Yotsukura Norishige
| Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere Aquatic Research Station Oshoro Marine Station | Professor |
Last Updated :2025/06/07
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Educational Organization
- Bachelor's degree program, School of Science
- Master's degree program, Graduate School of Environmental Science
- Doctoral (PhD) degree program, Graduate School of Environmental Science
■Research activity information
Papers
- Colpomenia borea sp. nov. (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) from Japan and Far East Russia
Michael Jacob C. Dy, Masakazu Hoshino, Tsuyoshi Abe, Norishige Yotsukura, Nina Klochkova, Kyung Min Lee, Sung Min Boo, Kazuhiro Kogame
Phycological Research, 71, 81, 89, Apr. 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
Scientific journal - Evaluation of the morphological characteristics and culture performance of Cladosiphon okamuranus strains
Yusuke Sudo, Saneyuki Yamada, Yoshimi Higa, Masahiro Notoya, Norishige Yotsukura
Aquaculture Research, 53, 5996, 6006, Aug. 2022, [Peer-reviewed] - Genetic relations among wild populations of Saccharina japonica in the western North Pacific
Norishige Yotsukura, Chang Liu, Masakazu Terai, Anna Klimova, Dmitrii Galanin, Nina Klochkova, Toshio Suzuki
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 53, Jun. 2022, [Peer-reviewed] - Planned seedling production in the distribution area of Saccharina japonica: Sorus formation through the induction of sporophyte maturation and the culture of the seedlings produced
Norishige Yotsukura, Shohei Seki, Sachiko Sasaki, Masanori Yoshida
Aquaculture Research, 53, 676, 683, 2021, [Peer-reviewed] - A revision of the genus Agarum (Laminariaceae, Phaeophyceae) from the Far Eastern seas with a description of Agarum undulatum sp. nov. from the Kuril Islands
Tatyana Klochkov, Anna Klimova, Norishige Yotsukura, Nina Klochkova
Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 47, 364, 372, 2021, [Peer-reviewed] - Method for creating laminarialean kelp colonies using seawater that contains naturally derived polymers
Norishige Yotsukura, Kenitsu Unjo, Yuji Hashimoto, Tadashi Kawai, Yoshinori Katsuyama
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2021, [Peer-reviewed] - Detecting no natural hybridization and predicting range overlap in Saccharina angustata and Saccharina japonica
Jie Zhang, Norishige Yotsukura, Alexander Jueterbock, Zi-Min Hu, Jorge Assis, Chikako Nagasato, Jianting Yao, Delin Duan
Journal of Applied Phycology, 33, 693, 702, 2021, [Peer-reviewed] - Kelp aquaculture in China: a retrospective and future Prospects
Zi-Min Hu, Ti-Feng Shan, Jie Zhang, Quan-Sheng Zhang, Alan T. Critchley, Han-Gil Choi, Norishige Yotsukura, Fu-Li Liu, De-Lin Duan
Reviews in Aquaculture, 13, 1324, 1351, 2021, [Peer-reviewed] - Predictions of kelp distribution shifts along the northern coast of Japan
Sudo Kenji, Watanabe Kentaro, Yotsukura Norishige, Nakaoka Masahiro
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 35, 1, 47, 60, 2020, [Peer-reviewed]
Scientific journal - Seaweed breeding programs and progress in the Eastern Asian countries
Eun Kyoung Hwang, Norishige Yotsukura, Shao Jun Pang, Li Su, Ti Feng Shan
Phycologia, 58, 484, 495, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - New record of the distribution of Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in Hokkaido, Japan
Norishige Yotsukura, Takashi Maeda, Tadashi Kawai
Algal Resources, 12, 67, 72, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - Potential resources of Laminaria appressirhiza for kelp fisheries in Magadan, far-east Russia
Tadashi Kawai, Nina G Klochkova, Nagi Matsushita, Lev Izergin, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 12, 55, 60, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - Screening of polymorphic microsatellites and their application for Saccharina angustata and Saccharina longissima population genetic analysis
Jie Zhang, Xiuliang Wang, Jianting Yao, Norishige Yotsukura, Delin Duan
Journal of Applied Phycology, 31, 3295, 3301, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - Information of the Sakhalin kelp Saccharina lattisima in northern Hokkaido, Japan and southern Sakhalin, far-east Russia
Tadashi Kawai, Dmiitrii Galanin, Louis D. Druehl, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 12, 21, 26, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - A comprehensive kelp phylogeny sheds light on the evolution of an ecosystem
Samuel Starko, Marybel Soto, Hayley Darby, Kyle Demes, Hiroshi Kawai, Norishige Yotsukura, Sandra Lindstrom, Patrick Keeling, Sean Graham, Patrick Marton
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 136, 138, 150, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - 11-Hydroperoxide eicosanoid-mediated 2(E), 4(E)-decadienal production from arachidonic acid in the brown algae, Saccharina angustata
Kangsadan Boonprab, Kenji Matsui, Yoshihiko Akakabe, Norishige Yotsukura, Tadahiko Kajiwara
Journal of Applied Phycology, 31, 2719, 2727, 2019, [Peer-reviewed] - Phylogeographic diversification and postglacial range dynamics shed light on the conservation of the kelp Saccharina japonica
Jie Zhang, Jianting Yao, Zi Min Hu, Alexander Jueterbock, Norishige Yotsukura, Tatiana N, Krupnova, Chikako Nagasato, Delin Duan
Evolutionary Applications, 12, 4, 791, 803, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
English, Scientific journal, Studies of postglacial range shifts could enhance our understanding of seaweed species' responses to climate change and hence facilitate the conservation of natural resources. However, the distribution dynamics and phylogeographic diversification of the commercially and ecologically important kelp Saccharina japonica in the Northwest Pacific (NWP) are still poorly surveyed. In this study, we analyzed the evolutionary history of S. japonica using two mitochondrial markers and 24 nuclear microsatellites. A STRUCTURE analysis revealed two partially isolated lineages: lineage H, which is scattered along the coast of Japan; and lineage P, which occurs along the west coast of the Japan Sea. Ecological niche modeling projections to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) revealed that the southern coasts of the Japan Sea and the Pacific side of the Oshima and Honshu Peninsulas provided the most suitable habitats for S. japonica, implying that these regions served as ancient refugia during the LGM. Ancient isolation in different refugia may explain the observed divergence between lineages P and H. An approximate Bayesian computation analysis indicated that the two lineages experienced post-LGM range expansion and that postglacial secondary contact occurred in Sakhalin. Model projections into the year 2,100 predicted that S. japonica will shift northwards and lose its genetic diversity center on the Oshima Peninsula in Hokkaido and Shimokita Peninsula in Honshu. The range shifts and evolutionary history of S. japonica improve our understanding of how climate change impacted the distribution range and diversity of this species and provide useful information for the conservation of natural resources under ongoing environmental change in the NWP. - Chocolate and tea made from kelp
Tadashi Kawai, Dmitrii Galanin, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 11, 49, 51, 2018, [Peer-reviewed] - Present status of saccharinian kelp in southern Primorye and Sakhalin, far-east Russia, and Northern Hokkaido, Japan, in Sea of Japan
Tadashi Kawai, Dmitrii Galanin, Zhanna Tskhay, Tatiana Kroupnova, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 11, 32, 42, 2018, [Peer-reviewed] - Novel implications on the genetic structure of representative populations of Saccharina japonica (Phaeophyceae) in the Northwest Pacific as revealed by highly polymorphic microsatellite markers
Tifeng Shan, Norishige Yotsukura, Shaojun Pang
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY, 29, 1, 631, 638, Feb. 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Identity of ecklonian kelps, which have similarity to Ecklonia storonifera Okamura (Laminariales, Phaeophyta), in Nishinoshima coast of Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
YOTSUKURA Norishige
Algal Resources, 2017, [Peer-reviewed] - VERIFICATION OF ECHOSOUNDER MEASUREMENTS OF THICKNESS AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF KELP FORESTS
Huamei Shao, Kenji Minami, Hokuto Shirakawa, Takashi Maeda, Toshiaki Ohmura, Yoshikazu Fujikawa, Norishige Yotsukura, Masahiro Nakaoka, Kazushi Miyashita
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-TAIWAN, 25, 3, 343, 351, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Morphological, molecular, and chromosomal identification of dwarf haploid parthenosporophytes of Tauya basicrassa (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) from the Sea of Okhotsk
Tatyana A. Klochkova, Nina G. Klochkova, Norishige Yotsukura, Gwang Hoon Kim
ALGAE, 32, 15, 28, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Effect of domestication on the genetic diversity and structure of Saccharina japonica populations in China
Jie Zhang, Xiuliang Wang, Jianting Yao, Qiuying Li, Fuli Liu, Norishige Yotsukura, Tatiana N. Krupnova, Delin Duan
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Harvest and cultivation of Saccharina japonica in Northern Hokkaido, Japan, and southern Sakhalin and Primorye, Russia: A review
Tadashi Kawai, Dmitrii Galanin, Tatiana N Krupnova, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 8, 155, 163, 2016, [Peer-reviewed] - Spatial Distribution of Sargassum siliquastrum and S. boreale in Rebun and Rishiri Islands, Hokkaido, Japan
Tadashi Kawai, Daiki Tazono, Akiyoshi Shinada, Hiroshi Kuroda, Norishige Yotsukura
Algal Resources, 2016, [Peer-reviewed] - Genetic differences among varieties of Saccharina japonica in northern Japan as determined by AFLP and SSR analyses
Norishige Yotsukura, Takashi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Abe, Masahiro Nakaoka, Tadashi Kawai
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY, 28, 3043, 3055, 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - A taxonomic re-examination of Saccharina longipedalis (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), an endemic kelp species around Lake Akkeshi in eastern Hokkaido, Japan
Norishige Yotsukura, Nobu Nagai, Tadashi Kawai
BOTANICA MARINA, 59, 205, 210, 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Identification of important marine areas around the Japanese Archipelago: Establishment of a protocol for evaluating a broad area using ecologically and biologically significant areas selection criteria
Takehisa Yamakita, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakaoka, Hiroya Yamano, Katsunori Fujikura, Kiyotaka Hidaka, Yuichi Hirota, Tadafumi Ichikawa, Shigeho Kakehi, Takahiko Kameda, Satoshi Kitajima, Kazuhiro Kogure, Teruhisa Komatsu, Naoki H. Kumagai, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Kazushi Miyashita, Haruyuki Morimoto, Ryota Nakajima, Shuhei Nishida, Kou Nishiuchi, Shingo Sakamoto, Masayoshi Sano, Kenji Sudo, Hiroya Sugisaki, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Yoshie Jintsu-Uchifune, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiromi Watanabe, Yumiko Yara, Norishige Yotsukura, Yoshihisa Shirayama
Marine Policy, 51, 136, 147, Elsevier BV, Jan. 2015
Scientific journal - Effective DNA extraction method for fragment analysis using capillary sequencer of the kelp, Saccharina
Maeda Takashi, Kawai Tadashi, Nakaoka Masahiro, Yotsukura Norishige
Journal of Applied Phycology, 25, 1, 337, 347, Springer Netherlands, Feb. 2013
English, The DNA fragment analysis can become an effective tool to study genetic differences between not only species but also individuals on saccharinan kelp from which the little genetic diversity was reported. This time, extraction methods of suitable DNA for use in the analysis with a capillary sequencer was examined on Saccharina japonica var. diabolica that contains polysaccharide abundantly. When AFLP was performed using genomic DNA extracted by seven different methods: (1) commercial kit, (2) original CTAB method, (3)-(5) three types of modified CTAB method, (6) modified SDS method, (7) combination of CTAB method and SDS method, high reproducible peak that was worth for the analysis was noticeable in the electropherogram in the experiment with the last combination method (7). It is considered that the pretreatment washing of polysaccharide and the subsequent purification for protein and RNA in SDS method and for polysaccharide in CTAB method are effective to obtain the high purity DNA. - A new name for Laminaria sachalinensis(Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)
Norishige Yotsukura, Louis D. Druehl
Journal of Japanese Botany, 84, 2, 113, 117, Apr. 2009
English, Scientific journal - A systematic re-examination of four Laminaria species: L. japonica, L. religiosa, L. ochotensis and L. diabolica
Norishige Yotsukura, Shoji Kawashima, Tadashi Kawai, Tsuyoshi Abe, Louis D. Druehl
Journal of Japanese Botany, 83, 3, 165, 176, Jun. 2008
English, Scientific journal - Formation of aldehyde flavor (n-hexanal, 3Z-nonenal and 2E-nonenal) in the brown alga, Laminaria angustata
Kangsadan Boonprab, Kenji Matsui, Yoshihiko Akakabe, Miyuki Yoshida, Norishige Yotsukura, Anong Chirapart, Tadahiko Kajiwara
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY, 18, 3-5, 409, 412, Oct. 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Hydroperoxy-arachidonic acid mediated n-hexanal and (Z)-3- and (E)-2-nonenal formation in Laminaria angustata
K Boonprab, K Matsui, Y Akakabe, N Yotsukura, T Kajiwara
PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 63, 6, 669, 678, Jul. 2003, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Inhibitory effects of hydrogels on the adhesion, germination, and development of zoospores originating from Laminaria angustata.
Yoshinori Katsuyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Tatsuo Kaneko, Jian Ping Gong, Yoshihito Osada, Norishige Yotsukura, Taizo Motomura
Macromolecular Biosciences, 203, 163, 169, 10 Jun. 2002
The inhibition of germination and development of zoospores originating from Laminaria angustata originated on various kinds of hydrogels is studied. The effects of the water content of the gel (the degree of swelling), the electrical nature (neutral, positive charge, negative charge), the charge density, the counterions of hydrogels on the inhibition of zoospore germination and development of gametophytes are phenomenologically investigated. Among the gels investigated, poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) gel showed a dramatic inhibition to germination, and might serve as a novel, environmentally safe inhibitor of zoospore adhesion.
Other Activities and Achievements
- 石狩沿岸におけるコンブ類の分布
川井 唯史, 栗林 貴範, 品田 晃良, 伊藤 昌弘, 四ツ倉 典滋, いしかり砂丘の風資料館紀要, 12, 37, 45, Oct. 2022 - 北海道のコンブ生産について
四ツ倉典滋, 海の森づくり ニュースレター, 20, 8, 9, 2022 - 海外コンブを見て北海道コンブの将来を考える
四ツ倉典滋, 海苔百景（海苔増殖振興会）https://www.nori.or.jp/essay/essay_036-001.html, 2020 - コンブ生産の新たな展開に向けて
四ツ倉典滋, 育てる漁業, 491, 3, 7, 2020 - 北海道コンブを世界に伝えるために
四ツ倉典滋, 海苔百景（海苔増殖振興会）https://www.nori.or.jp/essay/essay_029-001.html, 2019 - Hokkaido kombu: A mainstay of Japanese food culture and much, much more
Norishige Yotsukura, Hokkaido nature at home, Explore Japan’s hidden natural wonderland, Best of Hokkaido, Nature guide, https://best.visit-hokkaido.jp/nature/story/hokkaido-kombu/?lang=ja, 2019 - Costal marine flora in northern Hokkaido and southern Sakhalin along the coast of the Sea of Japan
Tadashi Kawai, Nina Klochkova, Kazuhiro Kogame, Tsuyoshi Abe, Dmitry Galanin, Norishige Yotsukura, Rishiri Studies, 38, 95, 98, 2019 - Kelp occurrence data around Japanese water extracted from literature
Masahiro Nakaoka, Kentaro Watanabe, Norishige Yotsukura, Available at http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/dataset/S9-5_Kelp, 2017 - コンブ藻場の現状とコンブ生育海域の水環境
傳法隆, 四ツ倉典滋, 邵花梅, 宮下和士, 仲岡雅裕, 文部科学省科学研究費助成事業「カンラン岩流域と森林形態が物質フローおよび陸域・沿岸域生物資源に与える影響」の報告, 25, 30, 2016 - リアルタイムPCRを用いたホソメコンブ遊走子の定量法
高谷義幸, 秋野秀樹, 四ツ倉典滋, 北海道水産試験場報告, 2016 - A review on nomenclature of laminariacean kelp growing in cold water areas of Japan
YOTSUKURA Norishige, The Japanese journal of phycology, 55, 3, 167, 172, 10 Nov. 2007
日本藻類学会, Japanese - 北海道泊村沿岸におけるホソメコンブ遊走子の挙動解析の試み
秋野 秀樹, 川井 唯史, 四ツ倉 典滋, 河野 時廣, 日本水産工学会 学術講演会 学術講演論文集, 2005, 0, 43, 46, 2005
日本水産工学会, Japanese - Random amplified polymorphic DNA markers for three Japanese laminarian species
YOTSUKURA Norishige, KAWAI Tadashi, MOTOMURA Taizo, ICHIMURA Terunobu, Fisheries Science, 67, 5, 857, 862, Oct. 2001
Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, English
Books and other publications
- 群馬県立自然史博物館企画展「海の森」図録
四ツ倉典滋
2019, [Joint work] - 北の昆布展ガイドブック
四ツ倉典滋
2018, [Joint work] - 海洋と生物236
川井唯史・四ツ倉典滋
2018, [Joint work] - 水産海洋ハンドブック 第3版
四ツ倉 典滋
2016, [Contributor] - 北海道つながる海と川の生き物
四ツ倉 典滋
2015, [Joint editor] - えりも町ふるさと再発見シリーズ4 えりも町と日高管内の「海の生き物たち」
四ツ倉 典滋
2011, [Contributor] - 改訂 水産海洋ハンドブック
四ツ倉 典滋
2010, [Contributor] - カジメ属の生態学と藻場造成
四ツ倉 典滋
2009, [Contributor] - レーヴンジョンソン 生物学
四ツ倉 典滋
2007, [Joint translation] - バイオインダストリー
四ツ倉 典滋
2007, [Contributor] - フィールド科学への招待
四ツ倉 典滋
2006, [Contributor] - Conservation of biodiversity of Kamchatka and coastal water areas
YOTSUKURA Norishige
2005, [Contributor] - シリーズ応用藻類学の発展1 海藻利用への基礎研究
四ツ倉 典滋
2003
Research Themes
- Development of early seedling production technique of Sacchanina: sorus formation through the induction sporophyte maturation
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2021
YOTSUKURA Norishige
When maturation was induced by short-day conditions in naturally collected Saccharina japonica sporophytes as well as in the sporophytes cultivated, sorus formation began in approximately three weeks and spread to 0.4-16.8% on the upper side area and 23.2-41.1% on the underside area after about five weeks, with the highest rates, 23.2-59.5%, observed around the base part of the underside. Sorus formation began from the base and median parts in the margin-intact algae and from the marginal part in the margin-cut algae. Given that the released zoospore germinants grew well as seedlings for aquaculture, seedling production through the induction of sporophyte maturation is a feasible option for seedling production facilities and may be useful for stably producing seedlings without being influenced by the natural environment.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 18K05774 - A comparative test of a theory for disruptive selection on gamete size in marine green algae
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
01 Apr. 2013 - 31 Mar. 2018
Togashi Tatsuya
Based on Parker, Baker and Smith’s theory (PBS theory) for the evolution of anisogamy, we tested disruptive selection on gamete size. We can expect that more strongly anisogamous species produce larger female gametes. Also, the relationship between the size of male gametes and the degree of anisogamy remains untested. In anisogamous species, the PBS theory predicts that male gametes are soon minimized in size. Because the evolution of isogamy with a gamete of zero size is favoured by selection there must be the minimum size of gametes. In such cases, the degree of anisogamy would not depend on the size of male gametes. We confirmed that, as the degree of anisogamy increases, the size of female gametes increases, and that in strongly anisogamous species, the degree of anisogamy does not depend on male gamete size. These results well support the PBS theory.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Chiba University, 25257406 - 分子情報を用いた北海道産コンブ属植物の多様性の由来に関する研究
Competitive research funding - Phylogeny and Speciation of Laminariales(Phaeophyta)
Competitive research funding - 北太平洋西部沿岸におけるコンブ類の種多様性とその由来の解明
Competitive research funding - 環境変化に適応可能なコンブ株の作出とバイオフレーバーを活用した種苗育成方法の開発
Competitive research funding - タンパク質プロファイリングによるコンブの環境ストレスマーカーの検索
Competitive research funding - ミトコンドリア全ゲノム情報に基づく日本産コンブ属植物の系統と種分化に関する研究
Competitive research funding
