Plankton & Benthos Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Plankton & Benthos Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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First record of <i>Bulaceros porcellanus</i> Newman & Cannon, 1996 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Cotylea) from Japanese waters, with a revision of the generic diagnosis based on morph12
Semi-automatic recognition of juvenile scallops reared in lantern nets from time-lapse images using a deep learning technique12
Involvement of quorum sensing in the activity of growth-inhibiting bacteria against the toxic dinoflagellate <i>Alexandrium catenella</i> (Group I)9
Prediction of macrobenthos distribution using the Maxent and simplified estimable environmental variables in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan9
Effects of transplant sites and preventive measures against predation on the survival rates of pen shell in the Ariake Sea, Japan7
Microzooplankton as a food source for the scyphozoan <i>Aurelia coerulea</i>: growth and feeding responses of the polyp stage in field assemblages6
Seasonal abundance of marine cladocerans in the offshore waters of Suruga Bay, Japan5
Temporal variations in the copepod community structure during the sand lance fishery season near the Akashi Strait, eastern Seto Inland Sea4
Early life history of <i>Ilisha elongata</i> (Pristigasteridae, Clupeiformes, Pisces) in Ariake Sound, Shimabara Bay, Japan4
Genetic diversities of commercially harvested jellyfish, <i>Rhopilema hispidum</i> and <i>Lobonemoides robustus</i> in Southeast Asia4
Taxonomic descriptions of the brackish-water calanoid copepod <i>Acartia tsuensis</i> Ito from Japan and the closely related <i>A. ohnoi</i> n. sp. from the Philippines3
Use of environmental DNA to survey the distribution of the invasive mussel <i>Limnoperna fortunei</i> in farm ponds3
Life in coastal pebble sediment: Unique interstitial organism community and selective feeding on meiobenthos by interstitial fishes (<i>Luciogobius</i>: Gobiidae)3
Copepod community structure in the highly turbid innermost part of Ariake Bay in the 2000s with special reference to high abundances of <i>Oithona davisae</i>3
Fine structures along the alimentary canal in a holoplanktonic gastropod, <i>Pterotrachea coronata</i>3
Response to suction dynamics on intertidal distribution of <i>Haustorioides</i> amphipod species on East Asian sandy beaches during diurnal tidal changes3
Effects of seasonal irrigation subsidies on the dietary components of estuarine detritus feeders: stable isotopic analysis focusing on nereidid polychaetes2
Genetic structure of a population of “peanutfish” (“dragonfish”) sea cucumbers using mitochondrial COI sequences in Marau, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands2
Phylogenetic position of the acoel <i>Oxyposthia praedator</i> (Xenacoelomorpha: Convolutidae)2
Changes in benthic macro-invertebrate assemblages in an estuary in southern Thailand after invasion by non-native bivalves <i>Mytilopsis sallei</i> and <i>Mytella strigata</i>2
Bioluminescence of the polychaete <i>Tharyx</i> sp. (Annelida: Cirratulidae) in deep-seawater from Toyama Bay, Japan2
A new species of <i>Amphictene</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pectinariidae) from off Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan2
Molecular method to identify the morphologically similar four species of the <i>Perinereis nuntia</i> species complex (Annelida: Nereididae) based on PCR-RFLP analysis of nuclear ribosomal2
Back to the roots, Part 1—early life cycle data of Rhopaliophora (Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and Staurozoa)2
First description of the female of <i>Bradyidius angustus</i> (Calanoida, Aetideidae) with descriptions of the male and copepodids2
Giant spoon worms pumped out of their deep burrows: First collection of the main bodies of <i>Ikeda taenioides</i> (Annelida: Thalassematidae: Bonelliinae) in 88 years2
Genetic variation of <i>Littorina horikawai</i> endemic to the western coast and the adjacent islands around Kyushu, Japan inferred by mtDNA analyses2
Seasonal occurrence of the cold-water calanoid copepod <i>Acartia omorii</i> and its rare occurrence during midsummer in the Seto Inland Sea2
Seasonal and annual dynamics of phytoplankton off Tajima, southwestern Sea of Japan2
Predator avoidance behavior of Japanese sea cucumber <i>Apostichopus japonicus</i> juveniles elicited by contact with and chemical stimuli from predatory sea stars2
Impacts of coastal armouring on rubble mobile cryptofauna at shallow coral reefs in Okinawa, Japan2
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Densities of cyanobacterial cells, spicules, and particles in the coral-killing sponge <i>Terpios hoshinota</i> in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan1
Effect of diet isotopic ratios on the δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N signatures of scallop-gut contents in a natural setting1
Assessment of spawning events of the tri-spine horseshoe crab, <i>Tachypleus tridentatus</i>, using environmental DNA in the Sone tidal flat, Japan1
Population differentiation of the endangered salt-marsh snail <i>Ellobium chinense</i> in Japan (Gastropoda: Ellobiidae)1
Aspects of distribution, growth, and reproduction of the fluvial prawn, <i>Macrobrachium shokitai,</i> in a subtropical river on Iriomote Island, Japan1
First record of <i>Kamaka corophina</i> Ren & Sha, 2013 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Kamakidae) in Japan1
Quantitative evaluation of color morphotypes in a deep-sea snailfish, <i>Careproctus trachysoma</i> in the Japan Sea and their genetic and environmental backgrounds1
Seasonal growth, organ indices and food consumption of the Japanese scallop <i>Patinopecten</i> <i>yessoensis</i> (Jay, 1857) in relation to food availability in Tokoro seabed,1
Aquatic invertebrate’s Carbohydrate-binding module assists environmental cellulase to immobilize in wetland sediments1
Population dynamics of <i>Chattonella</i> (Raphidophyceae), causative flagellates of noxious red tides in Ago Bay, central Japan, with an emphasis on cyst germination1
A discovery of the northernmost population of the giant mangrove whelk <i>Terebralia palustris</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Potamididae) on Zamami Island and its genetic variability1
Records and distribution of the coral-killing sponge <i>Chalinula nematifera</i> in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan1
Association of <i>Caprella</i> <i>fimbrillata</i> Vassilenko, 1993 (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Amphipoda) with the deep-sea holothurian <i>Scotoplanes globosa</i> (Th1
Empirical prediction model for egg production rate of a planktonic copepod, <i>Calanus sinicus</i>, estimated from reproductive index using formalin-preserved samples in Sagami Bay, Japan1
Ascidians observed associating epizoically on holothurians in waters in the Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan1
The <i>COI</i> haplotype diversity of the pelagic polychaete <i>Tomopteris</i> (Annelida: Tomopteridae) collected from the Pacific coast off Kii Peninsula, central Japan1
Prey preferences of juvenile whelk <i>Neptunea arthritica</i> (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in Hakodate Bay, Hokkaido, Japan1
Host-epibiont relationship between calanoid copepods and suctorian ciliates in the northern North Pacific Ocean1
An effective method to mass culture a lobate ctenophore (<i>Bolinopsis mikado</i>)1
Holothurian assemblages before the harvest-boom era in inner reefs of Ishigaki Island, focusing on population dynamics of lollyfish <i>Holothuria atra</i> Jäger, 18331
Planktonic larvae of the rare spoon worm, <i>Ikedosoma elegans</i> (Annelida: Thalassematidae), collected from Tanabe Bay, Wakayama, Japan1
Co-occurrence of a marine heatwave and a reported tomato jellyfish (<i>Crambione mastigophora</i> Maas, 1903) bloom in March 2020 at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines1
“Standing on tiptoe”: A novel foraging technique in the starfish <i>Patiria pectinifera</i>1
Effectiveness of Lugol’s iodine solution for long-term preservation of zooplankton samples for molecular analysis1
Mass recruitment of the lancelet <i>Branchiostoma japonicum</i> at a sandbank in the western Seto Inland Sea in 2002 and subsequent age structure of the population1
The effects of photoperiod and temperature on embryonic diapause termination in the hermit crab <i>Pagurus nigrofascia</i>1
Taxonomy of <i>Caprella</i> (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) recovered from a large fisheries dock stranded in Oregon, USA that had been carried away by the 2011 East Japan Earthquake a1
Diversity of <i>Heterocapsa</i> (Dinophyceae) and the algal bloom event in the mariculture areas of Johor Strait, Malaysia1
Seasonal changes in taxonomic, size composition, and Normalised Biomass Size Spectra (NBSS) of mesozooplankton communities in the Funka Bay, southwestern Hokkaido: Insights from ZooScan analysis1
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