Crown of thorns starfish (COTS, Acanthaster sp.) are notorious for their destructive
consumption of coral that decimates tropical reefs, an attribute unique among tropical …

An explosive volcanic eruption occurred in the Ogasawara Islands on 13–15 August 2021,
bringing unprecedented amounts of floating pumice to the coast of Okinawa Island in the …

The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is a coral predator that is widely distributed in Indo-
Pacific Oceans. A previous phylogenetic study using partial mitochondrial sequences …

The sea star Asterias amurensis is widely viewed as a severe “marine pest” because of its
broad feeding habits. Over the past few decades, A. amurensis undergoes massive and …

Cost-effective genotyping can be achieved by sequencing PCR amplicons. Short 3–10 base
primers can arbitrarily amplify thousands of loci using only a few primers. To improve the …

Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) pose a major threat to coral reefs in the
Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park, Japan, which is partially affected by the Kuroshio Current …

Octopuses are an important fishery resource in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and
Octopus cyanea is an important fishery resource in this region. Although a gradual …

Vegetated coastal habitats such as seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and mangroves
export large amounts of organic carbon (OC) to offshore regions. The exported OC may be …

要旨これまで母島列島においてオニヒトデの公式な分布報告はなかった. しかし, 2000
年頃から母島のダイビング業者によって本種が低密度に観察されていた. 本研究では母島, 向島 …

抄録 沿岸海浜部に発達する海草藻場・大型藻類群落・マングローブ等の植生帯からは,
その一次生産物が外洋域に多量に流出しており, 深海への炭素貯留や深海生物生産の駆動に貢献 …