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Hiroki Yamanaka

Hiroki Yamanaka

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Ecology and Evolution

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39
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8430
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Overview

Hiroki Yamanaka is affiliated with Ryukoku University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a particular focus on environmental DNA (eDNA) research. Their work encompasses a significant number of publications that address biodiversity monitoring, molecular techniques, and ecological applications of DNA analysis in aquatic environments.

The scientist's recent notable papers include the following:

  • An illustrated manual for environmental DNA research: Water sampling guidelines and experimental protocols, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • Sedimentary eDNA provides different information on timescale and fish species composition compared with aqueous eDNA, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • Messenger RNA typing of environmental RNA (eRNA): A case study on zebrafish tank water with perspectives for the future development of eRNA analysis on aquatic vertebrates, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • The future of biodiversity monitoring and conservation utilizing environmental DNA, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • Meta-analyses of environmental DNA downstream transport and deposition in relation to hydrogeography in riverine environments, 2022, Freshwater Biology

Yamanaka frequently collaborates with several researchers including Toshifumi Minamoto, Masaki Miya, Itaru Tsuge, Hideyuki Doi, and Akihide Kasai. These collaborations reflect a consistent research network focusing on ecological and molecular biological studies related to environmental DNA.

The scientist's publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Environmental DNA
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Fisheries Science
  • Limnology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Hiroki Yamanaka's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work touches on numerous subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The main topics investigated by Yamanaka are:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Best Publications

  • MiFish, a set of universal PCR primers for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes: detection of more than 230 subtropical marine species.

    M. Miya;Y. Sato;T. Fukunaga;T. Sado

  • Estimation of fish biomass using environmental DNA.

    Teruhiko Takahara;Toshifumi Minamoto;Hiroki Yamanaka;Hideyuki Doi

  • The Release Rate of Environmental DNA from Juvenile and Adult Fish

    Atsushi Maruyama;Keisuke Nakamura;Hiroki Yamanaka;Michio Kondoh

  • Environmental DNA analysis for estimating the abundance and biomass of stream fish

    Hideyuki Doi;Ryutei Inui;Yoshihisa Akamatsu;Kazuki Kanno

  • Use of droplet digital PCR for estimation of fish abundance and biomass in environmental DNA surveys.

    Hideyuki Doi;Kimiko Uchii;Teruhiko Takahara;Saeko Matsuhashi

  • Surveillance of fish species composition using environmental DNA

    Toshifumi Minamoto;Hiroki Yamanaka;Teruhiko Takahara;Mie N. Honjo

  • Environmental DNA as a 'snapshot' of fish distribution: A case study of Japanese jack mackerel in Maizuru Bay, Sea of Japan

    Satoshi Yamamoto;Kenji Minami;Keiichi Fukaya;Kohji Takahashi

  • Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Outperforms Real-Time PCR in the Detection of Environmental DNA from an Invasive Fish Species

    Hideyuki Doi;Teruhiko Takahara;Toshifumi Minamoto;Saeko Matsuhashi

  • The detection of aquatic macroorganisms using environmental DNA analysis—A review of methods for collection, extraction, and detection

    Satsuki Tsuji;Satsuki Tsuji;Teruhiko Takahara;Hideyuki Doi;Naoki Shibata

  • Water temperature-dependent degradation of environmental DNA and its relation to bacterial abundance

    Satsuki Tsuji;Masayuki Ushio;Masayuki Ushio;Masayuki Ushio;Sho Sakurai;Toshifumi Minamoto

  • Environmental DNA enables detection of terrestrial mammals from forest pond water

    Masayuki Ushio;Hisato Fukuda;Toshiki Inoue;Kobayashi Makoto

  • Quantitative monitoring of multispecies fish environmental DNA using high-throughput sequencing

    Masayuki Ushio;Masayuki Ushio;Hiroaki Murakami;Reiji Masuda;Tetsuya Sado

  • An illustrated manual for environmental DNA research: Water sampling guidelines and experimental protocols

    Toshifumi Minamoto;Masaki Miya;Tetsuya Sado;Satoquo Seino

  • A simple method for preserving environmental DNA in water samples at ambient temperature by addition of cationic surfactant

    Hiroki Yamanaka;Toshifumi Minamoto;Junichi Matsuura;Sho Sakurai

  • The use of environmental DNA of fishes as an efficient method of determining habitat connectivity

    Hiroki Yamanaka;Toshifumi Minamoto

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish community analysis in backwater lakes: A comparison of capture methods

    Kazuya Fujii;Hideyuki Doi;Shunsuke Matsuoka;Mariko Nagano

  • Sedimentary eDNA provides different information on timescale and fish species composition compared with aqueous eDNA

    Masayuki K. Sakata;Satoshi Yamamoto;Satoshi Yamamoto;Ryo O. Gotoh;Masaki Miya

  • Use of a Filter Cartridge for Filtration of Water Samples and Extraction of Environmental DNA.

    Masaki Miya;Toshifumi Minamoto;Hiroki Yamanaka;Shin-Ichiro Oka

  • Usefulness and limitations of sample pooling for environmental DNA metabarcoding of freshwater fish communities.

    Hirotoshi Sato;Yuki Sogo;Hideyuki Doi;Hiroki Yamanaka

  • The future of biodiversity monitoring and conservation utilizing environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Hiroki Yamanaka;Louis Bernatchez

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshifumi Minamoto
Toshifumi Minamoto Kobe University
Hideyuki Doi
Hideyuki Doi Kyoto University
Masaki Miya
Masaki Miya Natural History Museum and Institute
Reiji Masuda
Reiji Masuda Kyoto University
Shuji Ogino
Shuji Ogino Brigham and Women's Hospital
Masakazu Toi
Masakazu Toi Kyoto University
Yuji Isagi
Yuji Isagi Kyoto University
Yoh Yamashita
Yoh Yamashita Kyoto University
Shigeru Terabe
Shigeru Terabe University of Hyogo
Takashi Sekiguchi
Takashi Sekiguchi University of Tsukuba

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