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Noriko Takamura is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields, including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications highlight a diverse range of ecological and environmental topics. These papers include:

  • Increased winter drownings in ice-covered regions with warmer winters, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Combined impact of pesticides and other environmental stressors on animal diversity in irrigation ponds, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Feeding ecology of a mysid species, Neomysis awatschensis in the Lake Kasumigaura: combining approach with microscopy, stable isotope analysis and DNA metabarcoding, 2020, Plankton and Benthos Research
  • Identifying the true drivers of abrupt changes in ecosystem state with a focus on time lags: Extreme precipitation can determine water quality in shallow lakes, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • High-resolution flow simulation in Typhoon 21, 2018: massive loss of submerged macrophytes in Lake Biwa, 2021, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Noriko Takamura has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Megumi Nakagawa
  • Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki
  • Kohji Mabuchi
  • Satoshi Nakada
  • Hiroki Haga

Their work has been published predominantly in journals such as PLoS ONE and Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, with additional contributions in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plankton and Benthos Research, and The Science of The Total Environment.

The main research topics explored by Noriko Takamura cover:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

This breadth of research reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental processes, biodiversity, and the ecological impacts of environmental changes and stressors in freshwater and aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Contrasting impacts of invasive engineers on freshwater ecosystems: an experiment and meta-analysis.

    Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki;Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki;Nisikawa Usio;Noriko Takamura;Izumi Washitani

  • Nutrient dynamics and the eutrophication of shallow lakes Kasumigaura (Japan), Donghu (PR China), and Okeechobee (USA).

    K.E Havens;T Fukushima;P Xie;T Iwakuma

  • Toxin production of cyanobacteria is increased by exposure to zooplankton

    Min-Ho Jang;Min-Ho Jang;Kyong Ha;Kyong Ha;Gea-Jae Joo;Noriko Takamura

  • Effects of land use on aquatic macrophyte diversity and water quality of ponds

    Munemitsu Akasaka;Noriko Takamura;Hiromune Mitsuhashi;Yasuro Kadono

  • Effects of aquatic macrophytes on water quality and phytoplankton communities in shallow lakes

    Noriko Takamura;Yasuro Kadono;Michio Fukushima;Megumi Nakagawa

  • New policy directions for global pond conservation

    Matthew J. Hill;Christopher Hassall;Beat Oertli;Lenore Fahrig

  • FATE OF THE TOXIC CYCLIC HEPTAPEPTIDES, THE MICROCYSTINS, FROM BLOOMS OF MICROCYSTIS (CYANOBACTERIA) IN A HYPERTROPHIC LAKE1

    Makoto M. Watanabe;Kunimitsu Kaya;Noriko Takamura

  • Effects of Cu, Cd and Zn on photosynthesis of freshwater benthic algae

    Noriko Takamura;Fumie Kasai;Makoto M. Watanabe

  • Phytoplankton species shift accompanied by transition from nitrogen dependence to phosphorus dependence of primary production in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

    Noriko Takamura;Akira Otsuki;Morihiro Aizaki;Yukihiro Nojiri

  • Effects of common carp on nutrient dynamics and littoral community composition: roles of excretion and bioturbation

    Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki;Nisikawa Usio;Noriko Takamura;Izumi Washitani

  • Dynamics of dissolved methane and methane oxidation in dimictic Lake Nojiri during winter

    Motoo Utsumi;Yukihiro Nojiri;Takeshi Nakamura;Takeshi Nozawa

  • Overwintering of Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. in a shallow lake

    Noriko Takamura;Masayuki Yasuno;Kiyoshi Sugahara

  • Changes in microcystin production in cyanobacteria exposed to zooplankton at different population densities and infochemical concentrations

    Min-Ho Jang;Jong-Mun Jung;Noriko Takamura

  • Changes in microcystin production by Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to phytoplanktivorous and omnivorous fish.

    Min-Ho Jang;Min-Ho Jang;Kyong Ha;Kyong Ha;Martyn C. Lucas;Gea-Jae Joo

  • Changes in the plankton community following introduction of filter-feeding planktivorous fish

    Michio Fukushima;Noriko Takamura;Liwei Sun;Megumi Nakagawa

  • Reciprocal allelopathic responses between toxic cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) and duckweed (Lemna japonica).

    Min-Ho Jang;Kyong Ha;Kyong Ha;Noriko Takamura

  • Uptake of 13C and 15N (ammonium, nitrate and urea) by Microcystis in Lake Kasumigaura

    Noriko Takamura;Toshio Iwakuma;Masayuki Yasuno

  • Bottom-up linkages between primary production, zooplankton, and fish in a shallow, hypereutrophic lake

    Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki;Kenta Suzuki;Taku Kadoya;Megumi Nakagawa

  • Size-dependent impacts of invasive alien crayfish on a littoral marsh community

    Nisikawa Usio;Rui Kamiyama;Azumi Saji;Noriko Takamura

  • Effects of simetryne on growth of various freshwater algal taxa.

    F. Kasai;N. Takamura;S. Hatakeyama

  • Effects of permethrin on phytoplankton and zooplankton in an enclosure ecosystem in a pond

    Masayuki Yasuno;Takayuki Hanazato;Toshio Iwakuma;Kenzi Takamura

  • Photosynthesis and primary production of Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. in Lake Kasumigaura

    Noriko Takamura;Toshio Iwakuma;Masayuki Yasuno

  • Modelling and prediction of phyto‐ and zooplankton dynamics in Lake Kasumigaura by artificial neural networks

    Friedrich Recknagel;Takehiko Fukushima;Takayuki Hanazato;Noriko Takamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayuki Hanazato
Takayuki Hanazato Shinshu University
Yukihiro Nojiri
Yukihiro Nojiri National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ping Xie
Ping Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chih-hao Hsieh
Chih-hao Hsieh National Taiwan University
Mathew A. Leibold
Mathew A. Leibold University of Florida
Izumi Washitani
Izumi Washitani Chuo University
Kyoichi Otsuki
Kyoichi Otsuki Kyushu University
Nobuko Saigusa
Nobuko Saigusa National Institute for Environmental Studies
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University
Lenore Fahrig
Lenore Fahrig Carleton University

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