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Masahiro Nakaoka

Masahiro Nakaoka

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
6244
World Ranking
6368
National Ranking
41

Overview

Masahiro Nakaoka is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and works primarily within the domains of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research frequently explores marine and coastal biological systems. Key topics covered include Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Masahiro Nakaoka has contributed extensively to scholarly articles published in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Ecological Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

Their more recent papers demonstrate a focus on environmental contamination, biodiversity monitoring, and habitat conservation, such as:

  • "Trophic transfer of microplastics from mysids to fish greatly exceeds direct ingestion from the water column" (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • "A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action" (2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Distribution, Temporal Change, and Conservation Status of Tropical Seagrass Beds in Southeast Asia: 2000-2020" (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "The gut retention time of microplastics in barnacle naupliar larvae from different climatic zones and marine habitats" (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • "How do microbiota associated with an invasive seaweed vary across scales?" (2020, Molecular Ecology)

Collaboration is an important aspect of this scientist's work. They have frequently co-authored publications with colleagues such as J. Emmett Duffy, Masakazu Hori, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Mathieu Cusson, and F. Joel Fodrie, reflecting engagement with experts across related fields.

Best Publications

  • Global analysis of seagrass restoration: the importance of large-scale planting

    Marieke M. van Katwijk;Anitra Thorhaug;Núria Marbà;Robert J. Orth

  • Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative‐experimental approach

    J Emmett Duffy;J Emmett Duffy;Pamela L Reynolds;Christoffer Boström;James A Coyer

  • Seagrass ecosystem services - What's next?

    Lina Mtwana Nordlund;Emma L. Jackson;Masahiro Nakaoka;Jimena Samper-Villarreal

  • Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

    Maria Emilia Röhr;Maria Emilia Röhr;Marianne Holmer;Julia K. Baum;Mats Björk

  • NONLETHAL EFFECTS OF PREDATORS ON PREY POPULATIONS: PREDATOR‐MEDIATED CHANGE IN BIVALVE GROWTH

    Masahiro Nakaoka

  • Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

    J. Emmett Duffy;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Habitat Use by Fishes in Coral Reefs, Seagrass Beds and Mangrove Habitats in the Philippines

    Kentaro Honda;Yohei Nakamura;Masahiro Nakaoka;Wilfredo H. Uy

  • Geographic variability in organic carbon stock and accumulation rate in sediments of East and Southeast Asian seagrass meadows

    Toshihiro Miyajima;Masakazu Hori;Masami Hamaguchi;Hiromori Shimabukuro

  • Trophic transfer of microplastics from mysids to fish greatly exceeds direct ingestion from the water column.

    Takaaki Hasegawa;Masahiro Nakaoka

  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

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  • Plant–animal interactions in seagrass beds: ongoing and future challenges for understanding population and community dynamics

    Masahiro Nakaoka

  • Growth of seagrass Halophila ovalis at dugong trails compared to existing within-patch variation in a Thailand intertidal flat

    Masahiro Nakaoka;Keiko Aioi

  • Latitude, temperature, and habitat complexity predict predation pressure in eelgrass beds across the Northern Hemisphere.

    Pamela L. Reynolds;Pamela L. Reynolds;John J. Stachowicz;Kevin Hovel;Christoffer Boström

  • Temporal changes in benthic communities of seagrass beds impacted by a tsunami in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

    Napakhwan Whanpetch;Masahiro Nakaoka;Masahiro Nakaoka;Hiroshi Mukai;Takao Suzuki

  • Re-Structuring of Marine Communities Exposed to Environmental Change: A Global Study on the Interactive Effects of Species and Functional Richness

    Martin Wahl;Heike Link;Nicolaos Alexandridis;Jeremy C. Thomason

  • Seasonal and Between‐Substrate Variation in Mobile Epifaunal Community in a Multispecific Seagrass Bed of Otsuchi Bay, Japan

    Masahiro Nakaoka;Masahiro Nakaoka;Tetsuhiko Toyohara;Masatoshi Matsumasa

  • Predation on seeds of seagrasses Zostera marina and Zostera caulescens by a tanaid crustacean Zeuxo sp.

    Masahiro Nakaoka

  • Combining niche shift and population genetic analyses predicts rapid phenotypic evolution during invasion.

    Erik E. Sotka;Aaron W. Baumgardner;Paige M. Bippus;Christophe Destombe

  • Ecology of seagrasses Zostera spp. (Zosteraceae) in Japanese waters : A review

    Masahiro Nakaoka;Keiko Aioi

  • High seagrass diversity and canopy-height increase associated fish diversity and abundance

    Masakazu Hori;Takao Suzuki;Yaowaluk Monthum;Tippamas Srisombat

  • Similarity of rocky intertidal assemblages along the Pacific coast of Japan: effects of spatial scales and geographic distance

    Masahiro Nakaoka;Norihiko Ito;Tomoko Yamamoto;Takehiro Okuda

  • Temporal and spatial macrofaunal community changes along a salinity gradient in seagrass meadows of Akkeshi-ko estuary and Akkeshi Bay, northern Japan

    Katsumasa Yamada;Masakazu Hori;Yoshiyuki Tanaka;Natsuki Hasegawa

  • 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

    M. Nakaoka

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
Martin Wahl
Martin Wahl GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Florian Weinberger
Florian Weinberger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christoffer Boström
Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University
Erik E. Sotka
Erik E. Sotka College of Charleston
John J. Stachowicz
John J. Stachowicz University of California, Davis
Jennifer L. Ruesink
Jennifer L. Ruesink University of Washington
Mary I. O'Connor
Mary I. O'Connor University of British Columbia
Hiroya Yamano
Hiroya Yamano National Institute for Environmental Studies
Johan S. Eklöf
Johan S. Eklöf Stockholm University

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