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Nanako O. Ogawa is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong focus on isotope analysis in ecology and aspects of geology, paleoclimatology, and astro and planetary sciences.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on marine and coastal ecosystems as well as on mass spectrometry techniques and applications. Their work also covers marine biology, ecology research, and studies related to marine and fisheries science.

Recent noteworthy publications include:

  • Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu, 2023, Science
  • Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Monsoons, Upwelling, and the Deoxygenation of the Northwestern Indian Ocean in Response to Middle to Late Miocene Global Climatic Shifts, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Marine Os isotopic evidence for multiple volcanic episodes during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Tracking long-distance migration of marine fishes using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids, 2020, Ecology Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nanako O. Ogawa include:

  • Naohiko Ohkouchi
  • Yoshinori Takano
  • Naoto F. Ishikawa
  • Toshihiro Yoshimura
  • Yoshito Chikaraishi

Their work has been published in several prominent scientific venues, notably:

  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Main fields of study represented in their research portfolio include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Nanako O. Ogawa focuses on subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research

Best Publications

  • Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

    Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Yuichiro Kashiyama;Yoshinori Takano

  • Metabolic control of nitrogen isotope composition of amino acids in macroalgae and gastropods: implications for aquatic food web studies

    Yoshito Chikaraishi;Yuichiro Kashiyama;Nanako O. Ogawa;Hiroshi Kitazato

  • Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

    Naohiko Ohkouchi;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Hilary G. Close;Brian Fry

  • Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteorites.

    Yoshihiro Furukawa;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Naohiko Ohkouchi;Nanako O. Ogawa

  • Contemporaneous massive subaerial volcanism and late cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    Junichiro Kuroda;Nanako O. Ogawa;Masaharu Tanimizu;Millard F. Coffin

  • New organic reference materials for carbon- and nitrogen-stable isotope ratio measurements provided by Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, and Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Ichiro Tayasu;Riyo Hirasawa;Nanako O. Ogawa;Naohiko Ohkouchi

  • Geographical origin of polished rice based on multiple element and stable isotope analyses.

    Yaeko Suzuki;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Naohiko Ohkouchi

  • 15N/14N ratios of amino acids as a tool for studying terrestrial food webs: a case study of terrestrial insects (bees, wasps, and hornets)

    Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Hideyuki Doi;Naohiko Ohkouchi

  • Different ingestion patterns of 13C-labeled bacteria and algae by deep-sea benthic foraminifera

    Hidetaka Nomaki;Petra Heinz;Takeshi Nakatsuka;Motohiro Shimanaga

  • Biochemical and physiological bases for the use of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in environmental and ecological studies

    Naohiko Ohkouchi;Nanako O Ogawa;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Hiroyuki Tanaka

  • Characterization and production and consumption processes of N2O emitted from temperate agricultural soils determined via isotopomer ratio analysis

    Sakae Toyoda;Midori Yano;Sei-ichi Nishimura;Hiroko Akiyama

  • Sedimentary membrane lipids recycled by deep-sea benthic archaea

    Yoshinori Takano;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Hidetaka Nomaki

  • A low trophic position of Japanese eel larvae indicates feeding on marine snow.

    Michael J. Miller;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Yoshiaki Yamada

  • Isolation and desalting with cation-exchange chromatography for compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids: application to biogeochemical samples

    Yoshinori Takano;Yuichiro Kashiyama;Nanako O. Ogawa;Yoshito Chikaraishi

  • Fluctuations of nitrogen isotope ratio of gobiid fish (Isaza) specimens and sediments in Lake Biwa, Japan, during the 20th century

    Nanako O. Ogawa;Tadatoshi Koitabashi;Hirotaka Oda;Toshio Nakamura

  • Benthic foraminifera as trophic links between phytodetritus and benthic metazoans: carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence

    Hidetaka Nomaki;Nanako O. Ogawa;Naohiko Ohkouchi;Hisami Suga

  • The importance of diazotrophic cyanobacteria as primary producers during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    N. Ohkouchi;Y. Kashiyama;Y. Kashiyama;J. Kuroda;J. Kuroda;N O. Ogawa

  • Diazotrophic cyanobacteria as the major photoautotrophs during mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: Nitrogen and carbon isotopic evidence from sedimentary porphyrin

    Yuichiro Kashiyama;Yuichiro Kashiyama;Nanako O. Ogawa;Junichiro Kuroda;Motoo Shiro

  • Improved, high-throughput approach for phosphorus speciation in natural sediments via the SEDEX sequential extraction method

    K.C. Ruttenberg;K.C. Ruttenberg;N.O. Ogawa;N.O. Ogawa;F. Tamburini;F. Tamburini;R.A. Briggs

  • Biogeochemical processes in the saline meromictic Lake Kaiike, Japan: implications from molecular isotopic evidences of photosynthetic pigments.

    Naohiko Ohkouchi;Yoji Nakajima;Hisatake Okada;Nanako O. Ogawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yoshito Chikaraishi
Yoshito Chikaraishi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Hiroshi Kitazato
Hiroshi Kitazato Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Hodaka Kawahata
Hodaka Kawahata University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Katsuhiko Suzuki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Gesine Mollenhauer
Gesine Mollenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Stefano Lugli
Stefano Lugli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino
Ryuji Tada
Ryuji Tada University of Tokyo

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