山口 篤 (ヤマグチ アツシ)

水産科学研究院 海洋生物資源科学部門 海洋生物学分野准教授
北極域研究センター准教授
Last Updated :2025/11/06

■研究者基本情報

学位

  • 博士(水産学), 北海道大学, 1999年03月

プロフィール情報

  • 海産動物プランクトン生態学が専門で、高緯度海域や中・深層域における、カイアシ類の生活史、摂餌、物質循環フラックスに関する研究が著名。2021年秋季に道東にて大規模に発生した赤潮の渦鞭毛藻類Karenia selliformisに関する研究、深海性カイアシ類の生物発光メカニズム、動・植物プランクトンの画像イメージング解析に関する研究も行っている。2015年からは北海道大学北極域研究センターの兼務教員として、北極域における気候変動が、グリーンランドの沿岸コミュニティの生活に及ぼす影響に関する研究も行っている。

Researchmap個人ページ

研究者番号

  • 50344495

Researcher ID

  • A-8613-2012

研究キーワード

  • 長期変動
  • 有害有毒藻類
  • 極域生態系
  • 深海生物学
  • 動物プランクトン
  • カイアシ類
  • 物質循環
  • 環境動態解析
  • 海洋生態系
  • 生物海洋学
  • 生物地球化学

研究分野

  • 環境・農学, 環境動態解析
  • ライフサイエンス, 水圏生産科学

担当教育組織

■経歴

経歴

  • 2015年04月 - 現在
    北海道大学, 北極域研究センター, 准教授(兼務)
  • 2008年04月 - 現在
    北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 大学院水産科学院, 准教授
  • 2018年03月 - 2019年03月
    米国ウッズホール海洋学研究所, 客員研究員
  • 2010年04月 - 2018年03月
    国立研究開発法人 産業技術総合研究所, 客員研究員
  • 2007年04月 - 2008年03月
    北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 大学院水産科学院, 助教
  • 2002年04月 - 2007年03月
    北海道大学, 大学院水産科学研究院, 助手
  • 1999年04月 - 2002年03月
    株式会社 関西総合環境センター, 社員

学歴

  • 1996年 - 1999年, 北海道大学, 大学院水産学研究科水産増殖学専攻, 博士課程, 日本国
  • 1994年 - 1996年, 北海道大学, 大学院水産学研究科水産増殖学専攻, 修士課程, 日本国
  • 1990年 - 1994年, 北海道大学, 水産学部, 水産増殖学科, 日本国

委員歴

  • 2025年04月 - 現在
    日本プランクトン学会報, 編集委員, 学協会
  • 2025年04月 - 現在
    日本プランクトン学会, 評議員, 学協会
  • 2023年05月 - 現在
    Frontiers in Marine Science, Associate Editor
  • 2019年 - 現在
    Oceans, Editorial Board, 学協会
  • 2014年 - 現在
    Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Editorial Board, 学協会
  • 2024年04月 - 2025年03月
    Proceedings of the 15th ICOC, 編集委員, 学協会
  • 2024年04月 - 2025年03月
    第15回国際カイアシ類学会, 実行委委員, 学協会
  • 2021年04月 - 2025年03月
    日本プランクトン学会報, 編集長, 学協会
  • 2019年04月 - 2025年03月
    日本プランクトン学会, 論文賞選考委員
  • 2022年07月 - 2024年07月
    World Association of Copepodologists, Council Member, 学協会
  • 2023年04月 - 2024年03月
    2023年度日本ベントス学会・日本プランクトン学会 合同大会, 実行委員, 学協会
  • 2022年05月 - 2023年10月
    第20回国際有害有毒藻類学会, 科学委員会委員, 学協会
  • 2022年02月 - 2023年05月
    Frontiers in Marine Science, Review Editor
  • 2021年10月 - 2023年03月
    第7回国際北極研究シンポジウム(ISAR-7), 組織委員
  • 2019年04月 - 2023年03月
    日本プランクトン学会, 評議員, 学協会
  • 2020年12月 - 2021年11月
    (独)日本学術振興会, 科学研究費委員会専門委員
  • 2016年 - 2021年
    日本プランクトン学会報, 編集委員, 学協会
  • 2013年 - 2019年
    水産海洋学会, 国際誌委員, 学協会
  • 2016年04月 - 2018年03月
    日本プランクトン学会, 奨励賞選考委員
  • 2014年 - 2017年
    Fisheries Oceanography, Editorial Board, 学協会
  • 2009年 - 2017年
    日本プランクトン学会, 評議員, 学協会
  • 2013年12月 - 2015年11月
    (独)日本学術振興会, 科学研究費委員会専門委員
  • 2011年 - 2015年
    Plankton and Benthos Research Editorial Board, 学協会
  • 2006年 - 2012年
    PICES(北太平洋海洋科学機構), BIO委員, 学協会
  • 2009年04月 - 2010年03月
    2009年度日本プランクトン学会・日本ベントス学会合同大会, 実行委員, 学協会
  • 2009年 - 2010年
    Deep-Sea Research II, Guest Editor (Volume 57, Issues 17-18), 学協会
  • 2005年 - 2010年
    日本プランクトン学会, 幹事長, 学協会
  • 2002年04月 - 2003年03月
    2002年度日本プランクトン学会大会, 実行委員, 学協会

■研究活動情報

受賞

  • 2018年02月, 第33回北方圏国際シンポジウム, 青田昌秋賞               
  • 2016年07月, 米国沿岸警備隊, 北極功労メダル               
    アメリカ合衆国
  • 2014年10月, PICES ベストポスタープレゼンテーションアワード(モニタリング分野)               
  • 2014年10月, 日本プランクトン学会 論文賞               
  • 2013年10月, PICES ベストポスタープレゼンテーションアワード(生物海洋学分野)               
  • 2012年03月, 日本海洋学会 ベストポスター賞               
  • 2011年04月, 文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞               
    The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    日本国
  • 2006年04月, 日本海洋学会 岡田賞               
    The Oceanographic Society of Japan
    日本国
  • 2001年03月, 日本プランクトン学会 奨励賞               
    The Plankton Society of Japan
    日本国

論文

  • Analysis of imaging data on seasonal changes in the population structure and vertical distribution of two dominant planktonic copepod species in the western subarctic Pacific
    Tian Gao, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    PeerJ, 13, e19956, e19956, PeerJ, 2025年09月09日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Traditionally, zooplankton analyses have relied on stereomicroscopes, but recent advancements in imaging analysis have offered significant advantages, including the simultaneous collection of abundance, size, and biovolume data. In this study, formalin-preserved samples were collected from depths of 0 to 1,000 m across four seasons at a station in the western subarctic Pacific, using the imaging device ZooScan. Two dominant copepod genera, Metridia and Eucalanus, were examined for seasonal changes in abundance, biovolume, and diurnal vertical distribution. ZooScan measurements were taken for each developmental stage to obtain information on the equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Four Metridia species were identified: M. pacifica, M. okhotensis, M. asymmetrica, and M. curticauda. M. pacifica, the dominant species, had an ESD of 2 mm or less, while the other three species exceeded 2 mm. M. pacifica exhibited diurnal migration to surface layers (0–50 m) at night, while the larger species were primarily located in the deeper layer (750–1,000 m) both day and night. Only one species, E. bungii, was identified in the genus Eucalanus, with size cohorts corresponding to each developmental stage. Its vertical distribution was consistent day and night across seasons, but seasonal changes were evident. In October and February, E. bungii was found at depths of 200–500 m. In April, later developmental stages migrated to shallower depths of 50–200 m, while in July, younger stages (C1–C4) were found at 0–50 m, indicating recent reproduction during the spring phytoplankton bloom. Although it was clear that new individuals emerged in July, understanding the dynamics of later stages and generation time was difficult due to overlapping size distributions, particularly in C5 and C6. The differences in vertical distribution between copepod species reveal important ecological trends: M. pacifica performs diel vertical migration (DVM), while E. bungii exhibits seasonal vertical migration (SVM). M. pacifica shows no clear seasonality in population structure, whereas E. bungii has distinct seasonal patterns. This indicates that both species reproduce near the surface, but E. bungii follows annual life cycles due to its larger size, while M. pacifica reproduces opportunistically throughout the year. Using ZooScan offers significant advantages for studying copepod ecology, enabling precise estimations of ecological fluxes—such as feeding, production, and egestion—through accurate measurements of body sizes and masses. Adopting these methods will enhance our understanding of copepod populations and their ecosystems.
  • Changes in the coastal environments and their impact on society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland
    Shin Sugiyama, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Watanabe, Yasumasa Tojo, Naotaka Hayashi, Jean-Baptiste Thiebo, Makoto Tomiyasu, Kohei Hasegawa, Yoko Mitani, Mayuko Otsuki, Yuta Sakuragi, Monica Ogawa, Kenzo Tanaka, Kaisei Sakurai, Kohei Matsuno, Naoya Kanna, Evgeny Podolskiy, Ryo Kusaka, Yefan Wang, Takuro Imazu, Kaho Watanabe, Ken Sato, Shinta Ukai, Soratakato Yamada, Ken Kondo, Shintaro Yamasaki, Kazutaka Tateyama, Kazutoshi Sato, Jun Inoue, Taro Mori, Tatsuya Fukazawa, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Kirsty Langley, Andrea M.U. Gierisch, Jenna Sutherland, Toku Oshima
    Polar Science, 45, 101206, 101206, Elsevier BV, 2025年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal and Interannual Variations (2019–2023) in the Zooplankton Community and Its Size Composition in Funka Bay, Southwestern Hokkaido
    Haochen Zhang, Atsushi Ooki, Tetsuya Takatsu, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Oceans, 6, 3, 49, 49, MDPI AG, 2025年08月04日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Funka Bay, located in southwest Hokkaido, is a vital fishing area with a shallow depth of less than 100 m. Seasonal flows of the Oyashio and Tsugaru Warm Current affect the marine environment, leading to significant changes in zooplankton communities, yet limited information is available on these variations. This study used ZooScan imaging to analyze seasonal and interannual changes in zooplankton abundance, biovolume, community structure, and size composition from 2019 to 2023. Water temperature was low in March–April and high in September–November, with chlorophyll a peaks occurring from February to April. Notable taxa such as Thaliacea, Noctiluca, and cladocerans were more common in the latter half of the year. Interannual variations included a decline in large cold-water copepods, Eucalanus bungii and Neocalanus spp., which were abundant in 2019 but decreased by 2023. Zooplankton abundance and biovolume showed synchronized seasonal changes, correlating with shifts in the Normalized Biovolume Size Spectra (NBSS) index, which measures size composition. Cluster analysis identified eight zooplankton communities, with Community A dominant from July to December across all years, while Community D was prevalent in early 2019 but was replaced in subsequent years. Community E emerged from March to April in 2021–2023. In 2019, large cold-water copepods were dominant, but from 2020 to 2023, appendicularians became the dominant group during the March–April period. The decline in large copepods is likely linked to marine heat waves, influencing yearly zooplankton community changes.
  • 北海道羅臼深層水における動物プランクトン群集の経年変化と主要カイアシ類Metridia okhotensisの生活史
    前田一輝, 有馬大地, 野別貴博, 山石秀樹, 山口 篤
    海洋深層水研究, 25, 3, 45, 57, 2025年04月14日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Involvement of quorum sensing in the activity of growth-inhibiting bacteria against the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Group I)
    Yuka Onishi, Akihiro Tuji, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 20, 1, 93, 100, The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology, 2025年02月28日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatio-temporal changes in the macrozooplankton community in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summers: A comparison between 1996 and 2018–2019
    Ippei Urabe, Kohei Matsuno, Rikuto Sugioka, Ryan Driscoll, Sara Driscoll, Fokje L. Schaafsma, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Matsukura, Hiroko Sasaki, Hiroto Murase
    Progress in Oceanography, 231, 103414, 103414, Elsevier BV, 2025年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Effect of delayed sea ice retreat on zooplankton communities in the Pacific Arctic Ocean: a generalized dissimilarity modeling approach
    Yuya Hibino, Kohei Matsuno, Amane Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Abe, Nanami Hosoda, Motoyo Itoh, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1484609, 1484609, Frontiers Media SA, 2025年01月29日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Introduction

    Sea ice extent increased in the Pacific Arctic Ocean during 2021 owing to the reversal of the Beaufort Gyre, unlike in previous years. The increased sea ice concentration may restore the marine ecosystem to its previous state; nevertheless, the precise conditions and mechanisms involved remain unclear.

    Methods

    In this study, the 2008–2017 period was defined as “the sea ice retreat year,” and its zooplankton community distribution representative was estimated using generalized dissimilarity modeling (GDM). Subsequently, we assessed the effect of delayed sea ice melt on the zooplankton community by comparing the zooplankton community of the sea ice retreat year with that in 2021.

    Results

    In GDM, numerous satellite parameters significantly affected the zooplankton distribution, with the highest effect during the open-water period and annual primary production (APP) and the lowest in water temperature. The effect of APP and temperature on zooplankton similarity was high around the Bering Strait owing to the advection of Pacific copepods (Eucalanus bungii, Metridia pacifica, and Neocalanus spp.) and synchronized inflow of warm Pacific water. Under significant warming scenarios (Shared Socioeconomic Pathway [SSP]1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5), GDM-based multiple effects predicted that the zooplankton communities in high latitudes will be more affected than those on the southern shelf (northern Bering Sea to southern Chukchi Sea). In 2021, the total abundance across the northern Bering Sea to the Chukchi Sea shelf region was lower than that of the community during the sea ice retreat year. However, certain species (Limacina helicina and Pacific copepods) increased locally (northern Bering Sea and Barrow Canyon) because of the increasing volume of Pacific origin water.

    Discussion

    Contrary to the reported increase trend on zooplankton, low primary productivity and phenological mismatch for zooplankton may prevail in the Pacific Arctic Ocean, resulting in a low abundance during autumn 2021.
  • Vertical variations in zooplankton size spectra down to 3,000 m depth and significant effects of the sizes of Calanoida and Ergasilida across the subarctic, transitional, and subtropical regions of the western North Pacific
    Dongwoo Kim, Sota Komeda, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 217, 104445, 104445, Elsevier BV, 2025年01月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatiotemporal changes in the community and demography of mesozooplankton in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2018/2019
    Kohei Matsuno, Rikuto Sugioka, Yurika Maeda, Ryan Driscoll, Fokje L. Schaafsma, Sara Driscoll, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Matsukura, Hiroko Sasaki, Hiroto Murase
    Progress in Oceanography, 229, 103360, 103360, Elsevier BV, 2024年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • The modified artificial cohort method for three dominant pelagic copepods in the northern North Pacific revealed species-specific differences in the optimum temperature
    Takumi Teraoka, Shuya Nagao, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1397721, 1397721, Frontiers Media SA, 2024年10月02日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The most concerning recent ocean changes in temperature issues are known as marine heat waves. Under these conditions, it is important to evaluate the effects of temperature on zooplankton. In this study, we investigated the growth rates of three dominant copepod species (Eucalanus bungii, Metridia pacifica, and Neocalanus plumchrus) in the northern North Pacific under three different temperature conditions (3, 7, and 11°C) using an artificial cohort method. Experimental conditions for 42 hour incubations were set to light intensity and photoperiod corresponding to 50 m depth. The dissolved oxygen solubility after rearing ranged from 69.2% to 102.1%, suggesting sufficient conditions for copepod growth. Chlorophyll a increased in 83% of the experiments, indicating that the food conditions were sufficient for the copepods. The mean proportion of dead specimens evaluated using neutral red was 10.2%, corresponding with the reported values in the field. Thus, it can be concluded that the laboratory-rearing conditions used in this study provided sufficient food, and the only effect evaluated would be that of the three different temperatures. Since the developmental time for each stage is longer than the rearing period, it is important to conduct experiments with a large number of individuals to obtain accurate growth rate results. The specific growth rates of E. bungii and M. pacifica increased with increasing temperature. In contrast, N. plumchrus showed the highest growth rate under moderate water temperature conditions. In terms of weight units (dry, carbon, and nitrogen), the carbon weight-specific growth rates were higher than those of the other two units, a common characteristic of the three species. This reflected lipid accumulation during the late copepodite stages. The interspecies differences in growth rate responses to water temperature reflect species-specific differences in temperature tolerance or the optimum temperature for each species. As E. bungii and M. pacifica reproduce near the surface layer through income breeding, their temperature tolerance or optimum temperature is expected to be high. However, because the reproduction of N. plumchrus occurs in the cold deep layer by using capital breeding, its temperature tolerance and optimum temperature would be lower than those of the former two species., 40243534
  • East-west differences of the microplankton community along the 47°N transect in the subarctic Pacific during the summer of 2021
    Kosuke Egashira, Yu-Sin Huang, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 74, 1, 23, 33, 2024年08月, [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Size spectra of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the western North Pacific during May : A comparison between subarctic and transitional domains
    Li Wang, Xufa Ma, Dongwoo Kim, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 74, 1, 13, 22, 2024年08月, [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Sediment trap samples reveal regional differences in the population structure of Calanus hyperboreus from the Arctic Ocean
    Koki Tokuhiro, Kohei Matsuno, Jonaotaro Onodera, Makoto Sampei, Amane Fujiwara, Naomi Harada, Barbara Niehoff, Eva-Maria Nöthig, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Journal of Plankton Research, 46, 2, 183, 193, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2024年01月22日
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    Calanus hyperboreus is one of the dominant copepod species in the Arctic zooplankton communities. The impact of climate change varies among regions within the Arctic, implying that C. hyperboreus populations may be differently affected at different locations, but knowledge on seasonal population dynamics in relation to biogeography is scarce. To fill this gap, we counted C. hyperboreus in samples from sediment traps that were moored from 2009 to 2014 in three regions of the Arctic Ocean (eastern Fram Strait, northern Chukchi Sea and MacKenzie Trough). The C. hyperboreus flux increased between April and May in all regions, likely associated with the ascent from overwintering depth to the surface. In the descent period, high fluxes were observed between July and September in the Fram Strait, between September and November in the northern Chukchi Sea, and between August and October in the MacKenzie Trough, suggesting that the timing of descent varied among the regions characterized by differences in light regime, phytoplankton development and water temperature. The copepodite stage composition in the eastern Fram Strait and the MacKenzie Trough varied with season, suggesting successful local reproduction while it was uniform in the northern Chukchi Sea, possibly because the population is fueled by advection.
  • Vertical changes in zooplankton abundance, biomass, and community structure at seven stations down to 3000 m in neighboring waters of Japan during the summer: Insights from ZooScan imaging analysis
    Kunito Yamamae, Yasuhide Nakamura, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Progress in Oceanography, 219, 103155, 103155, Elsevier BV, 2023年12月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Zooplankton size composition and production just after drastic ice coverage changes in the northern Bering Sea assessed via ZooScan
    Shino Kumagai, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1233492, 1233492, Frontiers Media SA, 2023年11月29日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Drastic environmental changes were noted in the northern Bering Sea in 2018. A reduction in sea ice affected several trophic levels within the ecosystem; this resulted in delayed phytoplankton blooms, the northward shifting of fish stocks, and a decrease in the number of seabirds. Changes in the community composition of zooplankton were reported in 2022, but changes in zooplankton interactions and production have not been reported to date. Therefore, this study examined predator-prey interaction, secondary production, and prey availability for fish to understand the effect of early sea ice melt. Zooplankton size data were estimated from the size spectra obtained using ZooScan based on samples collected in 2017 and 2018. A cluster analysis based on biovolume showed that the zooplankton community could be divided into three groups (Y2017N, Y2017S, Y2018). Y2017N, characterized by low abundance, biomass, and production, Y2017S, characterized by high biovolume and production, which contributed with Calanus spp., and Y2018, characterized by low biovolume but high production, contributed with small copepods, and Bivalvia. In 2017, the highest biovolume group was observed south of St. Lawrence Island, and it was dominated by Calanus spp. and Chaetognatha. Normalized size spectra of this group showed the highest secondary production with present predator-prey interactions, suggesting that the area provides high prey availability for fish larvae and juveniles. In contrast, small copepods and bivalve larvae were dominant in this area in 2018, which contain less carbons and energy, suggesting the prevalence of low-nutrient foods in this year in relation to early sea ice melt.
  • Responses of diatom assemblages and life cycle to sea ice variation in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2018/2019
    Kohei Matsuno, Kohei Sumiya, Manami Tozawa, Daiki Nomura, Hiroko Sasaki, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiroto Murase
    Progress in Oceanography, 218, 103117, 103117, Elsevier BV, 2023年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • DNA metabarcoding focused on difficult‐to‐culture protists: An effective approach to clarify biological interactions
    Yasuhide Nakamura, Hiryori Itagaki, Akihiro Tuji, Shinji Shimode, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kiyotaka Hidaka, Eri Ogiso‐Tanaka
    Environmental Microbiology, Wiley, 2023年10月18日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    DNA metabarcoding on a single organism is a promising approach to clarify the biological interactions (e.g., predator–prey relationships and symbiosis, including parasitism) of difficult‐to‐culture protists. To evaluate the effectiveness of this method, Radiolaria and Phaeodaria, which are ecologically important protistan groups, were chosen as target taxa. DNA metabarcoding on a single organism focused on the V9 region of the 18S rRNA gene revealed potential symbionts, parasites and food sources of Radiolaria and Phaeodaria. Previously reported hosts and symbionts (parasites) were detected, and newly recognized combinations were also identified. The contained organisms largely differed between Radiolaria and Phaeodaria. In Radiolaria, members of the same order tended to contain similar organisms, and the taxonomic composition of possible symbionts, parasites, and food sources was fixed at the species level. Members of the same phaeodarian family, however, did not contain similar organisms, and body part (i.e., the central capsule or the phaeodium) was the most important factor that divided the taxonomic composition of detected organisms, implying that the selection of appropriate body part is important when trying to ascertain contained organisms, even for unicellular zooplankton. Our results show that DNA metabarcoding on a single organism is effective in revealing the biological interactions of difficult‐to‐culture protists.
  • Copterus tyloloricatus (Ciliophora, Suctorea), a new suctorian genus and species
    Igor Dovgal, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Daiki Kojima, Yoshinari Endo
    European Journal of Protistology, 91, 126036, 126036, Elsevier BV, 2023年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Geographic variation in population structure and grazing features of Calanus glacialis/marshallae in the Pacific Arctic Ocean
    Minami Ishihara, Kohei Matsuno, Koki Tokuhiro, Yasuhiro Ando, Kazutoshi Sato, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1168015, 1168015, Frontiers Media SA, 2023年09月20日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Calanus glacialis/marshallae is a dominant zooplankton species in the Pacific Arctic Ocean that is widely distributed in shelf areas, and it plays a vital role in connecting primary production to higher trophic levels. Its phenology is well adapted to hydrography, but there is little available information about regional and diel changes in population structure and grazing features. In this study, we investigated C. glacialis/marshallae during autumn 2019 in the Eastern and Northeastern Chukchi and Canadian basins to reveal geographic and diel variations in population structure, body size, grazing activity, and fatty acid composition. The abundance of C. glacialis/marshallae was found to be high on the slopes and low on the shelves. Body size (prosome length) was well described by the Bělehrádek equation combined with in-situ temperature throughout the sampling region. Cluster analyses based on hydrographic parameters were divided into four regions: southern shelf, northern shelf, slope, and basin. The southern shelf was dominated by copepodite stage five (C5) transported from the Bering Sea by Pacific waters. C4 and C5 were dominant on the northern shelf, suggesting that they grew slower than those on the southern shelf, and the populations also exhibited higher concentrations of fatty acids originating from dinoflagellates than those originating from the pan-Arctic Ocean, indicating low productivity in the region. The population on the slope had the highest abundance, C4 was dominant, and large amounts of diatom-derived eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). These features are attributed to the upwelling of populations and nutrients that support diatom growth. In the basin, the early copepodite stages of composition were distinctly higher than those recorded in previous studies, because larger amounts of organisms flow into the region, resulting in more extended reproduction periods. In the basin, small and large forms of C5 were simultaneously found, and the small form exhibited a diel grazing activity pattern, but the large forms did not. These findings suggest their well adaptation in changing of the Pacific Arctic Ocean.
  • Corrigendum: Inter-species comparison of the copepodite stage morphology, vertical distribution, and seasonal population structure of five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean
    Yunosuke Koguchi, Koki Tokuhiro, Carin J. Ashjian, Robert G. Campbell, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Frontiers Media SA, 2023年09月05日, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical Distribution, Community and Population Structures of the Planktonic Chaetognatha in the Western Subarctic Pacific: Insights on the Eukrohnia Species Group
    Yuya Nakamura, Haochen Zhang, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Oceans, 4, 3, 253, 268, MDPI AG, 2023年07月31日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In the oceans, Chaetognatha can contribute significantly to the total zooplankton biomass (up to 10–30%). The genus Eukrohnia, the dominant Chaetognath genus in the western subarctic Pacific, includes E. hamata and E. bathypelagica. Although it has been pointed out that there is no genetic difference between the two species, no study has been made that treats them as the same species group. In this study, we investigated vertical distribution based on the eight vertical stratification samplings down to 1000 m depths conducted day/night at four seasons covering one year, community structure, and population structure of the three dominant Chaetognath species: Parasagitta elegans, E. hamata, and E. bathypelagica in the western subarctic Pacific. The population densities of each species at 0–1000 m water column were 0.04–0.36 ind. m−3 for P. elegans, 0.14–1.60 ind. m−3 for E. hamata, 0.24–1.54 ind. m−3 for E. bathypelagica, and 1.37–2.62 ind. m−3 for Eukrohnia juveniles. The vertical distributions were consistent both day and night, and no diel changes were observed for all species throughout the seasons. The vertical distribution of Chaetognaths evaluated by the distribution center was 61–169 m for P. elegans, 143–206 m for Eukrohnia juveniles, 134–279 m for E. hamata, and 253–612 m for E. bathypelagica. The body length of P. elegans ranged from 4 to 34 mm, and one to three cohorts were identified at each sampling occasion. While the presence of the eight stages has been reported for Eukrohnia, only one to five stages occurred, and specimens belonging to six to eight stages were not observed in the samples throughout the year. The body length of the whole Eukrohnia species ranged from 2 to 14 mm. The body length histograms of the Eukrohnia species group, including E. hamata and E. bathypelagica, and their juveniles showed the presence of two to four cohorts at each sampling date. Within the Eukrohnia species group, vertical changes in body length were present, which were characterized by the smaller specimens occurring at shallower depths, followed by an increase in body length with increasing depths. From the vertical distribution and population structure of the Eukrohnia species group (Eukrohnia juvenile + E. hamata + E. bathypelagica) in this study, there was no difficulty in treating them as one species. It may suggest that E. hamata and E. bathypelagica in the western subarctic Pacific could be treated as one species group. To clarify this point, a detailed genetic analysis of the Eukrohnia species group will be needed for future studies.
  • Seasonal Changes in Vertical Distribution and Population Structure of the Dominant Hydrozoan Aglantha digitale in the Western Subarctic Pacific
    Mari Aizawa, Tian Gao, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Oceans, 4, 3, 242, 252, MDPI AG, 2023年07月31日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Hydrozoans are numerically dominant taxa in gelatinous zooplankton communities of the worldwide oceans and play an energy transfer role connecting primary producers and higher trophic level organisms. In the western subarctic Pacific, St. K2 has been established as a long-term time-series monitoring station. Various studies on zooplankton have been conducted, while hydrozoans have not been treated. This study presents the abundance, vertical distribution, and population structure of the dominant hydrozoan species (Aglantha digitale) at St. K2. Samples collected by vertical stratification samplings from eight layers of 0–1000 m both day and night during four seasons in one year. Hydrozoans occur throughout the year. The annual mean abundance of A. digitale was 198.4 ind. m−2 and composed of 91.9% of hydrozoans. The vertical distribution of A. digitale was concentrated for the epipelagic layer (0–200 m), both day and night of the most season. The bell height (BH) of A. digitale ranged between 2.4–18.9 mm. Most of the mature individuals, with gonad length larger than 10% of BH, occurred only in July. The BH of mature individuals ranged from 4.7 to 17.6 mm, with the BH of most mature individuals were larger than >10 mm. Through observation on BH at each sampling layer, small individuals with BH < 6 mm were distributed below 300 m depths throughout the seasons, expanding their vertical distribution to the deeper layers. Inter-region comparison of abundance, maturation body size, and generation length of A. digitale revealed that these parameters are varied with the region and depend on the marine ecosystem structures.
  • Vertical, spatial, size, and taxonomic variations in stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) of zooplankton and other pelagic organisms in the western North Pacific
    Dongwoo Kim, Kanako Amei, Sota Komeda, Koki Tokuhiro, Maki Noguchi Aita, Fujio Hyodo, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 197, 104045, 104045, Elsevier BV, 2023年07月, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Corrigendum to: “Body length, dry and ash-free dry weights, and developmental changes at each copepodid stage in five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean” (DOI: 10.1163/15685403-bja10272)
    Yunosuke Koguchi, Koki Tokuhiro, Carin J. Ashjian, Robert G. Campbell, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Crustaceana, 96, 6, 601, 602, Brill, 2023年06月16日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes at the subtropical station S1 in the western North Pacific: comparison with the results from the subarctic station K2
    Kanako Amei, Ryo Dobashi, Minoru Kitamura, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Journal of Plankton Research, 45, 4, 661, 676, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2023年06月13日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    Information on pelagic polychaete community structure in the western North Pacific is available for the subarctic region (Station K2) but not for the subtropical region. Hence, we analyzed day–night vertically stratified samples collected in eight layers within the first 1000 m of the water column during four seasons in 1 year, using the same sampling method as St. K2, at the subtropical region (Station S1). At St. S1, 27 species of pelagic polychaetes belonging to 13 genera and six families were identified. The annual mean abundance was 35.0 ind. 1000 m−3 and the biomass was 17.3 mg WW 1000 m−3. At St. S1, the numbers of genera and species were higher and the annual mean abundance and biomasses were much lower than St. K2. The pelagic polychaetes often peaked in the mesopelagic layer at St. K2, with the carnivores and particle feeders peaking in the epipelagic and mesopelagic layers, respectively. At St.S1, the carnivorous species predominated throughout the entire water column, and were most abundant in the epipelagic layer. Thus, In the western Pacific Ocean, the subarctic pelagic polychaete community structure changed vertically with feeding ecology. On the other hand, the subtropical community may be adapted to conditions of high irradiance and light transmission.
  • Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the pelagic amphipod communities in the subarctic Pacific: insights from imaging analysis
    Ryo Taniguchi, Kanako Amei, Koki Tokuhiro, Yuichiro Yamada, Minoru Kitamura, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Journal of Plankton Research, 45, 3, 554, 570, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2023年05月26日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    Vertically stratified day and night samples were collected from a depth of up to 1000 m during four seasons at a single station in the western subarctic Pacific. Subsequently, the abundance, biovolume, community structure and population structure of the pelagic amphipods were evaluated from the imaging analysis using ZooScan. The stable isotope ratio (δ15N) was also measured for each species. In total 10 amphipod species were identified in total, and their community structures were separated into four groups. The four communities were characterized by the upper-layer community dominated by Themisto pacifica, and the deep-water community that was characterized by the absence of T. pacifica. The other two groups were observed for the intermediate depths at night only, which was characterized by the low abundance of T. pacifica performing diel vertical migration from those depths. The deep-dwelling species displayed higher δ15N and positive relationships were detected with the habitat depth of each species. For the predominant T. pacifica, population structure (cohort) analysis was possible based on equivalent spherical diameter data from ZooScan. This study demonstrates that imaging analysis by ZooScan is applicable for analyses of minor taxonomic groups (amphipods) in zooplankton communities.
  • Body length, dry and ash-free dry weights, and developmental changes at each copepodid stage in five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean
    Yunosuke Koguchi, Koki Tokuhiro, Carin J. Ashjian, Robert G. Campbell, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Crustaceana, 96, 2, 113, 129, Brill, 2023年02月22日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    Aetideid copepods dominate the mesopelagic layer of the Arctic Ocean and play an important role in the vertical material flux and biodiversity. However, little information about the lengths and weights of their copepodids is available. In this study, we collected five sympatric aetideid copepods, Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902, Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900), Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900), Aetideopsis multiserrata (Wolfenden, 1904), and Aetideopsis rostrata Sars G.O., 1903, from the Arctic Ocean and examined their body lengths, dry and ash-free dry weights, and developmental growths at each copepodid stage. Highly significant length-weight relationships were obtained among copepodids for all species. Within genera, individuals of the same length were heavier at shallower depths. This may result from the greater nutritional availability to species within genera inhabiting shallower depths. Common to all species, the organic content (ash-free dry weight per dry weight) was high for the early copepodid stages. This may be due to the residual organic content of lipid-rich eggs retained in the non-feeding nauplii. The largest growth in females occurred at C5/C6, whereas the largest growth in males occurred at C4/C5, as determined by moult increment and proportion of growth in weight. These sex differences in weight growth could be due to the degeneration of the feeding appendage and cessation of feeding in C6 males of aetideid copepods.
  • Host-epibiont relationship between calanoid copepods and suctorian ciliates in the northern North Pacific Ocean
    Yoshinari Endo, Yuma Sato, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Igor Dovgal
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 17, 4, 393, 405, The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology, 2022年11月30日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in taxonomic, size composition, and Normalised Biomass Size Spectra (NBSS) of mesozooplankton communities in the Funka Bay, southwestern Hokkaido: Insights from ZooScan analysis
    Takumi Teraoka, Kanako Amei, Yutaka Fukai, Kohei Matsuno, Hiroji Onishi, Atsushi Ooki, Tetsuya Takatsu, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 17, 4, 369, 382, The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology, 2022年11月30日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Meltwater Discharge From Marine‐Terminating Glaciers Drives Biogeochemical Conditions in a Greenlandic Fjord
    Naoya Kanna, Shin Sugiyama, Takuto Ando, Yefan Wang, Yuta Sakuragi, Toya Hazumi, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Jun Nishioka, Youhei Yamashita
    Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, 11, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2022年11月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal, regional, and diel changes in the abundance of five large, dominant copepods in the western subarctic Pacific : Insights from Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys
    Fukai, Yutaka, Chiba, Sanae, Batten, Sonia, Sasaki, Yuka, Matsuno, Kohei, Richardson, Anthony J, Yamaguchi, Atsushi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 72, 2, 17, 26, 2022年08月22日, [最終著者], [国際共著]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Inter-species comparison of the copepodite stage morphology, vertical distribution, and seasonal population structure of five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean
    Yunosuke Koguchi, Koki Tokuhiro, Carin J. Ashjian, Robert G. Campbell, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 943100, 943100, Frontiers Media SA, 2022年08月19日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Aetideidae is a calanoid copepod family dominant in the mesopelagic layer of the Arctic Ocean for which little ecological information is available because species identification, especially of early copepodite stages, is difficult. In this study, we developed a species identification flow for the whole copepodite stages of five sympatric aetideid copepods (Chiridius obtusifrons, Gaetanus tenuispinus, G. brevispinus, Aetideopsis multiserrata, and A. rostrata). Vertical distributions and seasonal population structures of these species were evaluated using a year-round sample time-series collected at the drifting ice station (SHEBA) in the western Arctic Ocean. Combinations of morphological characteristics (prosome length, cephalosome, and prosome widths) were used to identify the early copepodite stages to species. Aetideopsis rostrata was distributed in deep waters (1,032–1,065 m) throughout the year. The other species all were found at 600–700 m during the midnight sun. However, during the polar night, the vertical distributions of each species were distinct, resulting from ascent, descent, or depth maintenance, indicating seasonal vertical migration which may function to reduce inter-specific competition during the polar night when food resources are scarce. Reproduction timing varied among four aetideid copepods: C.obtusifrons and G. tenuispinus showed polar night ascent and reproduction at the end of the polar night, whereas G. brevispinus and A. multiserrata showed descent or depth maintenance during the polar night and reproduction at the beginning of the polar night. There was not sufficient data to examine reproduction timing of A. rostrata. Common for all aetideid species, δ15N values of the adult females indicate more carnivorous feeding modes during the polar night than those in the midnight sun. Such vertical distribution and timing of reproduction variation among these five aetideid copepods may function to reduce species competition in the mesopelagic layer of the Arctic Ocean.
  • Vertical distribution, standing stocks, and taxonomic accounts of the entire plankton community, and the estimation of vertical material flux via faecal pellets in the southern Okhotsk Sea
    Daiki Kojima, Yusuke Hamao, Kanako Amei, Yutaka Fukai, Kohei Matsuno, Yoko Mitani, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 185, 103771, 103771, Elsevier BV, 2022年07月, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 2021年秋季北海道太平洋沿岸における有害赤潮藻Karenia selliformisの 水平分布および植物プランクトンの群集構造               
    山口 篤, 濱尾優介, 松野孝平, 飯田高大
    水産海洋研究, 86, 2, 41, 49, 2022年05月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Comparison of population structure, vertical distribution and growth of sympatric, carnivorous, mesopelagic copepods, Paraeuchaeta glacialis and Heterorhabdus norvegicus, in the western Arctic Ocean
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Carin J Ashjian, Robert G Campbell
    Journal of Plankton Research, 44, 443, 453, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022年04月23日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    In the Arctic Ocean, the life cycles of interzonal omnivorous copepods have been studied, whereas little information is available on the life cycles of mesopelagic carnivorous species. Here, the life cycles of two mesopelagic carnivorous copepods (Paraeuchaeta glacialis and Heterorhabdus norvegicus) are described from vertically stratified samples collected at an annual ice-station (SHEBA) in the western Arctic Ocean during 1996–1997. Reproduction estimated to occur between January and March for both species. Vertical distributions and population growth varied between the species. Early copepodite stages and adult males of P. glacialis were distributed in deeper layers, whereas late copepodite stages and adult females were observed in shallower layers. The skewed sex ratio towards females was observed for adults, which may be related to the cease feeding and short longevity for adult males. In contrast, all the H. norvegicus life stages were distributed in the mesopelagic layer. Clear peaks of the young stages and their sequence suggest that H. norvegicus may complete its life cycle within 1 year. A specialized feeding mode (incorporating a venomous injection spine and large beak) could be a key trait facilitating the achievement of rapid growth in H. norvegicus in the food-limited mesopelagic layer., 30138034
  • Spatial distribution of the protist community in the southern part of the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido during summer
    Yusuke Hamao, Kohei Matsuno, Yoko Mitani, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Journal of Oceanography, 78, 2, 89, 101, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022年04月, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    The southern part of the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido has rich fishery resources supported by high primary production. The phytoplankton community has been described by several studies based on size-fractionated chlorophyll a concentration and primary production; however, the details of the species composition of nano- and micro-protist communities have not been well investigated. We evaluated the spatial distribution and relationship with hydrography of nano- and micro-protist communities in the southern region of the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido during the summer of 2019. Forty-two species of diatoms from 19 genera, dinoflagellates from 7 genera, tintinnid ciliates, oligotrich ciliates, and 1 genus of silicoflagellates were identified. Their spatial distribution showed distinct differences among the taxa. Cluster analysis based on the protist cell density identified six groups with geographically well-distinguished distributions. Diatom-dominant communities were distributed in the Cold Water Belt and Soya warm current along the coastal area of Hokkaido. Nanoflagellate-dominated communities were distributed in the offshore area. Some harmful species of diatoms (Pseudonitzschia pseudodelicatissima) and dinoflagellates (Alexandrium spp.) were dominant in the Cold Water Belt off Wakkanai. We suggest that the upwelling of cold water could increase the abundance of harmful species, with immanent negative impacts on marine ecosystems or fishery resources. In summary, the species composition and abundance of the summer protist community was strongly related to different water masses in the southern part of the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido., 30138047
  • Effects of Early Sea-Ice Reduction on Zooplankton and Copepod Population Structure in the Northern Bering Sea During the Summers of 2017 and 2018
    Fumihiko Kimura, Kohei Matsuno, Yoshiyuki Abe, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Frontiers Media SA, 2022年02月22日, [査読有り], [最終著者]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), A remarkable early sea-ice reduction event was observed in the northern Bering Sea during 2018. In turn, this unusual hydrographic phenomenon affected several marine trophic levels, resulting in delayed phytoplankton blooms, phytoplankton community changes, and a northward shift of fish stocks. However, the response of the zooplankton community remains uncharacterized. Therefore, our study sought to investigate the zooplankton community shifts in the northern Bering Sea during the summers of 2017 and 2018 and evaluate the effects of early sea-ice melt events on the zooplankton community, population structure of large copepods, and copepod production. Five zooplankton communities were identified based on cluster analysis. Further, annual changes in the zooplankton community were identified in the Chirikov Basin. In 2017, the zooplankton community included abundant Pacific copepods transported by the Anadyr water. In 2018, however, the zooplankton community was dominated by small copepods and younger stages of large copepods (Calanus glacialis/marshallae and Metridia pacifica), which was likely caused by reproduction delays resulting from the early sea-ice reduction event. These environmental abnormalities increased copepod production; however, this higher zooplankton productivity did not efficiently reach the higher trophic levels. Taken together, our findings demonstrated that zooplankton community structure and production are highly sensitive to the environmental changes associated with early sea-ice reduction (e.g., warm temperatures and food availability).
  • Two species of seabirds foraged in contrasting marine habitats across the cold-water belt along the coast of northern Hokkaido in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea
    Bungo Nishizawa, Jumpei Okado, Yoko Mitani, Tomohiro Nakamura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tohru Mukai, Yutaka Watanuki
    Fisheries Science, 88, 1, 109, 118, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), 30138047
  • 北海道渡島大沼および小沼における植物プランクトンの季節的変動
    小林淳希, 宮下洋平, 大洞裕貴, 織田さやか, 田中邦明, 松野孝平, 山口篤, 今井一郎
    北海道大学水産科学研究紀要, 60, 33, 67, 2021年12月, [国内誌]
    日本語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Testing Bergmann's rule in marine copepods
    Max D. Campbell, David S. Schoeman, William Venables, Rana Abu‐Alhaija, Sonia D. Batten, Sanae Chiba, Frank Coman, Claire H. Davies, Martin Edwards, Ruth S. Eriksen, Jason D. Everett, Yutaka Fukai, Mitsuo Fukuchi, Octavio Esquivel Garrote, Graham Hosie, Jenny A. Huggett, David G. Johns, John A. Kitchener, Philippe Koubbi, Felicity R. McEnnulty, Erik Muxagata, Clare Ostle, Karen V. Robinson, Anita Slotwinski, Kerrie M. Swadling, Kunio T. Takahashi, Mark Tonks, Julian Uribe‐Palomino, Hans M. Verheye, William H. Wilson, Marco M. Worship, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Wuchang Zhang, Anthony J. Richardson
    Ecography, 44, 9, 1283, 1295, Wiley, 2021年09月, [査読有り], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • North-south changes of zooplankton community and copepods population along the 110°E line in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during the austral summer               
    Sugioka, Rikuto, Matsuno, Kohei, Takahashi, Keigo D, Makabe, Ryosuke, Takahashi, Kunio T, Moteki, Masato, Odate, Tsuneo, Yamaguchi, Atsushi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 71, 1, 39, 50, 2021年08月, [最終著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Impacts of diel vertical migration of the copepod Metridia pacifica on primary production and respiratory carbon flux in the subarctic Pacific Ocean               
    Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 71, 1, 29, 37, 2021年08月, [筆頭著者, 最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Ecology, Morphology, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of Giant Radiolarians, Orodaria ord. nov. (Radiolaria; Rhizaria; SAR)
    Yasuhide Nakamura, Akihiro Tuji, Katsunori Kimoto, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Rie S. Hori, Noritoshi Suzuki
    Protist, 172, 3, 125808, 125808, 2021年07月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical changes in abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes down to 1000 m depths at Station K2 in the western subarctic Pacific Ocean covering the four seasons and day–night
    Kanako Amei, Ryo Dobashi, Naoto Jimi, Minoru Kitamura, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Journal of Plankton Research, 43, 3, 442, 457, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021年05月27日, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract
    Pelagic polychaetes are distributed from the sea surface to greater depths of the oceans worldwide, but little information is available regarding their ecology. This study investigated the vertical distribution of abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes at a single station in the western subarctic Pacific based on day–night vertical stratified samples collected from a 0 to 1000 m water column during four seasons covering 1 year. The polychaete abundance and biomass ranged from 0 to 757 ind. 1000 m−3 and 0–6.1 mg WW m−3, respectively. Ten pelagic polychaete species belonging to nine genera and six families were identified. From cluster analysis based on abundance, the polychaete community was divided into five communities. Each community occurred at different depth layers. Two surface groups seen at 0–200 m were dominated by two carnivorous species: Tomopteris septentrionalis and Typhloscolex muelleri. The deepest group, dominated by the particle feeder Pelagobia longicirrata, was seen at 500–1000 m. Two transition groups occurred in the intermediate depths. These vertical distributions of the pelagic polychaete communities were common throughout the season and day. Water mass, food availability and the oxygen minimum layer are put forth as environmental factors that affect the pelagic polychaete community.
  • Seasonal variability of the protist community and production in the southern Okhotsk Sea revealed by weekly monitoring
    Takuma Matsumoto, Kohei Matsuno, Seiji Katakura, Hiromi Kasai, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Regional Studies in Marine Science, 43, 101683, 101683, Elsevier BV, 2021年03月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland
    Shin Sugiyama, Naoya Kanna, Daiki Sakakibara, Takuto Ando, Izumi Asaji, Ken Kondo, Yefan Wang, Yoshiki Fujishi, Shungo Fukumoto, Evgeniy Podolskiy, Yasushi Fukamachi, Minori Takahashi, Sumito Matoba, Yoshinori Iizuka, Ralf Greve, Masato Furuya, Kazutaka Tateyama, Tatsuya Watanabe, Shintaro Yamasaki, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Bungo Nishizawa, Kohei Matsuno, Daiki Nomura, Yuta Sakuragi, Yoshimasa Matsumura, Yoshihiko Ohashi, Teruo Aoki, Masashi Niwano, Naotaka Hayashi, Masahiro Minowa, Guillaume Jouvet, Eef van Dongen, Andreas Bauder, Martin Funk, Anders Anker Bjørk, Toku Oshima
    Polar Science, 27, 100632, 100632, Elsevier BV, 2021年03月, [査読有り], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Between-year comparison of interactions between environmental parameters and various plankton stocks in the northern Bering Sea during the summers of 2017 and 2018
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Kimura, Yuri Fukai, Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Ooki, Toru Hirawake
    Polar Science, 27, 100555, 100555, 2021年03月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Response of Arctic biodiversity and ecosystem to environmental changes: Findings from the ArCS project
    Toru Hirawake, Masaki Uchida, Hiroto Abe, Irene D. Alabia, Tamotsu Hoshino, Shota Masumoto, Akira S. Mori, Jun Nishioka, Bungo Nishizawa, Atsushi Ooki, Akinori Takahashi, Yukiko Tanabe, Motoaki Tojo, Masaharu Tsuji, Hiromichi Ueno, Hisatomo Waga, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Youhei Yamashita
    Polar Science, 27, 100533, 100533, 2021年03月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Community structure and seasonal changes in population structure of pelagic polychaetes collected by sediment traps moored in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific Ocean
    Kanako Amei, Naoto Jimi, Minoru Kitamura, Naoya Yokoi, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Zoosymposia, 19, 1, 41, 50, Magnolia Press, 2020年12月28日, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Community structure and seasonal changes in the population structure of pelagic polychaetes were studied based on zooplankton samples collected by sediment traps moored at 200 m depth in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific throughout the year. Eight species belonging to seven genera and seven families occurred at the subarctic station, while twelve species belonging to ten genera and seven families were identified at the subtropical station. Polychaete abundance was 5.37 ± 0.44 ind. m-2 day-1 (annual mean ± standard error) at the subarctic station, and 1.36 ± 0.15 ind. m-2 day-1 at the subtropical station. Polychaete abundance at the subarctic station was high from May to August, but no seasonal patterns were observed at the subtropical station. The dominant species in the subarctic was Tomopteris septentrionalis, which accounted for 62.9% of annual mean abundance; at the subtropical station, the dominant species was Pelagobia sp. (22.8%). In the subarctic, small specimens of T. septentrionalis (<3 mm in body length) occurred only in winter (December-March). No clear seasonal changes in population structure of the subtropical Pelagobia sp. were detected. The latitudinal patterns we observed in the polychaete communities of the western North Pacific were similar to those previously observed in the eastern North Pacific. Changes in the population structure of T. septentrionalis suggest that the life cycle of this species is seasonal in the subarctic region.
  • Distribution of Growth-Inhibiting Bacteria against the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Group I) in Akkeshi-Ko Estuary and Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan
    Yuka Onishi, Akihiro Tuji, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    Applied Sciences, 11, 1, 172, 172, MDPI AG, 2020年12月27日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), The distribution of growth-inhibiting bacteria (GIB) against the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Group I) was investigated targeting seagrass leaves and surface waters at the seagrass bed of Akkeshi-ko Estuary and surface waters of nearshore and offshore points of Akkeshi Bay, Japan. Weekly samplings were conducted from April to June in 2011. GIBs were detected from surface of leaves of the seagrass Zostera marina in Akkeshi-ko Estuary (7.5 × 105–4.7 × 106 colony-forming units: CFU g−1 wet leaf) and seawater at the stations in Akkeshi Bay (6.7 × 100–1.1 × 103 CFU mL−1). Sequence analyses revealed that the same bacterial strains with the same 16S rRNA sequences were isolated from the surface biofilm of Z. marina and the seawater in the Akkeshi Bay. We therefore strongly suggested that seagrass beds are the source of algicidal and growth-inhibiting bacteria in coastal ecosystems. Cells of A.catenella were not detected from seawaters in Akkeshi-ko Estuary and the coastal point of Akkeshi Bay, but frequently detected at the offshore point of Akkeshi Bay. It is suggested that A.catenella populations were suppressed by abundant GIBs derived from the seagrass bed, leading to the less toxin contamination of bivalves in Akkeshi-ko Estuary.
  • Timing of spring sea-ice retreat and summer seabird-prey associations in the northern Bering Sea
    Bungo Nishizawa, Nodoka Yamada, Haruka Hayashi, Charlie Wright, Kathy Kuletz, Hiromichi Ueno, Tohru Mukai, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yutaka Watanuki
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 181-182, 104898, 104898, Elsevier BV, 2020年12月, [査読有り], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Abundance, horizontal and vertical distribution of epipelagic ctenophores and scyphomedusae in the northern Bering Sea in summer 2017 and 2018: Quantification by underwater video imaging analysis
    Marie Maekakuchi, Kohei Matsuno, Jun Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Abe, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 181-182, 104818, 104818, Elsevier BV, 2020年12月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in the zooplankton community and population structure in the northern Bering Sea from June to September, 2017
    Fumihiko Kimura, Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Russell R. Hopcroft, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 181-182, 104901, 104901, Elsevier BV, 2020年12月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatial changes in the summer diatom community of the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018
    Yuri Fukai, Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 181-182, 104903, 104903, Elsevier BV, 2020年12月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • A morphological note on the pelagic polystiliferous hoplonemertean Protopelagonemertes beebei (Nemertea: Pelagica)
    Kajihara Hiroshi, Yamaguchi Atsushi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 15, 4, 337, 341, 日本プランクトン学会、日本ベントス学会, 2020年11月18日, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌),

    The three currently recognized species comprising the pelagic polystiliferous hoplonemertean genus Protopelagonemertes Brinkmann, 1917 are supposedly distinguishable chiefly with respect to the number of proboscis nerves: 29 (varying from 22 to 30) in P. hubrechti (Brinkmann, 1917); 19–21 (varying from 19 to 22) in P. beebei Coe, 1936; and 36 in P. joculatori Van der Spoel, 1988. A single specimen collected off the Pacific coast of Hokkaido, Japan, herein identified as P. beebei, was found to possess 19–23 primary proboscis nerves. In addition to the primary proboscis nerves, the material also possessed 12–16 secondary proboscis nerves, which are discernible from the primary nerves in that they coexist with putative glial cells. Although secondary proboscis nerves have been identified in some other species in the Pelagica, they have not previously been described for any members of the Protopelagonemertes. Our findings thus prompted us to question the validity of morphological species delimitation within this genus, given that the distinction between primary and secondary proboscis nerves has previously not been taken into consideration. Close examination of the specimen in the living state revealed that it is characterized by a pair of cephalic furrows, a structure commonly found in benthic representatives of the phylum, but herein confirmed for the first time among the Pelagica. A 658-bp partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene from the newly examined specimen was found to be identical to sequences derived from two other specimens previously collected in Sagami Bay, thereby indicating that P. beebei may occur commonly in Japanese meso- to bathypelagic waters.

  • Comparison of the vertical distribution of pelagic copepod abundance, biomass and community structure between the Atlantic and Pacific sectors of the Arctic Ocean               
    Abe, Y, N. Hildebrandt, K. Matsuno, B. Niehoff, A. Yamaguchi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 70, 1, 91, 102, 2020年08月24日, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Vertical distribution, community structure, and active carbon flux of macrozooplankton taxa: amphipods and euphausiids in the summer of the western North Pacific               
    Hanamiya, Y, H. Murase, K. Matsuno, A. Yamaguchi
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 70, 1, 77, 89, 2020年08月24日, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要)
  • Distribution of harmful algal growth-limiting bacteria on artificially introduced Ulva and natural macroalgal beds
    Nobuharu Inaba, Isamu Kodama, Satoshi Nagai, Tomotaka Shiraishi, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    Applied Sciences, 10, 16, 5658, 5658, MDPI AG, 2020年08月14日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), The intensity and frequency of harmful algal blooms (HABs) have increased, posing a threat to human seafood resources due to massive kills of cultured fish and toxin contamination of bivalves. In recent years, bacteria that inhibit the growth of HAB species were found to be densely populated on the biofilms of some macroalgal species, indicating the possible biological control of HABs by the artificial introduction of macroalgal beds. In this study, an artificially created Ulva pertusa bed using mobile floating cages and a natural macroalgal bed were studied to elucidate the distribution of algal growth-limiting bacteria (GLB). The density of GLB affecting fish-killing raphidophyte Chattonella antiqua, and two harmful dinoflagellates, were detected between 106 and 107 CFU g−1 wet weight on the biofilm of artificially introduced U. pertusa and 10 to 102 CFU mL−1 from adjacent seawater; however, GLB found from natural macroalgal species targeted all tested HAB species (five species), ranging between 105 and 106 CFU g−1 wet weight in density. These findings provide new ecological insights of GLB at macroalgal beds, and concurrently demonstrate the possible biological control of HABs by artificially introduced Ulva beds.
  • Review of spatial and inter-annual changes in the zooplankton community structure in the western Arctic Ocean during summers of 2008–2017
    Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Amane Fujiwara, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Progress in Oceanography, 186, 102391, 102391, Elsevier BV, 2020年07月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Regional comparison of seasonal changes on copepod community structure in the Arctic Ocean
    Koki Tokuhiro, Yoshiyuki Abe, Jonaotaro Onodera, Makoto Sampei, Amane Fujiwara, Naomi Harada, Kohei Matsuno, Eva-Maria Nöthig, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Polar Science, 24, 100509, 100509, 2020年06月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Impacts of meltwater discharge from marine-terminating glaciers on the protist community in Inglefield Bredning, northwestern Greenland
    K Matsuno, N Kanna, S Sugiyama, A Yamaguchi, EJ Yang
    Marine Ecology Progress Series, 642, 55, 65, Inter-Research Science Center, 2020年05月28日, [査読有り], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), To evaluate the effects of meltwater discharge from marine-terminating glaciers on a fjord protist community in northwestern Greenland during summer, we investigated the distribution, abundance and biomass of the protist community and their relationships with hydrographic parameters. In the standing stock of protists, dinoflagellates (46.4%) and oligotrich ciliates (39.5%) were dominant throughout the study region. With respect to vertical distribution, oligotrich ciliates were abundant in the surface layer, mainly due to suitable food conditions (abundance of diatom and nanoflagellates). Near glaciers, relatively high chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations were found in the subsurface layers associated with the low-temperature, high-turbidity and slightly high nutrient levels, indicating that the nutrient inputs from the upwelling glacial meltwater plume increased primary production. Large-sized Protoperidium spp. were found only at stations near glaciers where nutrients were abundant, and heterotrophic dinoflagellates showed strong relationships with nanoflagellates. These findings suggest that the upwelling associated with subglacial meltwater discharge can stimulate nanoflagellate production, resulting in increases in ciliate and heterotrophic dinoflagellate production.
  • Seasonal changes in the community structure of chaetognaths and the life cycle of the dominant chaetognath Eukrohnia hamata in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
    Yoshimi Tone Matsumoto, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 15, 2, 146, 155, The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology, 2020年05月27日, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical distribution, population structure and developmental characteristics of the less studied but globally distributed mesopelagic copepod Scaphocalanus magnus in the western Arctic Ocean
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Carin J Ashjian, Robert G Campbell, Yoshiyuki Abe
    Journal of Plankton Research, 42, 3, 368, 377, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020年05月27日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract
    Scaphocalanus magnus is a large copepod species with a worldwide distribution. Information on the ecology of this species is scarce. In this study, S. magnus was collected using vertically stratified net sampling from an ice station in the western Arctic Ocean over a year. The vertical distribution differed between periods of polar night and midnight sun, with core depth distributions of 264–381 m for the polar night and 518–745 m for the midnight sun. The shallower distribution during the polar night may have resulted from the animals moving upwards to find sufficient food during the less productive season. The abundance of early copepodite stages showed clear seasonality. The C2 and C3 stages were abundant June–August and August–September, respectively. After C4, seasonality in abundance was not clear. For C4 and C5, body sizes and masses were greater for males than for females while the opposite was the case for C6. Adult males do not feed and thus have shorter life spans than females, skewing the adult sex ratio towards females. For these mesopelagic particle feeding copepods, a long residence time at C6F suggests that in a varying food environment, it is possible to wait to initiate reproduction until favourable food conditions occur.
  • Tracking long-distance migration of marine fishes using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids
    Matsubayashi, J., Osada, Y., Tadokoro, K., Abe, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Shirai, K., Honda, K., Yoshikawa, C., Ogawa, N.O., Ohkouchi, N., Ishikawa, N.F., Nagata, T., Miyamoto, H., Nishino, S. and Tayasu, I.
    Ecology Letters, 23, 5, 881, 890, 2020年03月24日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Contrasting assemblages of seabirds in the subglacial meltwater plume and oceanic water of Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland
    Nishizawa, B, N. Kanna, Y. Abe, Y. Ohashi, D. Sakakibara, I. Asaji, S. Sugiyama, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Watanuki
    ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77, 711, 720, 2020年03月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Morphological and genetic confirmation of extensive distribution of a pelagic polychaete Poeobius meseres Heath, 1930 (Annelida Flabelligeridae)
    Jimi, N, Yamaguchi, A, Fujiwara, Y
    Biodiversity Journal, 10, 4, 325, 328, 2019年12月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
  • 初夏のオホーツク海における深海におよぶ優占大型カイアシ類の鉛直分布および個体群構造
    柊 萌乃, 山口 篤
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 69, 2, 83, 91, 2019年12月, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国内誌]
  • Ingestion rates and grazing impacts of Arctic and Pacific copepods in the western Arctic Ocean during autumn
    Matsuno, K, Fujiwara, A, Hirawake, T, Yamaguchi, A
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 69, 2, 93, 102, 2019年12月, [最終著者], [国際誌]
  • Ontogenetic vertical migration of the mesopelagic carnivorous copepod Paraeuchaeta spp. is related to their increase in body mass
    Yamaguchi, A, Ashjian, C.J, Campbell, R.G, Abe, Y
    Journal of Plankton Research, 41, 5, 791, 797, 2019年11月, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者], [国際共著], [国際誌]
  • The community composition of diatom resting stages in sediments of the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018: the relationship to the interannual changes in the extent of the sea ice
    Fukai, Y, Matsuno, K, Fujiwara, A, Yamaguchi, A
    Polar Biology, 42, 10, 1915, 1922, 2019年10月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
  • 2005年5月の中部日本海能登半島周辺海域におけるカイアシ類ノープリウスの水平分布
    髙橋 卓, 森本晴之, 後藤常夫, 井口直樹, 山口 篤
    日本プランクトン学会報, 66, 2, 60, 71, 2019年08月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国内誌]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 光学式プランクトンカウンターによる夏季の西部北太平洋における動物プランクトン群集のサイズ構造解析
    三島かおり, 松野孝平, 山口 篤
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 69, 1, 37, 45, 2019年08月, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
  • 4連ノルパックネットを用いたネット目合いの違いが濾過効率と採集効率に与える影響に関する研究
    濵 斉之, 阿部義之, 松野孝平, 山口 篤
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 69, 1, 47, 56, 2019年08月, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
  • Surface zooplankton size and taxonomic composition in Bowdoin Fjord, north-western Greenland: A comparison of ZooScan, OPC and microscopic analyses
    Naito, A, Abe, Y, Matsuno, K, Nishizawa, B, Kanna, N, Sugiyama, S, Yamaguchi, A
    Polar Science, 19, 120, 129, 2019年03月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
  • Yearly comparison of the planktonic chaetognath community in the Chukchi Sea in the summers of 1991 and 2007
    Amano, K, Abe, Y, Matsuno, K, Yamaguchi, A
    Polar Science, 19, 112, 119, 2019年03月, [査読有り], [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
  • Seasonal phenology of four dominant copepods in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean: Insights from statistical analyses of sediment trap data
    Tokuhiro, K, Abe, Y, Matsuno, K, Onodera, J, Fujiwara, A, Harada, N, Hirawake, T, Yamaguchi, A
    Polar Science, 19, 94, 111, 2019年03月, [査読有り], [最終著者], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Horizontal and vertical distribution of the appendicularian community and population structure in the Bering and Chukchi Seas during the summer of 2007
    Maekakuchi, M, Abe, Y, Matsuno, K, Hirawake, T, Yamaguchi, A
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 68, 3, 43, 49, 2018年12月, [最終著者, 責任著者], [国際誌]
  • Gazelletta kashiwaensis sp. nov. (Medusettidae, Phaeodaria, Cercozoa), its morphology, phylogeny, distribution, and feeding behavior
    Nakamura, Y, Somiya, R, Kanda, M, Yamaguchi, A, Tuji, A, Hori, R.S
    Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 65, 6, 923, 927, 2018年11月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • アリューシャンマジック体験記
    山口 篤
    日本水産学会誌, 84, 4, 744, 747, 2018年08月, [招待有り], [筆頭著者, 最終著者, 責任著者], [国内誌]
    日本語
  • アオコ原因種Microcystis aeruginosa と水中および水草ヒシの殺藻・増殖阻害細菌の季節変動
    大洞裕貴, 宮下洋平, 小林淳希, 織田さやか, 田中邦明, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    藻類, 66, 2, 111, 117, 2018年07月, [査読有り], [国内誌]
    日本語
  • Distribution of viable resting stage cells of diatoms in sediments and water columns of the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean
    Tsukazaki, C, Ishii, K.-i, Matsuno, K, Yamaguchi, A, Imai, I
    Phycologia, 57, 4, 440, 452, 2018年06月, [査読有り], [国際誌]
  • First record of the larvae of tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi in the Chukchi Sea: A future northward expansion in the Arctic?
    Jose M. Landeira, Kohei Matsuno, Yuji Tanaka, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Polar Science, 16, 86, 89, 2018年06月, [査読有り], [国際共著], [国際誌]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal variability of zooplankton size spectra at Mombetsu Harbour in the southern Okhotsk Sea during 2011: An analysis using an optical plankton counter
    Hikaru Hikichi, Daichi Arima, Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Soshi Hamaoka, Seiji Katakura, Hiromi Kasai, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Regional Studies in Marine Science, 20, 34, 44, Elsevier B.V., 2018年04月01日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Comparisons between POC and zooplankton swimmer flux from sediment traps in the subarctic and subtropical North Pacific
    Naoya Yokoi, Yoshiyuki Abe, Minoru Kitamura, Makio C. Honda, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 133, 19, 26, Elsevier Ltd, 2018年03月01日, [査読有り], [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 2015年夏季北海道函館湾における有害渦鞭毛藻Karenia mikimotoiの初検出および2015-2016年の出現動態
    各務彰記, 森田航也, 嶋田 宏, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    日本プランクトン学会報, 65, 1, 1, 11, 2018年02月, [査読有り], [国内誌]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • SKQ201709S Cruise Report to the Arctic Integrated Research Program
    Danielson et
    North Pacific Research Board, 2017年12月
  • Evidence of increased toxic Alexandrium tamarense dinoflagellate blooms in the eastern Bering Sea in the summers of 2004 and 2005
    Masafumi Natsuike, Rui Saito, Amane Fujiwara, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Naonobu Shiga, Toru Hirawake, Takashi Kikuchi, Shigeto Nishino, Ichiro Imai
    PLOS ONE, 12, 11, e0188565, 2017年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Abundance, development stage, and size of decapod larvae through the Bering and Chukchi Seas during summer
    Jose M. Landeira, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Toru Hirawake, Takashi Kikuchi
    POLAR BIOLOGY, 40, 9, 1805, 1819, 2017年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Inter-oceanic differences in macrozooplankton biomas and community structure in four regions around Hokkaido Island, Japan : consequences for marine ecosystem structure
    Tomiyama, K, Matsuno, K, Abe, Y, Shimada, H, Yamaguchi, A
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 67, 2, 25, 34, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2017年08月
    英語, Inter-oceanic differences in macrozooplankton(euphausiids, amphipods, cnidarians and chaetognaths) biomass and community structure were studied in four regions(northern Japan Sea, southern Okhotsk Sea, Donan and Doto areas of North Pacific) around Hokkaido Island. Whole zooplankton biomass ranged between 25 and 315 g WM m-2 and was significantly higher in the southern Okhotsk Sea. Macrozooplankton composed 5-15% of the whole zooplankton biomass. Across all macrozooplankton taxa, the number of species varied with region : the fewest species(2-4 species) were in the southern Okhotsk Sea, followed by the northern Japan Sea(3-5 species), and the most species(4-9 species) were in the Donan and Doto areas of the North Pacific. Depth topography and thermal conditions are considered possible causes of the differences in species richness across regions. Through inter-oceanic comparison, marine ecosystem characteristics of each region were evaluated. The zooplankton community in the northern Japan Sea was characterized by a predominance of carnivorous macrozooplankton taxa(amphipods, cnidarians and chaetognaths) and fewer herbivorous taxa(euphausiids and mesozooplankton), and it was determined to be as a top-down controlled ecosystem. In contrast, in the southern Okhotsk Sea, the zooplankton community was predominated by herbivorous mesozooplankton and euphausiids, and the marine ecosystem was determined to be a bottom-up control region. In the North Pacific, zooplankton community in the Doto area was predominated by chaetognaths. The zooplankton community in the Donan area showed mixed characteristics of the Doto area and the northern Japan Sea because of the seasonal water mass exchange from these two regions.
  • A light in the dark: ecology, evolution and molecular basis of copepod bioluminescence
    Yasuhiro Takenaka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yasushi Shigeri
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 39, 3, 369, 378, 2017年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Optics-based surveys of large unicellular zooplankton: a case study on radiolarians and phaeodarians
    Yasuhide Nakamura, Rei Somiya, Noritoshi Suzuki, Mitsuko Hidaka-Umetsu, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Dhugal J. Lindsay
    PLANKTON & BENTHOS RESEARCH, 12, 2, 95, 103, 2017年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • The physiological adaptations and toxin profiles of the toxic Alexandrium fundyense on the eastern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea shelves
    Masafumi Natsuike, Hiroshi Oikawa, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    HARMFUL ALGAE, 63, 13, 22, 2017年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Fukushima-derived radiocesium in the western North Pacific in 2014
    Yuichiro Kumamoto, Michio Aoyama, Yasunori Hamajima, Hisao Nagai, Takeyasu Yamagata, Yoshimi Kawai, Eitarou Oka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Keiri Imai, Akihiko Murata
    JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, 311, 2, 1209, 1217, 2017年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Length-weight Relationships and Chemical Composition of the Dominant Mesozooplankton Taxa/species in the Subarctic Pacific, with Special Reference to the Effect of Lipid Accumulation in Copepoda
    Asami Nakamura, Kohei Matsuno, Yoshiyuki Abe, Hiroshi Shimada, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, 56, 13, 13, 2017年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • First record of the doliolid genus Paradoliopsis in the Pacific Ocean
    Dhugal J. Lindsay, Jun Nishikawa, Keisuke Sunahara, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 12, 1, 66, 70, 2017年, [査読有り]
  • Possible spreading of toxic Alexandrium tamarense blooms on the Chukchi Sea shelf with the inflow of Pacific summer water due to climatic warming
    Masafumi Natsuike, Kohei Matsuno, Toru Hirawake, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Shigeto Nishino, Ichiro Imai
    HARMFUL ALGAE, 61, 80, 86, 2017年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal distribution of short-tailed shearwaters and their prey in the Bering and Chukchi seas
    Bungo Nishizawa, Kohei Matsuno, Elizabeth A. Labunski, Kathy J. Kuletz, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yutaka Watanuki
    BIOGEOSCIENCES, 14, 1, 203, 214, 2017年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Latitudinal variations in the abundance, biomass, taxonomic composition and estimated production of epipelagic mesozooplankton along the 155°E longitude in the western North Pacific during spring
    Yamaguchi, A, Matsuno, K, Abe, Y, Arima, D, Imai, I
    Progress in Oceanography, 150, 13, 19, 2017年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Regional patterns and controlling factors on summer population structure of Calanus glacialis in the western Arctic Ocean
    Kohei Matsuno, Yoshiyuki Abe, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Kikuchi
    POLAR SCIENCE, 10, 4, 503, 510, 2016年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Comparative ecology of three dominant pelagic chaetognaths (Eukrohnia hamata, Parasagitta elegans, Pseudosagitta scrippsae) in the Oyashio region during the spring phytoplankton bloom
    Yoshiyuki Abe, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Rui Saito, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, 8, 122, 132, 2016年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatial and geographical changes in the mesozooplankton community in the Bering and Chukchi Seas during the summers of 2007 and 2008
    Kohei Matsuno, Jose M. Landeira Sanchez, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Toru Hirawake, Takashi Kikuchi
    POLAR SCIENCE, 10, 3, 335, 345, 2016年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in mesozooplankton swimmer community and fecal pellets collected by sediment trap moored at the Northwind Abyssal Plain in the western Arctic Ocean
    Matsuno, K, Yamaguchi, A, Fujiwara, A, Onodera, J, Watanabe. E, Harada, N, Kikuchi, T
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 66, 2, 77, 85, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2016年08月10日
    英語, In the western Arctic Ocean, the long sea ice coverage period prevents year-round seasonal zooplankton sampling by ordinary ship-board observation. To overcome these problems, the analysis of zooplankton swimmers in samples collected by a year-round moored sediment trap may be a powerful tool. In this study, we studied seasonal changes in zooplankton swimmer community and fecal pellets collected by a sediment trap moored at fixed depths(180-260m) of the Northwind Abyssal Plain in the western Arctic Ocean from October 2010 to September 2012. The fecal pellets were separated into four types : oval, cylinder, spherical and brown-colored pellets. The occurrence of brown-colored pellets was limited to the open water period(July-August) and reached 80% of the total at that time. Ship-board experiments showed that the brown-colored fecal pellets were egested by amphipods(Themisto libellula). The high occurrence of brown-colored fecal pellets during the open water period might be a reflection of the massive feeding activity of amphipods. Zooplankton swimmer flux ranged from 35-739 ind m-2 day-1, and poecilostomatoid copepods were the most abundant(accounted for 69% of the annual mean). Seasonally, barnacle and bivalve larvae were abundant during August-September and August-November, respectively. These meroplanktionic larvae were considered to be transported by current flow from the southern continental shelf, whereas they were absent from summer to autumn 2012. The annual changes in meroplanktonic larvae occurrence would be a reflection of the annual changes in water mass formation at the upper layer of the sediment trap moored station.
  • Distribution of Arctic and Pacific copepods and their habitat in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas
    Hiroko Sasaki, Kohei Matsuno, Amane Fujiwara, Misaki Onuka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiromichi Ueno, Yutaka Watanuki, Takashi Kikuchi
    BIOGEOSCIENCES, 13, 15, 4555, 4567, 2016年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 北海道大沼国定公園内の湖沼群におけるヨシ由来の細菌によるアオコ発生制御の可能性
    小島千里, 宮下洋平, 萩原 匠, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 66, 1, 19, 28, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2016年03月10日
    日本語, Toxic blooms of cyanobacteria have negative impacts on fresh water ecosystems, and there is an urgent need to develop strategies to control those blooms. Algicidal bacteria that kill noxious species of cyanobacteria are expected as tools for mitigating impacts of the toxic cyanobacterial blooms. This study carried out to search algicidal bacteria against toxic cyanobacteria from biofilm on reeds and water samples in reed communities in Ohnuma Quasi-National Park and evaluated for control ability of cyanobacterial bloom by bacteria from reeds. Bacteria were isolated from the biofilm on reed and water samples, and the algicidal ability was examined using Microcystis aeruginosa by co-culture experiments. Algicidal bacteria were detected in high densities(order of 10⁵-10⁶ CFU g⁻¹ wet reed weight) from the biofilm of reeds including artificially planted reeds. Water samples from reed communities also contained more algicidal bacteria than those samples from no reed communities. The results suggested a possibility that reeds supply algicidal bacteria to adjacent water and reed communities have high potential ability to control toxic cyanobacterial blooms via bacteria possessing algicidal and groth-inhibiting activities.
  • 西部北太平洋155°E線に沿った春季植物プランクトン群集の水平および鉛直分布:多波長励起蛍光光度計による解析
    松本健太郎, 有馬大地, 松野孝平, 山﨑康裕, 大西広二, 大木淳之, 平譯 享, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 66, 1, 29, 38, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2016年03月
    日本語, The spring phytoplankton community in the western North Pacific is characterized by large variability in both the horizontal and verical dimensions. To evaluate this variability, phytoplankton communitiesat 39°30'N-44°00'N along 155°E were investigated in situ using a multi-excitation fluorometer during May 2014. The sea surface chlorophyll a(Chi. a) level was high and composed mainly of diatoms near 43°30'N-42'N, while it was low and composed of dinoflagellates south of 40°N. Based on seven fixed-station investigations, the phytoplanklton communities were classified into 4 types : a low Chl. a level before bloom (44°N), massive diatom bloom(42°N-43°N), low Chl. a level with dinoflagellates(40°N-41°N) and lowest Chl.a(at the southernmost station at 39°30'N). These phytoplankton communities corresponded with the formation of a water mass separating the Subartctic front(SAF) and Subarctic boundary(SAB). Multi-excitation fluorometry data showed a high correlation with Chl. a measurements obtained via Thrmo-salinometer and biovolume microscopic analyses(r²=0.67-0.97,p<0.05). Thus, we concluded that a multi-excitation fluorometer can be applied for the evaluation of detailed spatial and temporal changes in the phytoplankton community at various locations.
  • SEASONAL ABUNDANCE, POPULATION STRUCTURE, SEX RATIO AND GONAD MATURATION OF METRIDIA OKHOTENSIS BRODSKY, 1950 IN THE OKHOTSK SEA: ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES COLLECTED BY PUMPING UP FROM DEEP WATER
    Daichi Arima, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Nobetsu, Ichiro Imai
    CRUSTACEANA, 89, 2, 151, 161, 2016年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Short-term changes in a microplankton community in the Chukchi Sea during autumn: consequences of a strong wind event
    Naoya Yokoi, Kohei Matsuno, Mutsuo Ichinomiya, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Shigeto Nishino, Jonaotaro Onodera, Jun Inoue, Takashi Kikuchi
    BIOGEOSCIENCES, 13, 4, 913, 923, 2016年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Short-term changes in abundance and population structure of dominant pelagic amphipod species in the Oyashio region during the spring phytoplankton bloom
    Yoshiyuki Abe, Yuichiro Yamada, Rui Saito, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kosei Komatsu, Ichiro Imai
    REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, 3, 154, 162, 2016年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Usefulness of deep-ocean water pumping for the seasonal monitoring of mesozooplankton
    Daichi Arima, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Nobetsu, Ichiro Imai
    REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, 3, 18, 24, 2016年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in the population structure of dominant planktonic copepods collected using a sediment trap moored in the western Arctic Ocean
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Amane Fujiwara, Jonaotaro Onodera, Eiji Watanabe, Naomi Harada, Takashi Kikuchi
    JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 49, 45-48, 2711, 2726, 2015年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Inter-oceanic comparison of planktonic copepod ecology (vertical distribution, abundance, community structure, population structure and body size) between the Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio region in autumn
    Atsushi Yamaguchi
    JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 49, 45-48, 2743, 2757, 2015年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Enhanced role of eddies in the Arctic marine biological pump (vol 5, 3950, 2014)
    Eiji Watanabe, Jonaotaro Onodera, Naomi Harada, Makio C. Honda, Katsunori Kimoto, Takashi Kikuchi, Shigeto Nishino, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Akio Ishida, Michio J. Kishi
    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6, 8441, 2015年09月, [査読有り]
    英語
  • Long-Term Changes in Summer Zooplankton Communities of the Western Chukchi Sea, 1945-2012
    Elizaveta A. Ershova, Russell R. Hopcroft, Ksenia N. Kosobokova, Kohei Matsuno, R. John Nelson, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Lisa B. Eisner
    OCEANOGRAPHY, 28, 3, 100, 115, 2015年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Molecular Phylogeny of the Widely Distributed Marine Protists, Phaeodaria (Rhizaria, Cercozoa)
    Yasuhide Nakamura, Ichiro Imai, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Akihiro Tuji, Fabrice Not, Noritoshi Suzuki
    PROTIST, 166, 3, 363, 373, 2015年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Reproductive success of Pacific copepods in the Arctic Ocean and the possibility of changes in the Arctic ecosystem
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Toru Hirawake, Shigeto Nishino, Jun Inoue, Takashi Kikuchi
    POLAR BIOLOGY, 38, 7, 1075, 1079, 2015年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • [Structure, application, and evolution of copepod luciferases].
    Yasuhiro Takenaka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yasushi Shigeri
    Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society, 87, 1, 138, 43, 2015年02月, [国内誌]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 北海道噴火湾における有害赤潮形成ラフィド藻Heterosigma akashiwoの季節変動
    夏池真史, 金森 誠, 馬場勝寿, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    日本プランクトン学会報, 62, 1, 1, 7, 日本プランクトン学会, 2015年02月01日, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Heterosigma akashiwo (Hada) Hadaはラフィド藻綱(Class Raphidophyceae)の1種であり,2本の亜等長の鞭毛を持つ細胞長8-25μm,幅6-15μM程度,楕円形でやや扁平な植物プランクトンである。本種は赤潮を形成して養殖魚類の斃死を引き起こす有害赤潮形成種である。本種赤潮による漁業被害として,日本では養殖ブリ類(ハマチ,カンパチ,ヒラマサ),マダイ,シマアジ(本城1997,折田ほか1999,今井2013),外国では亜寒帯に位置するカナダ(Tayler 1990)や温帯に位置するニュージーランドなどで(Chang et al. 1990)で養殖サケ類の斃死が報告されている。本種はわが国において北海道小樽から沖縄県糸満までの亜寒帯から亜熱帯で出現が確認されており(原1990),三陸沿岸から東京湾,伊勢湾,瀬戸内海や四国および九州沿岸域などの本州以南の太平洋側の沿岸域を中心に赤潮の形成が報告されている(本城1997,西谷ほか2013)。本種の北海道における出現は,小樽,函館湾および噴火湾において報告されている程度であり(原1990,本城1997,夏池ほか2012),本種の北海道における生態はほとんど明らかにされていない。そこで,本研究では亜寒帯に位置する北海道南部の噴火湾内の2定点において2年4ヶ月にわたる定期調査を行い,北日本では初めて本種の周年に亘る出現状況および本種出現と環境条件との関係を調べたので報告する。
  • Short-term changes in a microplankton community in the Chukchi Sea during autumn: consequences of a strong wind event.               
    Yokoi N, Matsuno K, Ichinomiya M, Yamaguchi A, Nishino S, Onodera J, Inoue J, Kikuchi T
    Biogeosciences, 12, 8789, 8817, 2015年, [査読有り]
  • SEASONAL AND INTER-SPECIES COMPARISON OF ASYMMETRY IN THE GENITAL SYSTEM OF SOME SPECIES OF THE OCEANIC COPEPOD GENUS METRIDIA (COPEPODA, CALANOIDA)
    Daichi Arima, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Nobetsu, Ichiro Imai
    CRUSTACEANA, 88, 12-14, 1307, 1321, 2015年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Short-term changes in the mesozooplankton community and copepod gut pigment in the Chukchi Sea in autumn: reflections of a strong wind event
    K. Matsuno, A. Yamaguchi, S. Nishino, J. Inoue, T. Kikuchi
    BIOGEOSCIENCES, 12, 13, 4005, 4015, 2015年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatial changes in the vertical distribution of calanoid copepods down to great depths in the North Pacific
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuno, Tomoe Homma
    ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, 54, 13, 13, 2015年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatial and temporal changes in zooplankton abundance, biovolume, and size spectra in the neighboring waters of Japan: analyses using an optical plankton counter
    Kaede Sato, Kohei Matsuno, Daichi Arima, Yoshiyuki Abe, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, 54, 18, 18, 2015年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical profiles of marine particulates: a step towards global scale comparisons using an Autonomous Visual Plankton Recorder
    Lindsay, D.J, Yamaguchi, A, Grossmann, M.M, Nishikawa, J, Sabates, A, Fuentes, V, Hall, M, Sunahara, K, Yamamoto, H
    Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan, 61, 1, 72, 81, 日本プランクトン学会, 2014年12月, [査読有り]
    英語
  • Changes in abundances of Alexandrium tamarense resting cysts after the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan
    Masafumi Natsuike, Makoto Kanamori, Katsuhisa Baba, Kazuomi Moribe, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    HARMFUL ALGAE, 39, 271, 279, 2014年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in zooplankton abundance, biomass, size structure and dominant copepods in the Oyashio region analysed by an optical plankton counter
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuno, Yoshiyuki Abe, Daichi Arima, Kohei Ohgi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 91, 115, 124, 2014年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Horizontal distribution of microprotist community structure in the western Arctic Ocean during late summer and early fall of 2010
    Kohei Matsuno, Mutsuo Ichinomiya, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai, Takashi Kikuchi
    POLAR BIOLOGY, 37, 8, 1185, 1195, 2014年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Enhanced role of eddies in the Arctic marine biological pump
    Eiji Watanabe, Jonaotaro Onodera, Naomi Harada, Makio C. Honda, Katsunori Kimoto, Takashi Kikuchi, Shigeto Nishino, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Akio Ishida, Michio J. Kishi
    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 5, 3950, 3950, 2014年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • SEASONAL CHANGES IN BODY SIZE AND OIL SAC VOLUME OF THREE PLANKTONIC COPEPODS, PARACALANUS PARVUS (CLAUS, 1863), PSEUDOCALANUS NEWMANI FROST, 1989 AND OITHONA SIMILIS CLAUS, 1866, IN A TEMPERATE EMBAYMENT: WHAT CONTROLS THEIR SEASONALITY?
    Daichi Arima, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Abe, Kohei Matsuno, Rui Saito, Hiroki Asami, Hiroshi Shimada, Ichiro Imai
    CRUSTACEANA, 87, 3, 364, 375, 2014年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • The seagrass Zostera marina harbors growth-inhibiting bacteria against the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
    Yuka Onishi, Yuka Mohri, Akihiro Tuji, Kohei Ohgi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    FISHERIES SCIENCE, 80, 2, 353, 362, 2014年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Seasonal changes in mesozooplankton swimmers collected by sediment trap moored at a single station on the Northwind Abyssal Plain in the western Arctic Ocean
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Amane Fujiwara, Jonaotaro Onodera, Eiji Watanabe, Ichiro Imai, Sanae Chiba, Naomi Harada, Takashi Kikuchi
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 36, 2, 490, 502, 2014年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Plankton research using imaging technologies" preface and program
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Dhugal Lindsay, Kazuhiko Koike
    Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan, 61, 1, 32, 33, 2014年02月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Seasonal changes in zooplankton community structure in Ishikari Bay, Japan Sea
    Arima, D, Yamaguchi, A, Abe, Y, Matsuno, K, Saito, R, Asami, H, Shimada, H, Imai, I
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 64, 1, 17, 23, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2014年
    英語, Seasonal changes in the zooplankton community in Ishikari Bay, northern Japan Sea were studied based on monthly samplescollected by vertical hauls of a 100 μm mesh NORPAC net from March 2001 to May 2002. Zooplankton abundancepeaked in May and was mainly composed of copepodid stages of copepods. Cluster analysis of copepod abundance separatedthe community into two main groups : group A was observed from January to June (winter and spring) and group B from July toDecember (summer and autumn). Groups A and B were composed of cold and warm water species, respectively. Speciesdiversity was high for group B. As the second dominant taxa, copepod nauplii dominated during winter and spring, whereasmolluscs and appendicularians were abundant during summer and autumn. Copepod nauplii in winter and spring likely reflectthe copepod reproduction initiated by spring the phytoplankton bloom. Molluscs in summer and autumn were composed ofplanktonic larvae of benthos (=meroplankton). Appendicularians during summer and autumn are oceanic and considered tohave been transported by the Tsushima warm current. High copepod species diversity during summer and autumn might alsobe related to the Tsushima warm current.
  • Influences of mesoscale anticyclonic eddies on the zooplankton community south of the western Aleutian Islands during the summer of 2010
    Rui Saito, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Yasuda, Hiromichi Ueno, Hiromu Ishiyama, Hiroji Onishi, Ichiro Imai
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 36, 1, 117, 128, 2014年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • East-west differences in population structure and vertical distribution of copepods along 47°N in the subarctic Pacific in June 2009
    Yamaguchi A, Homma T, Saito R, Matsuno K, Ueno H, Hirawake T, Imai I
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 8, 3, 116, 123, Plankton Society of Japan, 2014年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Aulographis japonica sp. nov. (Phaeodaria, Aulacanthida, Aulacanthidae), an abundant zooplankton in the deep Sea of the sea of Japan
    Yasuhide Nakamura, Ichiro Imai, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Akihiro Tuji, Noritoshi Suzuki
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 8, 3, 107, 115, Plankton Society of Japan, 2014年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Short-term changes in the population structure of hydromedusa Aglantha digitale during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region
    Abe, Y, Yamaguchi, A, Matsuno, K, Kono, T, Imai, I
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 64, 3, 71, 81, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2014年
    英語, To evaluate the effects of water mass changes and the spring phytoplankton bloom, we analysed short-term changes in thepopulation structure of the dominant hydromedusa Aglantha digitale in the Oyashio region during March-April 2007. Sampleswere collected with Bongo nets at night via oblique towing from a depth of 200 m to the surface on eight occasions in March andApril of 2007. The abundance, biomass and mature individual compositions of A. digitale rapidly increased from Aprilonward. During April, the reproduction and growth of A. digitale is achieved due to the initiation of the spring phytoplanktonbloom and the increase in small copepods. Based on dry mass, the growth rate of A. digitale (1.3% day-1) was lower than thereported maximum value (4.9% day-1) for this species. The rapid exchange of the dominant water masses was also observedduring spring in the Oyashio region. Significant effects of water mass exchange were detected in the abundance, biomass andbody sizes of A. digitale. Thus, the abundance, biomass and population structure of A. digitale in the Oyashio region may bealtered during spring by two factors : internal growth and external water mass exchange.
  • 北海道東部厚岸湖および厚岸湾における微生物食物網を構成する微生物群の春季から初夏の変動
    大西由花, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 64, 2, 45, 54, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究科編集出版委員会, 2014年
    日本語, Temporal fluctuations of bacteria, heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF), autotrophic nanoflagellates (ANF) and ciliates wereinvestigated from spring to early summer at the stations in Akkeshi-ko Estuary with large scale seagrass bed of Zostera marinaand Akkeshi Bay, Eastern Hokkaodo, Japan. The ranges of bacterial density were 5.4×105-3.0×106 cells mL-1 in Akkeshi-koEstuary (Stn. 1) and 2.3×105-1.9×106 cells mL-1 in Akkeshi Bay (Stns. 2, 3). The ranges of HNF were 3.1×102-3.3×103cells mL-1 in the estuary and 2.2×101-1.1×103 cells mL-1 in the bay. The densities of ANF were 1.8×102-5.0×104 cells mL-1(Stn. 1) and 2.2×101-3.6×104 cells mL-1 (Stns. 2, 3). The densities of microorganisms were higher in the coastal area than offshore. In contrast, ciliate densities were <80-9.8×103 inds. L-1 in the estuary and <80-1.1×104 inds. L-1 in the bay. Significantcorrelations were found between HNF and ANF, temperature and them, suggesting that major parts of ANF were mixotrophsof bacterial grazers like HNF.
  • Variation in assimilation efficiencies of dominant Neocalanus and Eucalanus copepods in the subarctic Pacific: Consequences for population structure models
    Yoshiyuki Abe, Masafumi Natsuike, Kohei Matsuno, Takeshi Terui, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 449, 321, 329, 2013年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Computational analysis and functional expression of ancestral copepod luciferase
    Yasuhiro Takenaka, Akiko Noda-Ogura, Tadashi Imanishi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Gojobori, Yasushi Shigeri
    Gene, 528, 2, 201, 205, 2013年10月10日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Interannual changes in the zooplankton community structure on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf during summers of 1994-2009
    Rie Ohashi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuno, Rui Saito, Nao Yamada, Anai Iijima, Naonobu Shiga, Ichiro Imai
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 94, 44, 56, 2013年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Distribution of viable diatom resting stage cells in bottom sediments of the eastern Bering Sea shelf
    Chiko Tsukazaki, Ken-Ichiro Ishii, Rui Saito, Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 94, 22, 30, 2013年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Abundance and distribution of toxic Alexarzdrium tamarense resting cysts in the sediments of the Chukchi Sea and the eastern Bering Sea
    Masafumi Natsuike, Satoshi Nagai, Kohei Matsuno, Rui Saito, Chiko Tsukazaki, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    HARMFUL ALGAE, 27, 52, 59, 2013年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • LIFE HISTORY AND PRODUCTION OF PELAGIC MYSIDS AND DECAPODS IN THE OYASHIO REGION, JAPAN
    Kana Chikugo, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuno, Rui Saito, Ichiro Imai
    CRUSTACEANA, 86, 4, 449, 474, 2013年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 光学式プランクトンカウンターによる北太平洋外洋域における動物プランクトン群集の空間変動解析
    塩田知也, 阿部義之, 齋藤 類, 松野孝平, 山口 篤, 今井一郎
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 63, 1, 13, 22, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究科, 2013年
    日本語, 海洋生態系において,動物プランクトンのサイズ毎の現存量を把握することは,動物プランクトンのサイズ組成が,魚類仔稚魚の餌選択性,成長および生残に影響を与えること,また鉛直的な有機物輸送量を決定することから,水産学および海洋学いずれの視点においても重要である。動物プランクトンサイズ組成に関する情報はその重要性にも関わらず,特にその時空間変動に関する知見は乏しいのが現状である。その理由として,従来の顕微鏡による解析には多大な労力,膨大な時間および動物プランクトンの形態分類についての専門的な知識が必要となることが挙げられる。こうした問題の解決策として,従来の顕微鏡解析に比べて正確,簡便かつ短時間にサイズ分布の解析が可能な光学式プランクトンカウンター(OPC: Optical Plankton Counter; Herman,1988)が導入されている。
  • The uROV PICASSO, the Visual Plankton Recorder, and other attempts to image plankton
    Dhugal Lindsay, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shojiro Ishibashi, Mitsuko Umetsu, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Jun Nishikawa, James Davis Reimer, Hiromi Watanabe, Katsunori Fujikura, Tadashi Maruyama
    2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (UT), 2013年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Biomass size spectra of mesozooplankton in the Chukchi Sea during the summers of 1991/1992 and 2007/2008: an analysis using optical plankton counter data
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE, 69, 7, 1205, 1217, 2012年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 日本東方海域における浮遊性ヤムシ類の動物相と分布生態に関するレビュー (ヤムシ研究会ワークショップ論文集)
    山口 篤, 小鳥 守之
    日本プランクトン学会報, 59, 2, 98, 101, 日本プランクトン学会, 2012年08月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Short-term changes in population structure and vertical distribution of mesopelagic copepods during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region
    Yoshiyuki Abe, Ken-ichiro Ishii, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Imai
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 65, 100, 112, 2012年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Planktonic Copepods
    Yasuhiro Takenaka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Naoki Tsuruoka, Masaki Torimura, Takashi Gojobori, Yasushi Shigeri
    MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 29, 6, 1669, 1681, 2012年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Comparison of warm and cold years on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf and some implications for the ecosystem
    Phyllis J. Stabeno, Nancy B. Kachel, Sue E. Moore, Jeffrey M. Napp, Michael Sigler, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Alexandre N. Zerbini
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 65-70, 31, 45, 2012年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Pan-North Pacific comparison of long-term variation in Neocalanus copepods based on stable isotope analysis
    Sanae Chiba, Hiroya Sugisaki, Akira Kuwata, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Toru Kobari, Atsushi Yamaguchi, David L. Mackas
    PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 97, 63, 75, 2012年05月, [査読有り]
    英語
  • Horizontal distribution of calanoid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean during the summer of 2008
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Koji Shimada, Ichiro Imai
    POLAR SCIENCE, 6, 1, 105, 119, 2012年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Geographical variations in abundance and body size of the hydromedusa Aglantha digitale in the northern North Pacific and its adjacent seas
    Shiota T, Yamaguchi A, Saito R, Imai I
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 62, 3, 63, 69, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2012年
    英語, 研究論文(大学,研究機関等紀要), Geographical variations in abundance and body size of the hydromedusa Aglantha digitale (O.F. Müller, 1766) were evaluated in the northern North Pacific (NP), the water around Aleutian Islands (AL), eastern Bering Sea shelf (BS) and Chukchi Sea (CH) during the summers of 2007 and 2008. Abundances of A. digitale ranged between 38 and 221 ind. m-2, and had significant inverse relationships with the proportion of mature individuals. While abundances showed large annual variability, body sizes had a common regional pattern both 2007 and 2008. Body size and minimum size of maturity A. digitale were smaller in the BS and CH than those in the NP and AL. The smaller size at maturity in the BS and CH suggests regional variations in the acquired energy budget. The rapid maturity and reproduction in the BS and CH may indicate that they utilize acquired energy to mature and reproduce from smaller body sizes, while slow maturity in the NP and AL may imply that they convert acquired energy to somatic growth first.
  • Abundance, biomass and body size of the hydromedusa Aglantha digitale in the western and eastern subarctic Pacific during the summers of 2003-2006
    Rui Saito, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Kenshi Kuma, Ichiro Imai
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 7, 2, 96, 99, 2012年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Interannual And Latitudinal Changes in Zooplankton Abundance, Biomass and Size Composition Along a Central North Pacific Transect During Summer: Analyses with an Optical Plankton Counter
    Jumpei Fukuda, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuno, Ichiro Imai
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 7, 2, 64, 74, 2012年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Year-to-year changes of the mesozooplankton community in the Chukchi Sea during summers of 1991, 1992 and 2007, 2008
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Toru Hirawake, Ichiro Imai
    POLAR BIOLOGY, 34, 9, 1349, 1360, 2011年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical segregation within four grazing copepods in the Oyashio region during early spring
    Ken-Ichi Sato, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiromichi Ueno, Tsutomu Ikeda
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 33, 8, 1230, 1238, 2011年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 大型動物プランクトンの日周鉛直移動に伴う物質鉛直フラックス
    山口 篤, 花宮 由理佳, 村瀬 弘人, 渡邉 光
    水産海洋研究, 75, 3, 185, 186, 2011年08月01日
    日本語
  • Vertical changes in abundance, biomass, and community structure of copepods in the northern North Pacific and Bering Sea at 0-3000 m depth, and their role on the vertical flux of surface-produced organic material
    HOMMA Tomoe, YAMAGUCHI Atsushi, BOWER John R.
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 61, 2/3, 29, 47, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院, 2011年
    英語, To evaluate vertical changes in the abundance, biomass, and community structure of copepods and their effect on materialflux, stratified samples were collected at 15 discrete depths between 0 and 3,000 m with a fine mesh size (60 μm) Vertical MultiplePlankton Sampler in the southern Bering Sea and northern North Pacific on 14 and 16 June 2006. Both copepod abundanceand biomass decreased with increasing depth, and both decreases were described well with a power model. A total of 72 calanoidcopepod species belonging to 34 genera and 15 families were identified in the Bering Sea and 63 species belonging to 32genera and 13 families were identified in the northern North Pacific. At both stations, the copepod communities comprised fivegroups that had distinct vertical distribution patterns. The groups at 500-1,500 m were adapted to the oxygen minimum zone,and copepod carcasses outnumbered living specimens at 500-750 m in the northern North Pacific and at 750-1,000 m in the BeringSea. Oxygen levels were very low in the minimum zone in both regions, so the occurrence of a specialized community andthe abundance of carcasses are considered to be a special characteristics at these depth. Based on metabolic rates estimated froman empirical equation, copepods were estimated to consume 20±13% (mean±sd) of the particle organic carbon flux throughoutthe water column in the Bering Sea and 32±19% of the flux in the northern North Pacific. The feeding impact of copepods wasestimated to be greatest at 0-100 m. As the fate of POC flux, heterotrophic bacteria was estimated to be important at 100-1,000m, while most of them were considered to be directly sinking a t1,000-3,000 m.
  • セジメントトラップにより採集された初夏の西部北太平洋亜寒帯域におけるプランクトン群集の短期時系列変動
    大橋 理恵, 石井 健一郎, 藤木 徹一, 喜多村 稔, 松本 和彦, 本多 牧生, 山口 篤
    日本プランクトン学会報, 58, 2, 123, 135, 日本プランクトン学会, 2011年, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), To evaluate short-term changes in planktonic community, we analysed phytoplanktonand zooplankton collected by a sediment trap moored at 150 m of St. K2 (47°N, 160°E) in the western subarctic Pacific with precision of two-day interval during 7 June to 1 July 2006. Phytoplankton flux varied from 480 to 372,290 cells m^-2 day^-1, and had a peak in 17-19 June. Phytoplankton community was composed of five diatom species and one silicoflagellate species. From Bray-Curtis cluster analysis, phytoplankton communities were classified into four groups. Zooplankton abundance ranged from 1,137 to 3,385 inds. m^-2 day^-1 and showed two peaks in 13-15 June and 21-23 June. Throughout the study period, large copepod Eucalanus bungii accounted 50-90% of total zooplankton abundance. Gonad maturation of adult females of E. bungii advanced during the study period: immature occurred before 15 June, developed during 19-27 June and newly recruited specimens to adult females were observed after 25 June. As carnivorous zooplankton, chaetognath community was predominated by Sagitta elegans (99.7% of total abundance). Body length of S. elegans ranged 22-39 mm, and the mean body length gradually increased during the study period (0.21 mm per day, r^2=0.72, p<0.01). Gonad maturation was also observed from immature stages in early June to mature stages in late June. As a characteristics of short-term changes in planktonic community, phytoplankton abundance fluctuated (max : min=780), while stable for zooplankton abundance (max : min=3). Species composition also greatly varied for phytoplankton than that in zooplankton. For zooplankton, development of juvenile and gonad maturation of adult were observed for both herbivores and carnivores. Thus, short-term changes during early summer of subarctic Pacific were characterized by phytoplankton succession in the abundance and species composition and rapid zooplankton growth in the development and maturity.
  • 動物プランクトンに共生する繊毛虫類の生活史と生態的機能
    大塚 攻, 山口 篤, 花村 幸生
    日本プランクトン学会報, 58, 1, 87, 93, 日本プランクトン学会, 2011年, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), 本稿では,動物プランク卜ンとして重要なカイアシ類,アミ類に共生する繊毛虫の生活史,生態,生態的機能について概説する。なお,「共生」に関する厳密な定義は困難である場合があるが(Bush et al. 2001), ここでは相利共生,片利共生,寄生,捕食寄生,便乗なども含む広義の意味で「共生」という言葉を使用し,宿主と共生生物との種間関係が明確でない場合も「共生」という言葉を使用する。通常,宿主が共生生物より体サイズが大きく,宿主と共生生物間に食関係か成立していて宿主になんらかの悪影響がある場合を「寄生」,宿主を確実に死に至らしめる場合を「捕食寄生」と呼ぶこととする。
  • East-west comparison of the zooplankton community in the subarctic Pacific during summers of 2003-2006
    Rui Saito, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Kenshi Kuma, Ichiro Imai
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 33, 1, 145, 160, 2011年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Phenology in large grazing copepods in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
    YAMAGUCHI Atsushi, OHGI Kohei, KOBARI Toru
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 61, 1, 13, 22, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院 = Research Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 2011年
    英語, Seasonal sequence of population structure (=copepodid stage composition) of large grazing copepods (Metridia pacifica, Eucalanus bungii and Neocalanus spp.) was analyzed based on seasonal samples collected with 100 μm mesh nets from 0-500 m stratum at Site H in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific, during 1996-1997 and 2002-2007. On the premise that there are little year-to-year differences, the composite data were arranged to the date of samplings of each year to yield seasonal developmental patterns of each copepod. Seasonal developmental pattern estimated by tracing the sequence of mean copepodid stages of the population at each sampling date revealed that the recruitment season of the population was January for N. cristatus, March for N. flemingeri and May for N. plumchrus and E. bungii. In contrast to these copepods with single recruitment seasons in the year, M. pacifica exhibited two recruitment seasons (mid-May and August) in a year. Phenology in reproduction and development of these copepods reflects their species-specific differences in energy utilization pattern ; M. pacifica and E. bungii spawn in phytoplankton-rich surface layer in spring (females need to feed for spawning) while Neocalanus spp. spawn in deep layer in winter (females do not feed). Development from C1 to C5 of N. cristatus, N. flemingeri and N. plumchrus was in January to June, March to June and May to August, respectively, thus the three sympatric Neocalanus spp. showed a clear temporal separation in the developmental timing in the western subarctic Pacific. This temporal separation in utilizing the surface layer is considered to be a mechanism to reduce inter-specific food competition. Regional comparison of phenology in copepods within the entire subarctic Pacific and its adjacent waters revealed that reproduction timing of the surface spawning M. pacifica and E. bungii was highly variable, while this was not the case for deep spawning Neocalanus spp.
  • Metabolism and elemental composition of the euphausiids Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa inspinata during the phytoplankton bloom season in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific Ocean
    Hye Seon Kim, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ikeda
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, 17-18, 1733, 1741, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Diel and ontogenetic variations in vertical distributions of large grazing copepods during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yuka Onishi, Momoka Kawai, Aya Omata, Mariko Kaneda, Tsutomu Ikeda
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, 17-18, 1691, 1702, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Population structure, egg production and gut content pigment of large grazing copepods during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region
    Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yuka Onishi, Aya Omata, Momoka Kawai, Mariko Kaneda, Tsutomu Ikeda
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, 17-18, 1679, 1690, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Oceanic Ecosystems Comparison Subarctic-Pacific (OECOS): West
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Charles B. Miller
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, 17-18, 1593, 1594, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Population dynamics of the euphausiids Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa inspinata in the Oyashio region during the 2007 spring phytoplankton bloom
    Hye Seon Kim, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ikeda
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, 17-18, 1727, 1732, 2010年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical changes in abundance, biomass and community structure of copepods down to 3000 m in the southern Bering Sea
    Tomoe Homma, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 57, 8, 965, 977, 2010年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 北海道忍路湾におけるネット植物プランクトン群集の長期変動(1984-2004年)
    福井 大介, 北辻 さほ, 池田 勉, 志賀 直信, 山口 篤
    日本プランクトン学会報, 57, 1, 30, 40, 日本プランクトン学会, 2010年02月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), 地球温暖化の海洋生態系へ与える影響を理解する手段のひとつとして、歴史的資料を用いた気候変動と海洋構造の変化、それに伴う生物群集の応答についての長期モニタリングと解析が世界の様々な海域で現在行われている。北海道西部の日本海に面した石狩湾南西部に位置する忍路湾では、1947年から2004年まで長期にわたって定期的な海洋観測と植物プランクトン採集が行なわれ、その一部はすでに報告されている。本研究ではこれらの長期連続採集試料のうち、1984-2004年(21年間)の試料を用いて、植物プランクトンの種査定と細胞数密度の算出を行い、現存量(細胞数密度)と群集構造の長期変動と同湾の環境要因との関係を明らかにすることを目的とした。
  • Abundance and biomass of mesozooplankton along north-south transects (165°E and 165°W) in summer in the North Pacific: An analysis with an optical plankton counter
    Kohei Matsuno, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 5, 4, 123, 130, 2010年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Early development of euphausiid Thysanoessa inspinata and T. longipes observed in the laboratory
    Kim Hye Seon, Yamaguchi Atsushi
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 60, 1, 13, 18, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院 = Research Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 2010年
    英語, This paper presents the first data on the early larval morphology of euphausiid Thysanoessa inspinata and T. longipes. Female animals were captured in the Oyashio region during May 2006 and investigated through a 31 day period in a laboratory experiment. Between 76-142 eggs were found to be released from Thysanoessa inspinata during each spawning (hatching success=81-99%) and 136 eggs (hatching success=65%) were released from the T. longipes females. The morphology of T. inspinata and T. longipes during all stages as eggs, Nauplius I, II and Metanauplius larvae were similar, but distinguished significantly by size (T. inspinata
  • Causes of Under- or Overestimation of Zooplankton Biomass Using Optical Plankton Counter (OPC): Effect of Size and Taxa
    Kohei Matsuno, Hye Seon Kim, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 4, 4, 154, 159, 2009年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Abundance, biomass and life cycle patterns of euphausiids (Euphausia pacifica, Thysanoessa inspinata and T. longipes) in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
    Hye Seon Kim, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ikeda
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 4, 2, 43, 52, 2009年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Symbiosis in planktonic crustaceans: diversity and interaction
    OHTSUKA Susumu, HANAMURA Yukio, HORIGUCHI Takeo, YAMAGUCHI Atsushi, SHIMOMURA Michitaka, SUZAKI Toshinobu
    日本甲殻類学会大会講演要旨集, 47th, 36, 2009年
    英語
  • Two forms of secreted and thermostable luciferases from the marine copepod crustacean, Metridia pacifica
    Yasuhiro Takenaka, Hiromi Masuda, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Nishikawa, Yasushi Shigeri, Yasukazu Yoshida, Hiroshi Mizuno
    GENE, 425, 1-2, 28, 35, 2008年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Trophic interactions of macro-zooplankton (krill and amphipods) in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea
    Padmini Dalpadado, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Bjornar Ellertsen, Signe Johannessen
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 55, 20-21, 2266, 2274, 2008年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 深海生物群集--生物量と食物網 (総特集 生物海洋学研究)
    山口 篤, 渡辺 雄二, 石坂 丞二
    海洋, 40, 6, 349, 361, 海洋出版, 2008年08月
    日本語, 海洋中・深層におけるプランクトン群集構造と彼らの生命活動による物質収支を明らかにすることは,海洋における物質循環を評価する上で重要である.本稿では西部北太平洋の4定点における表層から水深5800m におよぶ深層までのプランクトンバイオマスとその群集構造について紹介し,深海生態系の食物網構造について考察を行う.深海でもマイクロバイアルループ(沈降POC-DOC-従属栄養バクテリアー鞭毛虫-渦鞭毛虫)は駆動するものの多細胞動物プランクトンの餌としては表層動物プランクトンからの沈降糞粒などの方がより重要であることが示された.
  • Structure, biomass distribution and trophodynamics of the pelagic ecosystem in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Naonobu Shiga, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY, 64, 3, 339, 354, 2008年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 光学式プランクトンカウンター (Optical Plankton Counter) を用いた初夏の西部北太平洋における動物プランクトン群集構造の緯度・経年変動解析
    横井 裕, 山口 篤, 池田 勉
    日本プランクトン学会報, 55, 1, 9, 24, 日本プランクトン学会, 2008年02月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The abundance, biomass and size structure of mesozooplankton samples collected with Norpac nets from 0-150 m at 5-l3 latitudinal stations (35°N to 44°N) on 155°E in the western North Pacific annually during May-June (1993-2004) were analyzed using an optical plankton counter. Zooplankton counts of 4096 size units (size range: 0.25 to 20 mm equivalent spherical diameter [ESD]) were converted to biomass and summed as the community biomass. Data of each size class were combined with in situ water temperature data to estimate production potential. Based on the latitude, the study region was classified into subarctic front (SF:>42°N), transition domain (TR: 40-42°N), subarctic boundary (SB: 38-40°N) and subtropic current system (ST: <38°N). Throughout the study period, regional variations were seen in most size fractions in abundance (52,754-86,926 inds. m^-2), biomass (2,656-10,183 mg dry mass m^-2), and production (134-219 mg C m^-2d^-1). The TR was characterized by high biomass and production, but it had the lowest abundance. Interannual variations in abundance, biomass and production were largely due to variation in the 2-3 mm ESD fraction. Thus, the 2-3 mm ESD fraction (composed of Neocalanus spp.) was the most important one affecting not only the regional but interannual variation patterns of mesozooplankton. Apart from the consistent importance of Neocalanus spp., gelatinous zooplankton such as appendicularians, doliolids and salps were observed to form irregular peaks in the ST and SB regions in some years. It is suggested that the outbreaks of gelatinous zooplankton were related to the development of the thermocline or halocline in the top 40 m of the water column, which may stop the nutrient supply to the surface layer and increase the food supply via the microbial loop.
  • Abundance and community structure of chaetognaths from the epipelagic through abyssopelagic zones in the western North Pacific and its adjacent seas
    Miho Ozawa, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ikeda, Yuji Watanabe, Joji Ishizaka
    Plankton and Benthos Research, 2, 4, 184, 197, 2007年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 北太平洋の中・深層域に分布するプランクトン生物の生態学的研究(2006年度日本海洋学会岡田賞受賞記念論文)
    山口 篤
    海の研究, 16, 2, 129, 142, 日本海洋学会, 2007年03月05日
    日本語, 西部北太平洋の亜寒帯域から亜熱帯域におよぶ4定点において,水深5,800mにまでおよぶ全プランクトン分類群のバイオマスを明らかにした。深度増加に伴うバイオマスの減衰度合いは分類群によって異なり,この差は各分類群の栄養生態に起因するものと考えられた。亜寒帯域では多細胞動物プランクトンの占有率が高く,亜熱帯域では従属栄養バクテリアと単細胞動物プランクトンの占有率が高かった。亜寒帯域における主要分類群であるカイアシ類の生態学的特徴を調査研究して,同属の種間で鉛直分布を変えて棲み分けしていることや,多くの中・深層性カイアシ類が若い発育段階では深い層に分布し,発育に伴う鉛直移動をすることを明らかにした。また中・深層性種の生活史の再生産時期は表層で植物プランクトンブルームのある時期に同調しており,これは表層からの沈降粒子輸送量の増加に関係したものと考えられた。西部北太平洋亜寒帯域の全水柱を通して,カイアシ類は有機炭素輸送量の32%を消費すると推定された。
  • RNA : DNA ratios of calanoid copepods from the epipelagic through abyssopelagic zones of the North Pacific Ocean
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Fumikazu Sano, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Matsuishi
    AQUATIC BIOLOGY, 1, 2, 99, 108, 2007年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical distribution and feeding ecology of a copepod Gaetanus variabilis in the southern Japan Sea during winter
    La mer, 45, 47, 58, 2007年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Respiration in marine pelagic copepods: a global-bathymetric model
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Fumikazu Sano, Atsushi Yamaguchi
    MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 339, 215, 219, 2007年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Chemical composition and energy content of deep-sea calanoid copepods in the Western North Pacific Ocean
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Matsuishi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 53, 11, 1791, 1809, 2006年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • A novel yellowish-green fluorescent protein from the marine copepod, Chiridius poppei, and its use as a reporter protein in HeLa cells
    H Masuda, Y Takenaka, A Yamaguchi, S Nishikawa, H Mizuno
    GENE, 372, 18, 25, 2006年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Lethality of increasing CO2 levels on deep-sea copepods in the western North Pacific
    Y Watanabe, A Yamaguchi, H Ishidai, T Harimoto, S Suzuki, Y Sekido, T Ikeda, Y Shirayama, M Mac Takashi, T Ohsumi, J Ishizaka
    JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY, 62, 2, 185, 196, 2006年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • プランクトンにおける寄生・共生―その多様性と重要性 北太平洋亜寒帯域のカラヌス目カイアシ類に体表付着する繊毛虫吸管虫亜綱について
    山口篤
    日本プランクトン学会報, 53, 1, 29, 36, 2006年02月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Metabolism of mesopelagic and bathypelagic copepods in the western North Pacific Ocean
    Tsutomu Ikeda, Fumikazu Sano, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Matsuishi
    MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 322, 199, 211, 2006年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 北太平洋亜寒帯域における魚類・イカ類の餌としての動物プランクトンの資源変動 (地球規模海洋生態系変動研究(GLOBEC)--海洋生態系の総合診断と将来予測)
    山口 篤, 志賀 直信, 池田 勉
    海洋, 37, 8, 596, 604, 海洋出版, 2005年08月
    日本語, 北太平洋亜寒帯域における浮魚類の餌としての動物プランクトンの資源変動パターンを明らかにするために(1) 動物プランクトンバイオマスの経年変動, (2) 動物プランクトン群集構造の年変動,(3) 表層性魚類資源と動物プランクトンの関係という3点に注目して解析を行った.夏季の亜寒帯域ではまずプランクトン食性小型魚類が亜熱帯域から北上・摂餌回避し次いでシマガツオやアカイカといった魚食性魚類が加わることにより,低次生産物をよりスムーズに高次生物に伝達する生態系構造ができあがると考えられる.
  • Descriptions of the copepodid stages of the mesopelagic copepod, Gaetanus variabilis (Brodsky, 1950) (Calanoida, Aetideidae) from the Japan Sea
    A Yamaguchi, S Tachibana, K Hirakawa, T Ikeda
    CRUSTACEANA, 78, 819, 837, 2005年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical distribution, population structure and lifecycle of Eucalanus bungii (Copepoda : Calanoida) in the Oyashio region, with notes on its regional variations
    S Shoden, T Ikeda, A Yamaguchi
    MARINE BIOLOGY, 146, 3, 497, 511, 2005年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Biomass and chemical composition of net-plankton down to greater depths (0-5800m) in the western North Pacific Ocean
    A Yamaguchi, Y Watanabe, H Ishida, T Harimoto, M Maeda, J Ishizaka, T Ikeda, MM Takahashi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 52, 2, 341, 353, 2005年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 潜水無人探査機ビデオ撮影による日本海後志海山におけるヤムシ類の微細分布の観察
    小澤 美穂, 山口 篤, 喜多村 稔
    北海道大学水産科学研究彙報, 55, 3, 145, 150, 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究科 = GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES, HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, 2004年12月
    日本語
  • 西部北太平洋における浮魚類 : 北星丸データより
    山口 篤, 目黒 敏美, 梶原 善之, 高木 省吾, 亀井 佳彦, 坂岡 桂一郎
    水産海洋研究, 68, 4, 269, 269, 2004年11月10日
    日本語
  • Metabolism and body composition of a copepod (Neocalanus cristatus : Crustacea) from the bathypelagic zone of the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific
    T Ikeda, F Sano, A Yamaguchi
    MARINE BIOLOGY, 145, 6, 1181, 1190, 2004年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Latitudinal differences in the planktonic biomass and community structure down to the greater depths in the western North Pacific
    A Yamaguchi, Y Watanabe, H Ishida, T Harimoto, K Furusawa, S Suzuki, J Ishizaka, T Ikeda, M Mac Takahashi
    JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY, 60, 4, 773, 787, 2004年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Spatial variability of iron in the surface water of the northwestern North Pacific Ocean
    H Takata, K Kuma, S Iwade, Y Yamajyoh, A Yamaguchi, S Takagi, K Sakaoka, Y Yamashita, E Tanoue, T Midorikawa, K Kimura, J Nishioka
    MARINE CHEMISTRY, 86, 3-4, 139, 157, 2004年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical distribution patterns of pelagic copepods as viewed from the “predation pressure” hypothesis
    A Yamaguchi, T Ikeda, Y Watanabe, J Ishizaka
    Zoological Studies, 43, 2, 475, 485, 2004年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Life cycle, population structure and vertical distribution of Metridia spp. (Copepoda : Calanoida) in the Oyashio region (NW Pacific Ocean)
    G Padmavati, T Ikeda, A Yamaguchi
    MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 270, 181, 198, 2004年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 中・深層性かいあし類をめぐる被食・捕食関係 (2003年度春季プランクトンシンポジウム 淡水と海洋のプランクトン研究の比較:捕食者-被食者関係に注目して)
    山口 篤, 池田 勉
    日本プランクトン学会報, 50, 2, 114, 119, 日本プランクトン学会, 2003年08月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 沿岸親潮における動物プランクトン群集の特徴(シンポジウム:沿岸親潮)
    山口 篤, 三輪 喜之, 井上 勝夫, 松本 稔範, 志賀 直信
    沿岸海洋研究, 41, 1, 23, 31, 日本海洋学会, 2003年08月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), 北海道南東岸における沿岸親潮の動物プランクトン群集の特徴を明らかにするために,季節的,鉛直的および水平的なネット採集試料の解析を行った.沿岸親潮の流入は2月〜4月に見られ,これは当海域のバイオマスピーク(6月)の前であった.沿岸親潮と親潮接岸分枝ともに最優占分類群はかいあし類で,沿岸親潮中では小型冷水性かいあし類のPseudocalanus newmaniやAcartia longiremisが優占していた.水平的に動物プランクトン個体数とバイオマスはともに水温と正の相関があり,低水温の沿岸親潮中では低かった.これはバイオマスを左右する大型かいあし類の発育段階組成が沿岸親潮では休眠中の後期発育段階のみであったためであった.沿岸親潮の動物プランクトン群集のバイオマスが親潮接岸分枝よりも低い要因として,小型かいあし類が優占することや低温な環境下で成長が遅いこと,および珪藻類ブルームによるかいあし類の再生産効率の低下が影響していると考えられる.
  • Morphological comparison of feeding appendages of Calanus and Neocalanus copepods
    Yamaguchi Atsushi, Dalpadado Padmini, Ikeda Tsutomu
    Bulletin of the Fisheries Science of Hokkaido University, 54, 3, 59, 65, 北海道大学, 2003年
    英語
  • Lethal effect of elevated pCO2 on planktons collected from deep sea in North Pacific
    Y Watanabe, A Yamaguchi, H Ishida, T Ikeda, J Ishizaka
    GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, VOLS I AND II, PROCEEDINGS, 1683, 1685, 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Community and trophic structures of pelagic copepods down to greater depths in the western subarctic Pacific (WEST-COSMIC)
    A Yamaguchi, Y Watanabe, H Ishida, T Harimoto, K Furusawa, S Suzuki, J Ishizaka, T Ikeda, MT Masayuki
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 49, 6, 1007, 1025, 2002年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Structure and size distribution of plankton communities down to the greater depths in the western North Pacific Ocean
    A Yamaguchi, Y Watanabe, H Ishida, T Harimoto, K Furusawa, S Suzuki, J Ishizaka, T Ikeda, MM Takahashi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 49, 24-25, 5513, 5529, 2002年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Vertical distribution patterns of the three mesopelagic Paraeuchaeta species (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific Ocean
    Yamaguchi Atsushi, Ikeda Tsutomu
    Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 53, 1, 1, 10, 北海道大学, 2002年
    英語
  • 中層プランクトンへのC02の影響 (総特集 CO2海洋隔離--隔離技術と生物影響について)
    渡辺 雄二, 石田 洋, 山口 篤
    海洋, 33, 11, 813, 818, 海洋出版, 2001年11月
    日本語
  • III-5. Effects of high concentration of CO2 on deep-sea plankton
    Y Watanabe, H Ishida, A Yamaguchi, J Ishizaka
    NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 67, 4, 764, 765, 2001年07月, [査読有り]
    中国語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • III-5. 中深層プランクトンへの影響(III. 生物への影響)(二酸化炭素の海洋隔離技術と生物への影響)
    渡辺 雄二, 石田 洋, 山口 篤, 石坂 丞二
    日本水産学会誌, 67, 4, 764, 765, 公益社団法人日本水産学会, 2001年
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 西部北太平洋におけるプランクトン群集の鉛直分布(WEST-COSMIC)
    山口 篤, 石坂 丞二, 渡辺 雄二
    日本プランクトン学会報, 47, 2, 144, 156, 日本プランクトン学会, 2000年08月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), During the research of "WEST-COSMIC (Western Pacific Environment Assessment Study on C02 Ocean Sequestration for Mitigation of Climate Change)", vertical distribution of plankton community structure was studied at 39°N, 147°E (down to 2000 m) and 44°N, 155°E (down to 4000 m) in the western North Pacific Ocean. Plankton community was largely divided into four major groups (bacteria, phytoplankton, protozooplankton, and metazooplankton) and their biomass were expressed carbon unit by measuring volume and using volume-carbon equations. Total plankton biomass in the water column was 13,873 mgC m^-2 at 39°N, 147°E and 29,772 (daytime) to 32,780 (nighttime) mgC m^-2 at 44°N, 155°E. The water column was divided into three strata: epipelagic (0-200 m); mesopelagic (200-1000 m); bathypelagic (>1000 m), and their contribution to total water-column plankton biomass was 33-38% (epipelagic), 33-37% (mesopelagic), and 25-34% (bathypelagic), respectively. In the epipelagic, the contribution of four major taxa in plankton biomass was nearly equal (ratios of four taxa; bacteria, phytoplankton, protozooplankton, and metazooplankton to the total biomass were 18-25%, 29-38%, 6-25%, and 17-40%, respectively). Below the epipelagic zone, phytoplankton biomass was decreased rapidly (1-2% of total biomass). In the mesopelagic zone, metazooplankton was the most dominated (60-85%) and bacteria was the second (12-28%). These two taxa dominated also in the bathypelagic zone,but the contribution of metazooplankton was decreased (43-47%) while that of bacteria was increased (41-47%). Constantly,the biomass of each taxon (mgC m^-3) was decreased with depth, and the relationship between carbon biomass and depth was expressed by regression model: log10Y = log10a+b×log10X (or Y=a×X^b), where Y is the biomass (mgC m^-3), X is the depth (m), and a and b are fitting constants. Most of the taxa fitted to the regression well, and the slope (b) of regression was different between taxa: -0.56 for bacteria, -1.32 to -1.34 for phytoplankton, -0.95 for protozooplankton and -0.96 for metazooplankton. Analyzing the relationship between plankton biomass and depth from previous literatures, the appropriate slope (b) value of the regression for each taxon in the western North Pacific was considered as: -0.45 for bacteria, -1.33 for phytoplankton, -0.95 for protozooplankton, and -1.24 for metazooplankton.
  • Vertical distribution, life cycle and body allometry of two oceanic calanoid copepods (Pleuromamma scutullata and Heterorhabdus tanneri) in the Oyashio region, western North pacific Ocean
    A Yamaguchi, T Ikeda
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 22, 1, 29, 46, 2000年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Diel vertical migration, population structure and life cycle of the copepod Scolecithricella minor (Calanoida: Scolecitrichidae) in Toyama Bay, southern Japan Sea
    Yamaguchi A, Ikeda T, Hirakawa K
    Plankton Biology and Ecology, 46, 1, 54, 61, Plankton Society of Japan, 1999年, [査読有り]
    英語, The seasonal population structure (copepodite-2 stage through adults) and diel vertical migration pattern of Scolecithricella minor in Toyama Bay, southern Japan Sea, were investigated.Eggs and nauplii were reared in the laboratory at three different temperatures (0.5, 5 and 10°C) as abasis to estimate generation length. Most copepodite stages occurred throughout the year; youngcopepodites (C2 to C5) were most abundant in May-October, while adults were most abundant inMarch-August. Reproduction continued throughout the year, with a peak in April-August. All copepodite stages were consistently distributed at 100-400 m depth. Limited nocturnal ascent was seen inadults, but not always for younger copepodites. Based on habitat temperature, development times of eggs and nauplii expressed as a function of temperature, and assumed proportion of these developmental times in one life cycle of calanoid copepods, the generation length of S. minor was estimated to be 44-76d. Using this estimated generation length range as a guide, the sequential development of five cohorts was identified. An additional two extra cohorts, which were not clearly traceable, are considered to have occurred for a total of 7 cohorts per year for S. minor in Toyama Bay. The present data on the vertical distribution of S. minor are compared with those reported from other regions for the same species. Since S. minor is considered to be a typical detritus feeder, trophic-type-related sequences in major reproduction seasons are discussed by comparing the data of other calanoid copepods reported from Toyama Bay.
  • Population structure and life cycle of Pseudocalanus minutus and Pseudocalanus newmani (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Toyama Bay, Japan Sea
    Yamaguchi A, Ikada T, Shiga N
    Plankton Biology and Ecology, 45, 183, 193, 1998年, [査読有り]
  • 北海道南西部恵山沖におけるPseudocalanus minutus と P. newmani (Copepoda; Calanoida) の鉛直分布および生活史
    山口 篤, 志賀 直信
    日本プランクトン学会報, 44, 1, 11, 20, 日本プランクトン学会, 1997年08月, [査読有り]
    日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)

その他活動・業績

書籍等出版物

  • 古生物学の百科事典
    日本古生物学会, プランクトン, プランクトンの生態と生存戦略, 生物生産, プランクトンネット
    丸善出版, 2023年01月, 9784621307588, xxiv, 754p, 図版 [8] p, 日本語, [分担執筆]
  • 水産科学・海洋環境科学実習               
    山口 篤, 今井一郎, 平譯 享, 松野孝平, プランクトン・微生物関係
    海文堂, 2019年08月, [分担執筆]
  • New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology (Crustaceana Monographs, 15)               
    Brill Academic Publishers, 2011年
  • Ecosystem processes during the Oyashio spring bloom               
    Elsevier, 2010年
  • Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008               
    North Pacific Marine Science Organization, 2010年
  • Pacific and Arctic Oceans: New Oceanographic Research               
    Nova Science Publishers, 2008年

所属学協会

  • 日本水産学会               
  • 日本プランクトン学会               
  • 日本海洋学会               
  • 日仏海洋学会               
  • 水産海洋学会               
  • Fisheries Oceanography Society of Japan               
  • Oceanographic Society of Japan-France               
  • Plankton Society of Japan               
  • Oceanographic Society of Japan               

Works(作品等)

共同研究・競争的資金等の研究課題

  • 歴史的試料を用いた海洋低次生態系構造に気候変動が与える影響に関する研究
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A)
    2022年04月01日 - 2027年03月31日
    山口 篤, 松野 孝平
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(A), 北海道大学, 22H00374
  • 低次栄養段階生物を対象とした「かいあし漁業」の可能性を探る
    科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的研究(開拓)
    2020年07月 - 2026年03月
    山口 篤
    今年度はかいあし漁業の内容を広く一般に普及させるための情報発信を主に行った。国内学会の発表2件に加え、Fish of the Month (FoM) という、北海道大学水産学部の研究成果を紹介するHPにおいて、本科研費の研究分担者を主とする5名による、かいあし漁業に関する内容を紹介した。紹介内容と紹介者は以下の通りである:「海洋生態系におけるカイアシ類の重要性とかいあし漁業への夢(山口 篤)」、「カイアシ類の音響探知(向井 徹)」、「カイアシ類の音響散乱特性(福田美亮)」、「カイアシ類を対象とした商業漁業(藤森康澄)」、「カイアシ類-新たな水産脂質供給源として(別府史章)」。
    カイアシ類を対象とした研究論文として、北太平洋亜寒帯域に優占する日周鉛直移動を行うカイアシ類Metridia pacificaの一次生産への摂餌インパクトを推定し、呼吸量による輸送量の推定を行った。これは、表層(0-50 m)と深海(50-200 m)の水温条件下において、同種の雌成体を飼育し、呼吸による酸素消費量を測定し、現場の表層における摂餌量の推定と、深海における呼吸による炭素輸送量を推定したものである。夜間の表層における個体数は1平方メートルあたり27~5422個体の間にあり、昼間の表層には本種は出現せず、これは日周鉛直移動の反映と考えられた。日周鉛直移動バイオマスは、1平方メートルあたり1-309 mg Cであった。1日の夜間表層と昼間深海での滞留時間を考慮すると、1日あたり1平方メートルあたりの摂餌量は0.04-11.04 mg Cと推定され、これは現場一次生産量の0-2.4%を占めていた。一方、昼間深海での1日あたり1平方メートルあたりの呼吸量は0.02-9.39 mg Cと計算された。これは有光層からの沈降粒子輸送量の0-10%に相当しており、物質循環における重要性が示された。
    日本学術振興会, 挑戦的研究(開拓), 北海道大学, 20K20573
  • 季節海氷域における海洋酸性化と石灰質生物の応答メカニズムの解明
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2019年04月01日 - 2023年03月31日
    木元 克典, 山口 篤, 下島 公紀
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 19H03037
  • 知床周辺海域における海洋高次捕食者のホットスポット形成機構の解明
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2020年04月 - 2023年03月
    三谷 曜子, 山村 織生, 綿貫 豊, 山口 篤, 中村 知裕
    2020年6月に予定していた調査がCOVIDで中止になったため,2021年5月に観光船をチャーターし,調査を実施した.また,2019年度に実施したおしょろ丸調査のデータ解析を進めた.目視調査で最も多く記録された海鳥はハシボソミズナギドリであった(6月29日知床岬沖で65,000羽).鯨類では,イシイルカ,シャチ,マッコウクジラ,ミンククジラが知床半島の東西で見られたが,ナガスクジラは西側のみで見られた.音響調査により,プランクトンの反応を示す120 kHzの周波数では,能取岬沖と知床半島周辺の東西で大きな反応が見られた一方,魚類の反応を示す38 kHzの周波数では知床半島東側に大きな反応が見られた.CTD-LADCPとXBT観測からオホーツク海沿岸は宗谷暖流水が分布し,根室海峡北部にも海面から水深150dbar付近まで,既に入り込んでいることが明らかになった.また,植物プランクトンの優占分類群では,宗谷暖流が卓越する沿岸域および中冷水では珪藻類,沖合域ではナノ鞭毛藻類と,海域により異なっていた.このような海域差は,水塊間の栄養塩および鉄濃度の違いに起因すると考えられた.動物プランクトンバイオマスには,中型動物プランクトンのカイアシ類Metridia okhotensisが優占し,この種の排泄する糞粒が鉛直的な物質輸送に大きく貢献することが示された.11地点で実施したMOHTネットによる採集では,斜里沖陸棚斜面上部の2地点(B2およびB3)でソコイワシ科に属する魚類マイクロネクトンのまとまった採集がみられた.しかし,両地点は必ずしも鯨類や海鳥類との高密度域とは一致しておらず,これら高次捕食者の分布との関連が薄い可能性が示された.
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 20H03054
  • 画像イメージングによるベーリング海陸棚域における動物プランクトン経年変動解析
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A)
    2017年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
    山口 篤, 松野 孝平
    今年度は1955年~2013年の59年間にわたり夏季南東部ベーリング海陸棚域にて同一の方法 (NORPAC netの鉛直曳き) により採集されたホルマリン固定動物プランクトン試料に基づき、その湿重量バイオマスの経年変化を明らかにした。バイオマスの経年変動は、海洋環境指標 (PDO、NPI、冬季の海氷範囲、春季の海氷融解期、春季の風応力、南北風、強風の頻度、躍層強度、躍層以浅と躍層以深の水温および塩分、躍層水深) との相関を分散分析により評価した。また海洋環境指標 (PDO、春季の海氷融解期、南北風、躍層強度、躍層以浅と躍層以深の水温および塩分) を用いてStructural Equation Modeling (SEM) 解析も行った。
    動物プランクトン湿重量バイオマスはmiddle shelfとouter shelfともに経年的な有意差がみられ、気候レジーム毎に偏差が正と負に交互に変化していた。動物プランクトン湿重量バイオマスに直接的な相関の見られたパラメータは、middle shelfでは、NPI、躍層強度、春季の風応力および海氷融解時期の4パラメータであった。一方outer shelfでは、躍層以浅の水温、冬季の海氷範囲および春季の海氷融解期の3パラメータが有意な関係を持っていた。
    これらの結果は現在、論文原稿にまとめつつある。また本研究により導入したZooScanを本格運用し始め、海洋酸性化の影響が大きいとされる浮遊性の有殻翼足類Limacina helicinaの個体群構造を、アリューシャン列島ウニマック水道で採集された試料について解析を行った。ウニマック水道におけるL. helicinaの個体群構造は物理的な内部波などにより集められ、他海域では見られないほど高密度分布を形成することが明らかになった。これらの他の研究成果として論文を7報発表した。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(A), 北海道大学, 17H01483
  • 同位体分析から食物連鎖の源流を探る:西部北太平洋生態系保全指標の開発に向けて
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2016年04月01日 - 2019年03月31日
    相田 真希, 田所 和明, 小針 統, 兵藤 不二夫, 石井 励一郎, 山口 篤
    平成29年度まで採集した、①西部北太平洋亜寒帯~亜熱帯・熱帯海域、②ベーリング海峡周辺海域~チャクチ海などで採集した動物プランクトン試料、③北海道~鹿児島までの太平洋側で採集したマイワシ・カタクチイワシ、これらに加え、④ベーリング海西部・東部において動物プランクトン試料を新たに採集し、極域(北極海チャクチ海・南極海)~北西部熱帯海域(北緯14度)における動物プランクトンの炭素・窒素安定同位体比について統計的に解析を行った。
    その結果、亜寒帯海域のような高栄養塩環境、また亜熱帯・熱帯海域のような貧栄養塩環境で且つ窒素固定系が卓越するような環境まで、食物網の構造や構成する生物が異なっても、海域に関わらず食物連鎖とN/C同位体比には統一的な規則性があることが確認された。炭素同位体比に関し、生物の同位体比は水温や日射、栄養塩濃度によって大きく変動し、高緯度域ほど炭素同位体比は軽く、低緯度域では軽いという特徴が得られた。窒素安定同位体比では、藻類の窒素同化時の主要基質によって決定されるものの、栄養塩同化時に強い制限(例えば、必須元素である鉄や低温、弱光量など環境に起因するもの)がかかると窒素同位体比が大きく変化する。これは藻類の同化速度(生育速度)に起因するものであるが、動物プランクトンの窒素同位体比においても、その環境要因が反映されていることがライン観測結果から得られた。
    沖縄~鹿児島近海までの黒潮流域のメソ動物プランクトン群集の同位体分析から、外洋域ほど再生栄養塩・窒素固定に由来するエネルギー源を利用している可能性が示唆された。また、同海域で採集した群体珪藻・群体シアノバクテリア、稚仔魚群集の同位体比から、局所的に発生する藻類は黒潮生態系の主なエネルギー供給源とはなっておらず、黒潮流域の稚仔魚の餌料源は小型カイアシ類であることが推定された。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 16H02947
  • 光学プランクトン観測システムによる動物プランクトン生産力の定量評価(国際共同研究強化)
    科学研究費助成事業 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化)
    2016年 - 2018年
    山口 篤
    2018年3月19日~2019年3月17日にかけて米国ウッズホール海洋研究所にて滞在研究を行った。滞在時の研究テーマとして、北極海の氷上定点において、1996年10月-1997年9月にかけて10-14日間隔で行われた、海表面から水深3500 mまでを最大8層に分けた30回の鉛直区分採集により採集されたホルマリン固定試料中に出現する、中層性カイアシ類の生活史解析を行った。
    肉食性種のParaeuchaeta glacialisは初期発育段階(C1)と雌雄成体(C6F/M)は主に500 m以深の深海に分布するが、中~後期の発育段階では水深100 m以浅に分布する、特徴的な発育に伴う鉛直移動を持つことが明らかになった。各発育段階の鉛直分布は、重量での脱皮間成長と関係があり、浅い層に分布する発育段階ほど脱皮間成長が大きく、深層に分布する発育段階の脱皮間成長は小さかった。同様の現象は親潮域の同属(P. elongata)にも知られており、産卵数の少ないParaeuchaeta属は抱卵成体や初期発育段階の時には捕食を避けるために深海に分布するが、遊泳力のついた中~後期発育段階では、より大きな成長を成し遂げるために、餌の豊富な表層に上昇移動した結果と解釈された。その他には中層性粒子食性種のScaphocalanus magnusの生活史を解析し、雌雄で発育速度が異なり、雌は成体(C6F)の状態で長い時間を過ごすのに対し、雄成体は口器付属肢が退化し、その寿命は短いことが明らかになった。中層性の粒子食性カイアシ類においてC6Fでの滞留時間を長くすることは、餌供給量が増加・好転した際に、速やかに再生産に移れる点で有利な生活史戦略であるといえる。
    これら2つの研究内容はいずれも帰国前に英文の論文原稿をまとめ、受け入れ研究者のAshjian博士による校閲を受けた。他に関連する論文7報を発表した。
    日本学術振興会, 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化), 北海道大学, 15KK0268
  • 海洋生態系における放射性物質の移行・濃縮状況の把握
    科学研究費助成事業 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型)
    2012年06月28日 - 2017年03月31日
    神田 穣太, 喜多村 稔, 西川 淳, 青野 辰雄, 山口 篤, 高木 省吾, 土屋 光太郎, 立田 穣, 林 敏史, 野田 明, 渡辺 豊, 茂木 正人, 田中 祐志, 守屋 繁春, 小林 卓也, 芳村 毅, 石丸 隆, 五十嵐 敏, 須賀 次郎, 山川 紘, 大津 秀暁, 伊藤 友加里, 高澤 伸江, 内山 香織, 久保 篤史, 今井 圭理
    海洋生態系における福島第一原子力発電所事故由来の放射性物質について、以下の研究を行った。1)福島沿岸域において生物と環境の放射性セシウムについて、年に2回の船舶観測による経時的なデータセットを得た。また外洋域の動物プランクトンについても複数の海域で時系列データを得た。2)岩礁性の底生魚に重点を置いて、生態系への移行経路を検討した結果、懸濁・沈降粒子や堆積物の有機物画分等からの移行は小さいことを確認した。3)現場観測データを用い、生態系内の放射性セシウム推移をモデルにより再現し、海洋生物の放射能レベルの今後の推移について検討した。
    日本学術振興会, 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 東京海洋大学, 24110005
  • 光学プランクトン観測システムによる動物プランクトン生産力の定量評価
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A)
    2012年04月01日 - 2017年03月31日
    山口 篤, 藤森 康澄, 今井 一郎
    水産学及び海洋学の両視点において重要な動物プランクトン群集サイズ組成に関して、1.日本近海における水平分布、2.北太平洋全域の水平分布、3.北太平洋全域における表層から深海における鉛直分布、4.チャクチ海における経年変動を明らかにした。
    動物プランクトン群集内におけるエネルギー転送効率として、大型カイアシ類Neocalanus属の優占する西部北太平洋亜寒帯域はボトムアップ的な生態系であることが明らかになった。鉛直的な物質輸送により、深海でも亜寒帯域と熱帯-亜熱帯域の群集構造が異なることが明らかになった。経年的にはチャクチ海にて近年動物プランクトンバイオマスが増加していることが明らかになった。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(A), 北海道大学, 研究代表者, 競争的資金, 24248032
  • 北極海の海氷激減-海洋生態系へのインパクト-
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(S)
    2010年04月01日 - 2015年03月31日
    原田 尚美, 木元 克典, 菊地 隆, 白岩 善博, 田中 裕一郎, 岸 道郎, 渡邉 英嗣, 西野 茂人, 鈴木 石根, 広瀬 侑, 伊東 素代, 山口 篤, 小野寺 丈尚太郎
    近年、海氷融解が最も激しく生じている西部北極海において、海氷減少に伴う低次生態系の生産量変化を時系列に把握し、海洋生態系モデルにこれら現場データを組み込み、低次生物の生産変化の再現や魚類資源の応答の予測を目的として研究を実施してきた。特筆すべき成果として、冬季の海氷下において生物由来粒子が多く沈降しており、海洋中の渦と循環を介した陸棚起源水の輸送が重要であることがわかってきた。またモデルによる理想化実験の結果、陸棚からの輸送が海氷減少によって活発化していることがわかった。以上の知見は、海氷に覆われているため生物にとって不毛の地と見なされていた北極海盆域で生息環境が向上していることを意味する。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(S), 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 22221003
  • 動物プランクトン鉛直移動によるアクティブフラックスの推定
    科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)
    2009年 - 2011年
    山口 篤
    夏季の北太平洋亜寒帯域における動物プランクトンを介した物質輸送量として、糞粒生産による受動的な輸送量(パッシブフラックス)と、日周鉛直移動と季節的な鉛直移動による能動的な輸送量(アクティブフラックス)を推定した。このうち、日周鉛直移動による能動的輸送量は相対的に小さいが、糞粒生産による受動的輸送量と季節的鉛直移動による能動的輸送量はセジメントトラップによる沈降粒子輸送量のそれぞれ20-32%または39%に相当すると推定され、動物プランクトンによる輸送量は、糞粒による受動的輸送量と季節的鉛直移動による能動的輸送量が重要なことが示された。
    日本学術振興会, 若手研究(B), 北海道大学, 研究代表者, 競争的資金, 21780173
  • 気候変化と人間活動に応答する海洋生態系の歴史的変遷と将来予測
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(S)
    2004年 - 2008年
    岸 道郎, 桜井 泰憲, 飯田 浩二, 帰山 雅秀, 磯田 豊, 綿貫 豊, 山口 篤, 池田 勉, 青木 一郎, 木村 伸吾, 小松 輝久, 松田 裕之, 杉本 隆成, 杉本 隆成, 松田 裕之
    日本周辺の黒潮・親潮・対馬暖流の各生態系を対象として, (1) 気候変化に伴う海洋環境と生産力の歴史的変化が生態系構造と機能, 特に低次栄養段階生物の生産, 種多様性, 卓越種交替にどのような影響を与えてきたか(ボトムアップコントロール), (2) 高次生物と漁業活動が各生態系の構造と機能にどのように影響してきたか(トップダウンコントロール), (3) 物理-低次生産-高次生産-資源利用に関する多様なモデルを作成して20世紀以降の海洋生態系の歴史的変遷を評価し, (4) 将来の気候変化と人間活動に応答する生態系変化を予測するための生態系モデルを構築して, 日本周辺の海洋生態系の多様性保全と生物資源の最適な資源利用方策を策定することを目標とする。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(S), 北海道大学, 連携研究者, 競争的資金, 16108002
  • 海産動物プランクトンに関する汎用性の高いバイオメトリー式の開発
    科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)
    2003年 - 2004年
    山口 篤
    西部北太平洋を中心とする北太平洋全域で採集された動物プランクトン試料について湿重量、乾燥重量、C,H,N量、灰分量、有機物重量およびカロリー量を測定し、各8単位間のバイオメトリー式を求めた。いずれの単位間も両対数式で極めて有意な関係式を得ることができた(p<0.0001)。これまで動物プランクトンバイオマスは作業時間効率の観点より、その多くが1つの単位(湿重量が多い)でしか測定されていなかったが、本研究で得られたバイオメトリー式を用いることによって他の単位で表示することができるようになり、海洋における物質循環にはたす動物プランクトンの役割をより正確かつ定量的に把握することが可能となった。
    本研究において得られた動物プランクトン各単位間のバイオメトリー式を他の海域(北大西洋、サルガッソー海)で報告されている関係式と比較したところ、炭素量が他の海域に比べて約1.5倍高いことが分かった。この関係式の海域差は、各海域に固有な動物プランクトン相の反映であると解釈できる。北太平洋亜寒帯域の動物プランクトン相に卓越する(バイオマスの60〜80%)大型かいあし類Neocalanus属は体内に脂質を蓄積する(C含有量は乾燥重量の50%を越える)ことが知られている。この主要動物プランクトンの高い脂質の蓄積が、北太平洋亜寒帯域において動物プランクトン炭素量が高い要因であると考えられる。このように動物プランクトン各単位間の関係式はそれぞれ海域間で固有の関係式を使用する必要があることがわかった。
    平成16年度には上記結果を国際雑誌に投稿し、受理・印刷まで行うことができた。また得られたバイオメトリー式から代謝量の推定を行う予備実験として、北海道大学練習船おしょろ丸の第154次航海に乗船し、動物プランクトン呼吸量の船上飼育実験を行い、良好な結果を得た。
    日本学術振興会, 若手研究(B), 北海道大学, 研究代表者, 競争的資金, 15710002
  • 深海に生息する動物プランクトンの生理・生態に関する研究
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A)
    2002年 - 2004年
    池田 勉, 志賀 直信, 山口 篤
    本研究は、親潮域を中心とした西部北大平洋域で、水深500-1000mの「中層」、1000-3000mの「深層」に生息する主要な深海性動物プランクトン各種の生活史パラメターと現存量を連続野外採集によって把握するとともに、申請者の考案による簡易型保温コッドエンドを装着した閉鎖式ネットで‘生きている'深海性動物プランクトンを採集し船上実験室で代謝活性の測定と、凍結標本についての体化学成分(電子伝達系(ETS)酵素活性、核酸)の分析を行い、彼らの生理学的・生態学的特性を明らかにする目的で実施した。以下に得られた主要な結果を述べる。
    大型植食性カイアシ類で深海に潜って休眠するEucalanus、休眠しないMetridiaの生活史が明らかにされた。中・深層性動物プランクトン群集中、出現個体数で最も優占する体長1mm程度の貝虫類1種とポエキロストマトイダ・カイアシ類数種についてその個体群構造を1年間にわたって解析した結果、世代時間が1-2年と極端に長いことが判明した。彼らの中には、若齢期に上層に分布し、成熟すると下層に移動する個体発生的鉛直移動を行う種も見られた。産卵期は周年にわたるが主産卵期は植物プランクトンの春期ブルーム期とは関係なく、夏-秋であった。クラッチサイズ(抱卵数)は100個を超えることはまれで、表層種より少なく、生涯を通しての捕食圧が中・深層で低いことが伺われた。現存量は、同海域の大型植食性カイアシ類のわずか1-2%程度であった。
    代謝活性について、これら貝虫類、ポエキロストマトイダ・カイアシ類を始め、多数の中・深層性カナノイダ・カイアシ類の酸素消費速度は表層性カイアシ類のそれに比べて約1/2程度と低いことが明らかになった。同様の結果はETS活性でも得られた(何れの比較においても水温や体サイズの影響は除去済み)。成長ポテンシャルの指標となる核酸比(RNA/DNA)も表層性種に比べて中・深層カイアシ類で低かった。
    これらの結果を総合すると、餌資源の少ない深海環境ではそこに生息している動物プランクトンはゆっくりと遊泳し、成長速度も低く、そのため寿命である可能性が示唆された。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(A), 北海道大学, 連携研究者, 競争的資金, 14209001

産業財産権

  • 海洋プランクトン由来発光タンパク質
    特許権, 茂里 康, 山口 篤, 竹中 康浩, 今西 規, 小倉 彰子, 五條堀 孝, 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所
    特願2011-126900, 2011年06月07日
    特開2012-249619, 2012年12月20日
    特許5582476
    2014年07月25日
    201303059996913697