Publication lists of Masahiro Nakaoka

Papers published in peer-reviewed journals

46: Nakaoka M, Ito N, Yamamoto T, Okuda T, Noda T (2005) Similarity of rocky intertidal assemblages along the Pacific Coast of Japan: Effects of spatial scales and geographic distance. Ecological Research (in press)

45: Yamakita T., Nakaoka M, Kondoh A, Ishii M, Shoji Y (2005) Long-term spatial dynamics of a seagrass bed on Futtsu tidal flat in Tokyo Bay. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology (in Japanese with English abstract) (in press)

44: Nakaoka, M. (2005) Plant-animal interactions in seagrass beds: ongoing and future challenges for understanding population and community dynamics. Population Ecology (in press)

43: Watanabe M, Nakaoka M, Mukai H (2005) Seasonal variation in vegetative growth and production of the endemic seagrass Zostera asiatica in Japan: a comparison with sympatric Zostera marina. Botanica Marina 48: 266-273

42: Noda, T., Fukatsu, Y., Okuda, T., Hori, M., Nakaoka, M. and Yamamoto, T. (2005) Seven forms of rarity in rocky intertidal algal assemblages along the Northwestern Pacific coast of Japan. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 10: 1-10 (in Japanese with English abstract)

41: Tanaka, Y. and Nakaoka, M. (2004) Emergence stresses and morphological constraints affecting species distribution and growth of subtropical intertidal seagrasses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284: 117-131

40: Okuda, T., Noda, T., Yamamoto, T. Ito, N. and Nakaoka, M. (2004) Latitudinal gradient of species diversity: multi–scale variability in rocky intertidal sessile assemblages along the Northwestern Pacific coast.  Population Ecology 46: 159-170

39: Nakaoka, M., Tanaka, Y. and Watanabe M. (2004) Species diversity and abundance of seagrasses in southwestern Thailand under different influence of river discharge. Coastal Marine Science 29: 75-80

38: Komatsu, T., Umezawa, Y., Nakaoka, M., Supanwanid, C. and Kanamoto, Z. (2004) Water flow and sediment in Enhalus acoroides and other seagrass beds in the Andaman Sea, off Khao Bae Na, Thailand. Coastal Marine Science 29: 63-68

37: Yoshida, M., Kouchi, N. and Nakaoka, M. (2003) Citizensf Involvement for Seagrass Watch Survey in Okinawa Island. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 8: 119-128 (in Japanese with English abstract)

36: Nakaoka, M., Kouchi, N. and Aioi, K. (2003) Seasonal dynamics of Zostera caulescens: relative importance of flowering shoots to net production. Aquatic Botany 77: 277-293

35: Tanaka, N., Kuo, J., Omori, Y., Nakaoka, M. and Aioi, K. (2003) Phylogenetic relationships in the genera Zostera and Heterozostera (Zosteraceae) based on matK sequence data. Journal of Plant Research 116: 273-279

34: Yamamoto, T., Nakaoka, M., Komatsu T., Kawai H., Marine Life Research Group of Takeno and Ohwada, K. (2003) Impacts by heavy-oil spill from the Russian tanker Nakhodka on intertidal ecosystems: Recovery of animal community.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 47: 91-98

33: Komatsu T., Nakaoka, M., Kawai H., Yamamoto, T., Marine Life Research Group of Takeno and Ohwada, K. (2003) Impacts of the Nakhodka heavy-oil spill on an intertidal ecosystem: An approach to impact evaluation using GIS. Marine Pollution Bulletin 47: 99-104

32: Nakaoka, M., Aioi, K., Kouchi, N., Omori, Y., Tanaka, N. and Tatsukawa, K. (2003) Distribution, productivity, life history and biodiversity of seagrass community along Sanriku Coast: A review. Otsuchi Marine Science 28: 31-38

31: Komatsu, T., Nakaoka, M. and Sugimoto, T. (2003) Changes in coastal ecosystem due to modifications of land use pattern.  Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography 40: 149-157

30: Komatsu, T., Igarashi, C., Tatsukawa, K., Nakaoka, M. and Taira, A. (2002) Mapping of seagrass and seaweed beds using hydro-acoustic methods.  Fisheries Science 68 sup. I: 580-583

29: Nakaoka, M., Mukai, H. and Chunhabundit, S. (2002) Impacts of dugong foraging on benthic animal communities in a Thailand seagrass bed.  Ecological Research 17: 625-638

28: Tanaka, N., Omori, Y., Nakaoka, M. and Aioi, K. (2002) Gene flow among populations of Zostera caespitosa Miki (Zosteraceae) in Sanriku Coast, Japan. Otsuchi Marine Science 27: 17-22

27: Nakaoka, M. (2002) Predation on seeds of seagrasses Zostera marina and Zostera caulescens by a tanaid crustacean Zeuxo sp.  Aquatic Botany 72: 99-106

26: Nakaoka, M., Toyohara, T. and Matsumasa, M. (2001) Seasonal and between-substrate variation in mobile epifaunal community in a multispecific seagrass bed of Otsuchi Bay, Japan.  P. S. Z. N. Marine Ecology 22: 379-395

25: Nakaoka, M. (2001) Small-scale variation in a benthic community at an intertidal flat in Thailand: effects of spatial heterogeneity of seagrass vegetation Benthos Research 56: 63-71

24: Toyohara, T., Nakaoka, M. and Tsuchida, E. (2001) Population dynamics and life history traits of Siphonacmea oblongata Yokohama on seagrass leaf in Otsuchi Bay (Siphonariidae, Pulamonata).  Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology) 60 (1/2): 27-36

23: Nakaoka, M. and Aioi, K. (2001) Ecology of seagrasses Zostera spp. (Zosteraceae) in Japanese waters: A review.  Otsuchi Marine Science 26: 7-2

22: Nakaoka, M. and Toyohara, T. (2000) Effects of seagrass patch structure on the mobile epifaunal community in a subtidal seagrass meadow in Thailand.  Benthos Research 55: 53-61

21: Nakaoka, M. and Iizumi, H. (2000) Magnitude of within-patch variation in seagrass Halophila ovalis growth affected by adjacent Thalassia hemprichii vegetation.  Ecological Research 15: 415-424

20: Mukai, H., Aioi, K., Lewmanomont, K., Matsumasa, M., Nakaoka, M., Nojima, S. Supanwanid, C., Suzuki, T., and Toyohara, T. (2000) Dugong grazing on Halophila beds in Haad Chao Mai National Park.  Biologia Marina Mediterranea 7: 268-270

19: Komatsu, T. and Nakaoka, M. (2000)  Water flow and sedimentation rate in seagrass beds off Khao Baena in Trang Province, Thailand.  Biologia Marina Mediterranea 7: 240-242

18: Kouchi, N. and Nakaoka, M. (2000) Distribution of encrusting bryozoa on Zostera caulescens in Funakoshi Bay, Japan: effects of seagrass vertical structure on epifauna.  Biologia Marina Mediterranea 7: 247-250

17: Watanabe, M., Nakaoka, M. and Mukai, H. (2000) Growth and productivity of Zostera asiatica and Zostera marina in Akkeshi, northern Japan.  Biologia Marina Mediterranea 7: 156-159

16: Nakaoka, M., Kouchi, N. and Aioi, K. (2000) Growth and shoot dynamics of Zostera caulescens Miki in Funakoshi Bay, Japan: how does it maintain high canopy structure?  Biologia Marina Mediterranea 7: 103-106

15: Aioi, K., Nakaoka, M., Kouchi, N. and Omori, Y. (2000) A new record of Zostera asiatica Miki (Zosteraceae) in Funakoshi Bay, Iwate Prefecture.  Otsuchi Marine Science 25: 23-26

14: Nakaoka, M. (2000) Nonlethal effects of predators on prey populations: predator-mediated change in bivalve growth.  Ecology 81: 1031-1045

13: Toyohara, T., Nakaoka, M. and Aioi, K. (1999) Population dynamics and reproductive traits of phytal gastropods in seagrass bed in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan.  P. S. Z. N. Marine Ecology 20: 273-290

12: Nakaoka, M. and Aioi, K. (1999) Growth of the seagrass Halophila ovalis at the dugong trails compared to existing within-patch variation in a Thailand intertidal flat.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 184: 97-103

11: Komatsu, T., Nakaoka, M. and Kawai, H. (1999) Development of evaluation method of impacts by heavy-oil pollution on inter-tidal ecosystem using Goegraphical Information System (GIS).  Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography 37: 35-39

10: Nakaoka, M. and Ohta, S. (1998) Seasonal variation in reproduction and population structure of the bivalve Limopsis tajimae in the upper bathyal zone of Suruga Bay, Japan.  Marine Biology 132: 471-481

9: Nakaoka, M. (1998) Optimal resource allocation of the marine bivalve Yoldia notabilis: the effects of size-limited reproductive capacity and size-dependent mortality. Evolutionary Ecology 12: 347-361

8: Nakaoka, M. (1997) Demography of the marine bivalve Yoldia notabilis in fluctuating environments:  an analysis using stochastic matrix model.  Oikos 79: 59-68

7: Nakaoka, M. (1996b) Dynamics of age- and size-structured populations in fluctuating environments:  Applications of stochastic matrix models to natural populations. Researches on Population Ecology 38: 141-152

6: Nakaoka, M. (1996a) Size-dependent survivorship of the bivalve Yoldia notabilis (Yokoyama, 1920): the effect of crab predation.  Journal of Shellfish Research 15: 355-362

5: Nakaoka, M. and Matsui S. (1994) Annual variation in the growth rate of Yoldia notabilis (Bivalvia: Nuculanidae) in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan, analyzed using shell microgrowth patterns.  Marine Biology 119: 397-404

4: Nakaoka, M. (1994) Size-dependent reproductive traits of Yoldia notabilis (Bivalvia: Protobranchia).  Marine Ecology Progress Series 114: 129-137

3: Nakaoka, M. (1993) Yearly variation in recruitment and its effect on population dynamics in Yoldia notabilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia), analyzed using projection matrix model.  Researches on Population Ecology 35: 199-213.

2: Nakaoka, M. (1992b) Spatial and seasonal variation in growth rate and secondary production of Yoldia notabilis in Otsuchi Bay, Japan, with reference to the influence of food supply from the water column.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 88: 215-223

1: Nakaoka, M. (1992a) Age determination and growth analysis based on external shell rings of the protobranch bivalve Yoldia notabilis Yokoyama in OtsuchiBay, northeastern Japan.  Benthos Research 43: 53-66

Books

4: Nakaoka M (2005) Biodiversity of seagrass beds. In, Miyazaki N, editor, Sea of Sanriku, Scientist Co. Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 66-83

3: Nakaoka M (2003) Population Ecology and Life History Study. In, Wada, K., editor, Ecology of Marine Benthos, Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 33-115

2: Yamamoto T, Komatsu T, Kawai H, Nakaoka M, Marine Life Research Group of Takeno, Ohwada K (2003) Impact and recovery of an intertidal ecosystem from the Nakhodka heavy-oil spill. In, Tazaki, K., editor, Heavy Oil Spilled from Russian Tanker gNakhodka g in 1997: Toward Eco-responsibility, Earth Sense. 21st Century COE Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, pp. 162-173

1: Aioi K, Nakaoka M (2003) Seagrasses of Japan. In, Green, E.P. and Short, F.T., editors, World Atlas of Seagrasses. University of California Press, Berkeley, USA, pp. 185-192

 

Reviews

1: Nakaoka, M. (1993) Influence of variation in larval settlement processes on the population dynamics of marine benthic animals: analyses using projection matrix models. Gekkan Kaiyo 25: 264-268

 

Master & Ph.D theses

1: Nakaoka, M. (1989) Ecological study on the seasonality in the reproduction of Limopsis tajimae Sowerby (Bivalvia, Limopsidae) from the bathyal zone of Suruga Bay, Central Japan. Master's dissertation, University of Tokyo. 48pp.

2: Nakaoka, M. (1993) Population dynamics and life history traits of Yoldia notabilis (Bivalvia: Protobranchia).  Doctoral dissertation, University of Tokyo. 182pp.

 

Others

14: Nakaoka M (2005) On food-web flexibility: beyond the gap between theoretical and empirical studies. Japanese Journal of Ecology 55: 265-268

13: Nakaoka M, Noda T (2004) Special feature: multiple spatial scale approaches in population and community ecology. Population Ecology 46: 103-104

12: Nakaoka M (2002) Effects of material input from terrestrial ecosystems on the dynamics of tropical seagrass community: comparisons of seagrass beds with different impact of rivers. Gekkan Kaiyo 34: 424-429

11: Nakaoka M (2002)@General characteristics of exotic species revealed by the studies of marine bivalve Musculista senhousia: Interpretation and comments on the lecture by Dr Jef Crooks. Annual report of Kanto Regional Branch of Japanese Society of Ecology 50: 24-27

10: Kawai H, Kamiya Y, Komatsu T, Nakaoka M, Yamamoto T, Marine Life Research Group of Takeno (2001) Impacts by heavy-oil spill from the Russian tanker gNakhodkah on intertidal ecosystems: from an inpact assesment of the oil spill to a long-term monitoring program. Iden 55 (4): 92-97

9: Nakaoka M (2000) Development of local and global networks for research and conservation of seagrasses. Aquabiology 22: 566-569

8: Toyohara, T., Kouchi, N., Nakaoka, M. (2000)  Ecology of epiphytic animals in seagrass beds. Aquabiology 22: 557-565

7: Watanabe, M., Nakaoka, M. (2000) Environmental and biological factors affecting distribution and productivity of seagrasses.  Aquabiology 22: 533-541

6: Nakaoka, M., Supanwanid C (2000) Quantitative estimation of the distribution and biomass of seagrass at Haad Chao Mai National Park, Trang Province, Thailand. Kasetsart University Fishery Research Bulletin 22: 10-22

5: Nakaoka, M. (2000) Small invertebrate animals using flowers and seeds of seagrasses.  Umiushi-Tushin 27: 9-11

4: Komatsu, T., Nakaoka, M., Kawai, H., Kamiya, Y. and T. Yamamoto (2000)  Long-term effects of oil spill on intertidal ecology.  Yudaku Kikin Dayori 67: 1-11

3: Komatsu, T., Nakaoka, M. and Kawai, H. (1998) Long-term monitoring of coastal ecosystems polluted by heavy-oil spill using Goegraphical Information System (GIS). Gekkan Kaiyo 30: 648-653

2: Nakaoka, M. and Matsumasa, M. (1997) Mechasims of creating community diversity: cases on benthic communities.  Journal of Plankton Society of Japan 44: 37-38

1: Nakaoka, M. (1989) The growth and reproductive cycles of Yoldia sp. [aff. Y. notabilis Yokoyama] (Mollusca; Bivalvia) in Otsuchi Bay.  Otsuchi Marine Research Center 15: 21-27