior in a long-lived seabird.

  Young RC, Kitaysky AS, Barger CP, Dorresteijn, Ito M, Watanuki Y

  Ecosphere doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00345.1 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters.

  Watanuki Y, Yamamoto T, Yamashita A, Ishii C, Ikenaka Y, Nakayama SM, Ishizuka M, Suzuki Y, Niizuma Y, Meathrel CE, Phillips RA

  J Ornithol. 156 847 - 850 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Habitat of two albatross species during non-breeding season in the North Pacific Transition Zone.

  Nishizawa B, Ochi D, Minami H, Tokawa K, Saito S, Watanuki Y.

  Mar Biol In Press DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2620-1 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Annual and seasonal movements of migrating short-tailed shearwaters track environmental variation in sub-Arctic and Arctic waters

  Yamamoto T, Hoshina K, Nishizawa B, Meathrel C, Phillips RA, Watanuki Y

  Mar Biol DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2589-1 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Contamination status and accumulation characteristics of metals and a metalloid in birds on Teuri Island, Hokkaido, Japan.

  Ishii C, Ikenaka Y, Nakayama SMM, Suzuki Y, Watanuki Y, Watanabe Y, Yohannes YB, Mizukawa H, Ishizuka M

  Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research 62 143 - 149 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging tactics and success of inter- and intra-specific kleptoparasites on Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata.

  Senzaki M, Suzuki Y, Watanuki Y

  Ornithol Sci 13 1 - 8 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Feather corticosterone reveals developmental stress in seabirds.

  Will A, Suzuki Y, Elliott K, Watanuki Y, Hatch S, Kitaysky A

  J exp Biol 217 2371 - 2376 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Among-year and within-population variation in foraging distribution of European shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis over two decades: implications for marine spatial planning

  Bogdanova MI, Wanless S, Harris MP, Lindstrom J, Butler A, Newell MA, Sato K, Watanuki Y, Parsons M, Daunt F.

  Biol Conserv 170 292 - 299 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Genetic structure of rhinoceros auklets, Cerorhinca monocerata, breeding in British Columbia, Alaska, and Japan.

  Abott CL, Millikin RL, Hipfner MJ, Hatch S, Ito M, Watanuki Y, Burg TM

  Mar Biol 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Modeling the effects of prey size and distribution on prey capture rates of two sympatric marine predators.

  Thaxter C, Daunt F, Gremillet D, Harris M, Benvenuti S, Watanuki Y, Hamer KC, Wanless S

  PLoS ONE 8 (11) e79915  2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Contaminants in tracked seabirds show regional patterns of marine pollution.

  Ito A, Yamashita R, Takada H, Yamamoto T, Shiomi K, Zavalaga C, Abe T, Watanabe S, Yamamoto M, Sato K, Kohno H, Iida T, Yoda K, Watanuki Y

  Environ Sci Technol 47 7862 - 7867 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Movements and activities of male Black-tailed Gulls in breeding and sabbatical years.

  Kazama K, Hirata K, Yamamoto T, Hashimoto H, Takahashi A, Niizuma Y, Trathan PN, Watanuki Y

  J Avian Biology 44 603 - 608 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics.

  Tanaka K, Takada H, Yamashita R, Mizukawa K, Fukuwaka M, Watanuki Y

  Mar Pollut Bull 69 219 - 222 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Accelerated growth rates in late-hatched Rhinoceros Auklet chicks depends on food conditions and growth stage: an experimental approach.

  Hirose F, Kazama K, Ito M, Watanuki Y

  Ibis  154 296 - 306 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Intraspecific kleptoparasitism, attacks on chicks and chick adoption in black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris)

  Kazama K, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y

  Waterbirds 35 599 - 607 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Notes on trombiculid mites from Teuri Island in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan

  Takahashi K, Takahashi M, Misumi H, Deguchi T, Watanuki Y

  Entomol. Zool 63 231 - 234 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Status and conservation of the Common Murre Uria aalge breeding on Teuri Island, Hokkaido.

  Hasebe M, Aotsuka M,Terasawa T, Fukuda Y, Niimura Y, Watanabe Y, Watanuki Y, Ogi H.

  Ornith Sci 11 29 - 38 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century.

  Lewison R, Oro D, Godley BJ, Underhill L, Bearhop S, Wilson RP, Ainley D, Acros JM, Boersma PD, Borboroglu PG, Boulinier T, Frederiksen M, Genovart M, Gonzalez-Solis J, Green JA, Gremillet D, Hamer KC, Hilton GM, Hyrenbach KD, Martinez-Abrain A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Ryan PG, Sagar P, Sydeman WJ, Wanless S, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Yorio P

  Endangered Species Research 17 93 - 121 2012 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Climate effects on breeding seabirds of the Northern Japan Sea.

  Watanuki Y, Ito M

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 454 183 - 196 2012 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging behavior and diet of Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) rearing chicks at Mikura I.

  Matsumoto K, Oka N, Ochi D, Muto F, Satoh TP, Watanuki Y

  Ornith Sci 11 9 - 19 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Consistent individual variation in aggressiveness and behavioral syndrome across breeding contexts in changing environment in the Black-tailed Gull.

  Kazama K, Niizuma Y, and Watanuki Y

  J Ethol 30 279 - 288 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Scaling of swim speed in breath-hold divers.

  Watanabe Y, Sato K, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Mitani Y, Amano M, Aoki K, Narazaki T, Iwata T, Minamikawa S, Miyazaki N

  J Anim Ecol  80 57 - 68 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• The relationship between pink salmon biomass and the body condition of short-tailed shearwaters in the Bering Sea: can fish compete with seabirds?

  Toge K, Yamashita R, Kazama K, Fukuwaka M, Yamamura O, Watanuki Y

  Proc. R. Soc B. 278 2584 - 2590 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Factors affecting individual variation in nest defense intensity in colonially breeding Black-tailed Gulls

  Kazama K, Niizuma Y, Sakamoto KQ, Watanuki Y

  Can J Zool 89 938 - 944 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Testosterone and breeding behavior in male Black-tailed Gulls: am implant experiment

  Kazama K, Sakamoto KQ, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y

  Ornithol Sci 10 27 - 34 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Oxygen store and diving capacity of Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerate

  Yamamoto M, Kato A, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  Ornithol Sci 10 23 - 34 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Individual variation of foraging behavior and food provisioning in Adelie penguins in a fast-sea-ice area

  Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Sato K

  Auk 127 523 - 531 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Seasonal changes of the at-sea distribution and food provisioning in rhinoceros auklets

  Deguchi T, Wada A, Watanuki Y, Osa Y

  Ecol Res 25 123 - 137 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Scaling of swim speed and stroke frequency in geometrically similar penguins-they swim optimally to minimize cost of transport

  Sato K, Shiomi K, Watanabe Y, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Ponganis PJ

  Proc R Soc Lond 277 707 - 714 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Optimal stroke pattern during diving in seabirds

  Mori Y, Takahashi A, Trathan PN, Watanuki Y

  Aquatic Biology 8 247 - 257 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging behavior of incubating and chick-rearing thick-billed murres Uria lomvia

  Ito M, Takahashi A, Kokubun N, Kitaysky AS, Watanuki Y

  Aquatic Biology 8 279 - 287 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Annual variation in the foraging behaviour of thick-billed murres in relation to upper-ocean theremal structure around St. George Island, Bering Sea

  Kokubun N, Takahashi A, Ito Motohiro, Matsumoto K, Kitaysky AS, Watanuki Y

  Aquatic Biology 8 289 - 298 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Influence of wing loading on the trade-off between pursuit-diving and flight in common guillemots and razorbills

  Thaxter CB, Wanless A, Daunt F, Harris MP, Benvenuti S, Watanuki Y, Gremillet D, Hammer KC

  J exp Biol 213 1018 - 1025 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Individual differences in nest defense in the colonial breeding Black-tailed Gulls

  Kazama K, Watanuki Y

  Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 64 1239 - 1246 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging trip decisions by the streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas depends on both parental and chick state

  Ochi D, Oka N, Watanuki Y

  J Ethol 28 313 - 321 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Experimental study of the effect of clutch size on nest defense intensity in Black-tailed Gulls

  Kazama K, Niizuma A, Watanuki Y

  Ornithol Sci. 9 93 - 100 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Seasonal and inter-annual oceanographic changes induce diet switching in a piscivorous seabird.

  Ito M, Minami H, Tanaka Y, Watanuki Y

  Marine Ecology Progress Series 393 273 - 284 2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Scaling of soaring seabirds and implications for maximum body size in albatross-like flyers

  Sato K, Sakamoto KQ, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Katsumata N, Bost C.-A., Weimerskirch H

  4 e5400  2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Effect of interannual variations in sea-surface temperature on egg-laying parameters of black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) at Teuri Island, Japan.

  Tomita N, Niizuma Y, Takagi M, Ito M, Watanuki Y

  Ecol Res. 24 157 - 162 2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

  Teuten EL, Saquing JM, Knappe DRU, Barlaz MA, Jonsson S, Björn A, Rowland SJ, Thompson RC, Galloway TS, Yamashita R, Ochi D, Watanuki Y, Moore C, Viet PH, Tana TS, Prudente M, Boonyatumanond R, Zakaria MP, Ogata Y, Hirai H, Iwasa S, Mizukawa K, Hagino Y, Imamura A, Saha M, Takada H.

  Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B 364 2027 - 2045 2009 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Sex-specific food provisioning in a monomorphic seabird: foraging efficiency, parental effort or nest defense ?

  Thaxter CB, Daunt F, Hamer KC, Watanuki Y, Harris MP, Gremillet D, Peters G, Wanless S

  J Avian Biology 40 75 - 84 2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Can Ethograms be automatically generated using body acceleration data from free-ranging birds?

  Sakamoto K, Sato KQ, Ishizuka M, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Daunt F, Wanless S

  40 e5370  2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Climate-forced seasonal mismatch between the hatching of Rhinoceros Auklets and the availability of anchovy

  Watanuki Y, Ito M, Deguchi T, Minobe S

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 393 259 - 271 2009 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Responses in breeding behaviour of Black-tailed gull Laris crassirostris to different marine environments.

  Kazama K, Tomita N, Ito M, Niizuma Y, Takagi M, Watanuki　Y

  Proceedings of International Symposium, The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity 215 - 220 2008 [Not refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (international conference proceedings)
• Diet and foraging habitat of Leach’s Storm-petrels breeding at Daikoku Island, Japan

  Niizuma Y, Toge Y, Manabe Y, Sawada M, Yamamura O, Watanuki Y

  Proceedings of International Symposium, The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity 153 - 160 2008 [Not refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (international conference proceedings)
• Estimating foraging area of Rhinoceros Auklets by simultaneous sampling of water temperature profiles using bird-borne data loggers

  Matsumoto K, Deguchi T, Wada A, Kato A, Saito S, Watanuki Y

  Ornithological Science 7 37 - 46 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Microhabitat use and prey capture of a bottom feeding top predator, the European shag, as shown by camera loggers

  Watanuki Y, Daunt F, Takahashi A, Newell M, Wanless S, Sato K, Miyazaki N

  Mar Ecol Progr Ser 356 283 - 293 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Dive angle, swim speed and wing stroke during shallow and deep dives in Common Murres and Rhinoceros Auklets

  Watanuki Y, Sato K

  Ornithological Science 7 15 - 28 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Post-breeding movement and activities of two Streaked Sheawaters in North-western Pacific

  Takahashi A, Ochi D, Watanuki Y, Deguchi T, Oka N, Afanasyev V, Fox JW, Trathan P

  Ornithological Science 7 29 - 35 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Forage fish of the Pacific Rim as revealed by diet for a piscivorous seabird: synchrony and relationships with SST

  Thayer JA, Bertram DF, Hatch SA, Hipfner MJ, Slater L, Sydeman WJ, Watanuki Y

  Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 65 15 - 12 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Thick-billed murres use different diving behaviors in mixed and stratified waters

  Takahashi A, Matsumoto K, Hunt GL Jr, Shultz MT, Kitaysky AS, Sato K, Iida K, Watanuki Y.

  Deep Sea Research II 55 1837 - 1845 2008 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• A new method to quantify prey acquisition in diving seabirds using wing stroke frequency

  Sato K, Daunt F, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Wanless S

  Journal of experimental Biology 211 58 - 65 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Underwater images from bird-borne cameras provide clue to poor breeding success of European Shags in 2005

  Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Daunt F, Sato K, Miyazaki N, Wanless S

  British Birds 100 466 - 470 2007 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Evaluation of noninvasive approach for monitoring PCB pollution of seabirds using preen gland oil.

  Yamashita R, Takada H, Murakami M, Fukuwaka M, Watanuki Y.

  Environmental Science & Technology 41 4901 - 4906 2007 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans.

  Sato K, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Miller PJO, Tanaka H, Kawabe R, Ponganis P, Handrich Y, Akamatsu T, Watanabe Y, Mitani Y, Costa D, Bost C-A, Kagari A, Amono M, Trathan P, Sapiro A, Naito Y.

  Proc Royal Soc Lond. 474 417 - 477 2007 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Brünnich’s guillemots (Uria lomvia) maintain high temperature in the body core during dives.

  Niizuma Y, Gabrielsen GW, Sato K, Watanuki Y, Naito Y.

  Biochemistory and Physiology A. 147 438 - 444 2007 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• The minimum air volume kept in diving Adélie Penguins: evidence for regulation of air volume in the respiratory system.

  Sato K, Watanuki Y, Naito Y.

  Coastal Marine Science ３０ 439 - 442 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Swim speeds and stroke patterns in wing-propelled divers: a comparison among alcids and a penguin.

  Watanuki Y, Wanless S, Harris M, Lovvorn JR, Miyazaki M, Tanaka H, and Sato K.

  J. exp. Biol. 209 1217 - 1230 2006 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Regulation of stroke and glide in a foot-propelled avian diver.

  Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Daunt F, Wanless S, Harris M, Sato K, and Naito Y

  J. exp. Biol. 208 2207 - 2216 2005 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Incubation capacity determine upper limit of the clutch size in black-tailed gulls Larus crassirosiris.

  Niizuma Y, Senda M, Chochi M, Takagi M, Watanuki Y

  J. Avian Biol. 36 421 - 427 2005 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Resource allocation in fledglings of the rhinoceros auklet under different feeding conditions: an experiment manipulating meal size and frequency.

  Takenaka M, Niizuma Y, and Watanuki Y

  Can. J. Zool. 83 1476 - 1485 2005 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• refledging mass recession and timing of fledging in Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata.

  Deguchi T., Watanuki Y

  Ibis  147 217 - 220 2005 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Stroke patterns and regulation of swim speed and energy cost in free-ranging Brunnich’s guillemot

  Lovvorn JR, Watanuki Y, Kato A, Naito Y, Liggins GA

  J exp Biol  207 4679 - 4695 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Proximate factors determining fledging age and mass in Rhinoceros Auklets: a study of within- and inter-year variations

  Deguchi T, Takahashi A, Watanuki Y

  Auk 121 452 - 462 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Interannual variations of the occurrence of epipelagic fish in the diets of the seabirds breeding on Teuri Island, northern Hokkaido, Japan.

  Deguchi T, Watanuki Y*, Niizuma Y, Nakata A

  Prog Oceanogr 61 267 - 275 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging behavior of a generalist marine top predator, Japanese Cormorants, in years of demersal vs. epipelagic prey.

  Watanuki Y, Ishikawa K, Takahashi A, Kato A

  Mar Biol 145 427 - 434 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Synchronous diving behavior of Adélie penguins

  Takahashi A, Sato K, Nishikawa J, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  J Ethol 22 5 - 11 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Annual and seasonal changes in foraging site and diving behavior in Adélie penguins.

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  Polar Biol 26 389 - 395 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Stroke and glide of wing-propelled divers: deep diving seabirds adjust surge frequency to buoyancy change with depth.

  Watanuki Y, Niizuma Y, Gabrielsen GW, Sato K, Naito Y

  Proc R Soc Lond B 270 483 - 488 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Feeding area specialization of chick-rearing Adélie penguins in a fast sea-ice area

  Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Sato K

  Ibis  145 558 - 564 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving behavior of an epipelagically-feeding alcids, the Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata).

  Kuroki M, Kato A, Watanuki Y*, Niizuma Y, Takahashi A, Naito Y.

  Can J Zool 81 1249 - 1256 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Inter-colony and sex differences in the effects of parental body condition and foraging effort on the brood growth of Adélie Penguins.

  Watanuki Y, Takahashi A, Sato K, Kato A, Bost CA

  J Ethol  22 91 - 98 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Parental foraging effort and offspring growth in Adélie penguins: does working hard improve reproductive success?

  Takahashi A, Watanuki Y, Sato K, Kato A, Arai N, Nishikawa J, Naito Y

  Funct Ecol 17 590 - 597 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging behaviour of chick-rearing rhinoceros auklets at Teuri Island, Japan, determined by acceleration-depth recording micro data loggers.

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, and Naito Y

  J Avian Biology 34 282 - 287 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• An application of optimal diving models to diving behaviour of the Brünnich’s Guillemots.

  Mori Y, Takahashi A, Mehlum F, Watanuki Y

  Anim Behav 64 739 - 745 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Status of seabirds breeding in Hokkaido.

  Osa Y, Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 33 107 - 141 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Biological characteristics of euphausiids preyed upon by Adélie penguins in relation to sea-ice conditions in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica.

  Endo Y, Asari H, Watanuki Y, Kato A, Kuroki M, Nishikawa J

  Polar Biology 25 672 - 681 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Buoyancy and maximal diving depth in penguins: do they control inhaling air volume ?

  Sato K, Naito Y, Kato A, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y, Charrassin JB, Bost CA, Handrich Y, Le Maho Y

  J exp Biol  205 1189 - 1197 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Sex and individual differences in foraging behavior of Japanese cormorants in years of different prey availability.

  Ishikawa K, Watanuki Y

  J Ethol 20 49 - 54 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Parental mass change and food provisioning in Adélie Penguins rearing chicks in colonies with contrasting sea-ice conditions.

  Watanuki Y, Kato A, Sato K, Yasuaki Niizuma Y, Bost C-A , Le Maho Y and Naito Y

  Polar Biol 25 672 - 681 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Moonlight and activity of breeders and non-breeders of Leach’s Storm-Petrels.

  Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 34 245 - 249 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Responses of body components to changes in the energetic demand throughout the breeding stages of rhinoceros auklets.

  Niizuma Y, Araki Y, Mori H, Takahashi A, Watanuki Y

  Can J Zool 80 1549 - 1555 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Importance of the Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus to breeding Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata on Teuri Island, Sea of Japan.

  Takahashi A, Kuroki M, Niizuma Y, Kato A, Saito S, Watanuki Y

  Mari Biol 139 361 - 371 2001 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Water temperature sampling by foraging Brünnich’s Guillemots with bird-borne data loggers.

  Watanuki Y, Mehlum F, Takahashi A

  J Avian Biology 32 189 - 193 2001 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving behaviour and foraging habitats of Brünnich’s guillemots Uria lomvia breeding in the High-Arctic.

  Mehlum F, Watanuki Y, Takahashi A

  J Zool Lond 255 413 - 423 2001 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Benefits of mass reduction for commuting flight with heavy food load in Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa.

  Niizuma Y, Takahashi A, Sasaki N, Hayama S, Tokita N, Watanuki Y

  Ecol Res. 16 197 - 203 2001 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging and breeding performance of Japanese Cormorants in relation to prey.

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  Ecol Res. 16 745 - 758 2001 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Biological characteristics of euphausiids preyed upon by Adélie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, breeding at Hukuro Cove, Lützow-Holm Bay in 1995/1996.

  Endo Y, Asari H, Watanuki Y

  Polar Bioscience 13 66 - 73 2000 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Variation in foraging and parental behavior of king cormorants.

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, Nishiumi I, Kuroki M, Shaughnessy P, Naito Y

  Auk 117 718 - 730 2000 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Energy expenditure of incubating Leach's Storm-petrels in artificial nest boxes in the wild.

  Niizuma Y., Takahashi, A., Watanuki, Y

  Jpn J Ornithol 47 49 - 53 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Parental food provisioning is unrelated to manipulated offspring food demand in a nocturnal single-provisioning alcids, the Rhinoceros Auklet.

  Takahashi Y, Kuroki M, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y

  J Avian Biology 30 486 - 490 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Regulation of food provisioning and parental body condition in Leach's storm-petrels, Oceanodroma leucorhoa: Experimental manipulation of offspring food demand.

  Takahashi A, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y

  Ecol Res. 14 155 - 164 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Intersexual differences in the diving behaviour of foraging subantarctic cormorant (Pharacrocorax albiventer) and Japanese cormorant (P. filamentosus).

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, Shaughnessy P, Le Maho Y, Naito Y

  C R Acad Sci Paris Science de la Vie 322 557 - 562 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Body mass and dive durations in alcids and penguins.

  Watanuki Y, Burger AE

  Can J Zool 77 1838 - 1842 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Dive bouts and feeding sites of Adélie penguins rearing chicks in an area with fast sea-ice

  Watanuki Y, Miyamoto Y, Kato A

  Colonial Waterbirds 22 129 - 129 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Feeding rates and energy deficits of juvenile and adult Japanese monkeys in a cool temperate area with snow coverage.

  Nakayama Y, Matsuoka S, Watanuki Y

  Ecol Res 14 291 - 301 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Sexual dimorphism in external measurements of adult Leach's storm-petrels breeding at Daikoku island

  Niizuma Y, Takahashi A, Sawada M, Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 30 361 - 39 1998 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Benthic and pelagic foraging of two Japanese Cormorants, determined by simultaneous recording of location and diving activity.

  Kato A, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 30 101 - 108 1998 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving and foraging behaviour of Adélie penguins in areas with and without fast sea-ice.

  Watanuki Y, Kato A, Naito Y, Robertson G, Robinson S

  Polar Biol 17 296 - 304 1997 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Effects of circadian rhythm and breeding stage on resting metabolic rates in fasting Leach's storm-petrels

  NiizumaY, Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 29 83 - 90 1997 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving performance of male and female Japanese cormorants.

  Watanuki Y, Kato A, Naito Y

  Can J Zool 74 1098 - 1109 1996 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Comparison of trace element concentrations in tissues of the chick and adult Adélie penguins.

  Yamamoto Y, Kanesaki S, Kuramochi T, Miyazaki N, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  Proceedings of NIPR Symp Polar Biol 0 253 - 262 1996 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving pattern and stomach temperatures of foraging King cormorants at subantarctic Macquarie Island.

  Kato, A, Y, Naito Y, Watanuki Y, Shaughnessy P

  Condor 98 844 - 848 1996 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Estimation of food consumption in Adélie Penguin chicks using body mass and growth.

  Watanuki Y, Kato A, Robertson G

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 26 109 - 114 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Euphausia superba dominates in the diet of Adélie Penguins feeding under fast sea-ice in the shelf areas of Enderby Land in summer.

  Watanuki Y, Mori Y, Naito Y

  Polar Biol 147 429 - 432 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging on buds and and bark of mulberry trees by Japanese monkeys and their range utilization

  Watanuki Y, Nakayama Y, Azuma S, Ashizawa S

  Primates 35 15 - 24 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Mortality of eggs and nest attendance pattern in Adélie Penguins in Lutzow-Holm Bay.

  Watanuki Y

  Jpn J Ornithol 42 1 - 8 1993 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving performance of Adélie penguins in relation to food availability in fast sea-ice areas:comparison between years.

  Watanuki Y, Kato A, Mori Y, and Naito Y

  J. Anim. Ecol. 62 634 - 646 1993 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Application of computed tomography to morphological study of Emperor and Adélie Penguins.

  Osa Y, Kuramochi T, Watanuki Y, Naito Y, Murano M, Hayama S, Orima H, Fujita M

  Auk 110 651 - 653 1993 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Age differences in activity pattern of Japanese Monkeys: effects of temperature, snow, and diet.

  Watanuki Y, Nakayama Y

  Primates 34 419 - 430 1993 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Diving pattern and performance in the Macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus.

  Croxall JP, Briggs DR, Kato A, Naito Y, Watanuki Y, Williams TD

  J Zool Lond  230 31 - 47 1993 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Individual diet difference, parental care, and reproductive success in Slaty-backed Gulls

  Watanuki Y

  Condor 94 159 - 171 1992 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Adélie penguin parental activities and reproduction: effects of device size and timing of its attachment during chick rearing period.

  Watanuki Y, Mori Y, Naito Y

  Polar Biology 12 539 - 544 1992 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Chick diet and daily activity pattern of Common Murres and Black-legged Kittiwakes at Bluff seabirds colony, Norton Sound, Alaska.

  Watanuki Y, Naito Y, Schauer J

  Proceedings of NIPR Symp. Polar Biol. 5 98 - 104 1992 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• iving pattern and performance in male and female Blue-eyed Shags Phalacrocorax atriceps at South Georgia.

  Kato A, Croxall JP, Watanuki Y, Naito Y

  Marine Ornithology 19 117 - 129 1991 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Daily activity pattern of Rhinoceros Auklets and kleptoparasitism by Black-tailed Gulls.

  Watanuki Y

  Ornis Scandinavica 21 28 - 36 1990 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Sex and individual variations in the diet of Slaty-backed Gulls breeding on Teuri island, Hokkaido.

  Watanuki Y

  Jpn J Ornithol  38 1 - 13 1989 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Intraspecific predation and chick survival: comparison among colonies of Slaty-backed Gulls.

  Watanuki Y

  Oikos 53 194 - 202 1988 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Breeding biology and foods of Rhinoceros Auklets on Teuri Island, Japan.

  Watanuki Y

  Proc. NIPR Symp Polar Biol 1 175 - 183 1987 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Moonlight avoidance behavior in Leach's Storm-Petrels as a defense against Slaty-backed Gulls.

  Watanuki Y

  Auk 103 14 - 22 1986 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Food of breeding Leach's Storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa

  Watanuki Y

  Auk 102 884 - 886 1985 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Food intake and pellet of Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris.

  Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 16 168 - 169 1984 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Predation and anti-predation behavior in seabirds on Teuri Island, Hokkaido.

  Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 15 167 - 174 1983 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Size selective hunting by Slaty-backed Gulls Larus schistisagus and influence on fledging success of Black-tailed Gulls L. crassirostris.

  Watanuki Y

  J Yamashina Inst Ornithol 15 167 - 174 1982 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Notes on trombiculid mites from Teuri Island in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan.

  Takahashi K, Takahashi M, Misumi H, Deguchi T, Watanuki Y

  Med. Entomol. Zool  63 231 - 234 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Prey resources used for producing egg yolks in four species of seabirds: insight from stable-isotope ratio

  Ito M, Kazama K, Niizuma Y, Minami H, Tanaka Y, Watanuki Y

  Ornith Sci 11 113 - 119 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

  Lewison R, Oro D, Godley BJ, Underhill L, Bearhop S, Wilson RP, Ainley D, Acros JM, Boersma PD, Borboroglu PG, Boulinier T, Frederiksen M, Genovart M, Gonzalez-Solis J, Green JA, Gremillet D, Hamer KC, Hilton GM, Hyrenbach KD, Martinez-Abrain A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Ryan PG, Sagar P, Sydeman WJ, Wanless S, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Yorio P

  Endangered Species Research 17 93 - 121 2012 [Refereed][Invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Foraging behavior and diet of Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) rearing chicks at Mikura I

  Matsumoto K, Oka N, Ochi D, Muto F, Satoh TP, Watanuki Y

  Ornith Sci 11 9 - 19 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Consistent individual variation in aggressiveness and behavioral syndrome across breeding contexts in changing environment in the Black-tailed Gull

  Kazama K, Niizuma Y, and Watanuki Y

  J Ethol 30 279 - 288 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)
• Intraspecific kleptoparasitism, attacks on chicks and chick adoption in black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris).

  Kazama K, Niizuma Y, Watanuki Y

  Waterbirds 35 599 - 607 [Refereed][Not invited]
   Research paper (scientific journal)

Books etc

• The Status, Ecology, and Conservation of Marine Birds of the North Pacific In: K Vermeer, KT Briggs, KH Morgan, D. Siegel-Causey (eds),

  Vermeer K, Irons DB, Velarde E, Watanuki Y (Status, conservation, and management of nesting Larus gulls in the North Pacific.)
  Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication, Ottawa. 1993 Contributor

MISC

• Spatial ecology of marine top predators in the North Pacific: Tools for integrating across data sets and identifying high use areas.

  WATANUKI Yutaka  PICES Sci Rep  (50)  1  -55  2017   [Not refereed] [Not invited]  Introduction and explanation (scientific journal)
• Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation.

  Hazen E, Suryan R, Santra JA, Bograd SJ, Watanuki Y, Wilson R  Mar Ecol Prog Ser  487-  177  -183  2013   [Not refereed] [Not invited]  Introduction and explanation (scientific journal)
• Working beneath the surface; interplay of biomechanics, physiology and behavioural ecology in diving seabirds.

  Wilson RP, Watanuki Y, Miyazaki N, Stewart BS  Aquatic Biology  8-  191  -192  2010   [Not refereed] [Not invited]  Introduction and explanation (international conference proceedings)
• Climate and marine birds and mammals in the North Pacific.

  Watanuki Y, Minobe S, Sydeman B  PICES Press  15-  18  -19  2007   [Not refereed] [Not invited]  Prompt report, short report, and research note, etc. (scientific journal)
• Tsushima current affects the diet and breeding of seabirds

  Watanuki Y  International Newsletter  October 2006-  40  -41  2007   [Not refereed] [Not invited]  Prompt report, short report, and research note, etc. (scientific journal)
• Climate induced phenological mismatch:an implication from a long-term monitoring study of seabirds

  60-  1  -116  2010   [Not refereed] [Not invited]
• Distribution of rhinoceros auklets in the northern Sea of Japan, Hokkaido, during the breeding season

  Japanese Journal of Ornithology  57-  (2)  148  -153  2008   [Not refereed] [Not invited]
• Plasma testosteron levels of incubating black-tailed gulls

  Kentaro Kazama, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto, Yutaka Watanuki  Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology  39-  (2)  112  -116  2008   [Not refereed] [Not invited]

Educational Activities

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