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Nozomu Takeuchi

Nozomu Takeuchi

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
6582
World Ranking
6505
National Ranking
119

Overview

Nozomu Takeuchi is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan, focusing on research within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics cover Polar Research and Ecology, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Tardigrade Biology and Ecology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Takeuchi include Yukihiko Onuma, Teruo Aoki, Masashi Niwano, Jun Uetake, and Koji Fujita. These collaborations reflect a network of expertise contributing to their research projects and publications.

Takeuchi has contributed numerous papers to scientific journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological albedo reduction on ice sheets, glaciers, and snowfields, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • A hole in the nematosphere: tardigrades and rotifers dominate the cryoconite hole environment, whereas nematodes are missing, 2020, Journal of Zoology
  • Artificial and natural radionuclides in cryoconite as tracers of supraglacial dynamics: Insights from the Morteratsch glacier (Swiss Alps), 2020, CATENA
  • Redox stratification within cryoconite granules influences the nitrogen cycle on glaciers, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Their frequent publication venues indicate a preference for multidisciplinary and specialized journals, notably Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, The Science of The Total Environment, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Best Publications

  • Structure, Formation, and Darkening Process of Albedo-reducing Material (Cryoconite) on a Himalayan Glacier: A Granular Algal Mat Growing on the Glacier

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Shiro Kohshima;Katsumoto Seko

  • Cryoconite: The dark biological secret of the cryosphere

    Joseph Cook;Arwyn Edwards;Nozomu Takeuchi;Tristram Irvine-Fynn

  • Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in glacier environments.

    Takahiro Segawa;Nozomu Takeuchi;Andres Rivera;Akinori Yamada

  • Role of supraglacial ponds in the ablation process of a debris-covered glacier in the Nepal Himalayas

    Akiko Sakai;Nozomu Takeuchi;Koji Fujita;Masayoshi Nakawo

  • Climatic and atmospheric circulation pattern variability from ice-core isotope/geochemistry records (Altai, Tien Shan and Tibet)

    Vladimir B. Aizen;Elena M. Aizen;Daniel R. Joswiak;Koji Fujita

  • Optical characteristics of cryoconite (surface dust) on glaciers: the relationship between light absorbency and the property of organic matter contained in the cryoconite

    Nozomu Takeuchi

  • 3D effects of sharp boundaries at the borders of the African and Pacific Superplumes: Observation and modeling

    Akiko To;Barbara Romanowicz;Yann Capdeville;Nozomu Takeuchi

  • The altitudinal distribution of snow algae on an Alaska glacier (Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range)

    Nozomu Takeuchi

  • Onset of calving at supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers of the Nepal Himalaya

    A. Sakai;K. Nishimura;T. Kadota;N. Takeuchi

  • Characteristics of Surface Dust on Ürümqi Glacier No. 1 in the Tien Shan Mountains, China

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Zhongqin Li

  • Structure and formation process of cryoconite granules on Urumqi glacier No. 1, Tien Shan, China

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Hiromu Nishiyama;Zhongqin Li

  • What animals can live in cryoconite holes? A faunal review

    K. Zawierucha;M. Kolicka;N. Takeuchi;Ł. Kaczmarek

  • Spatial distribution and abundance of red snow algae on the Harding Icefield, Alaska derived from a satellite image

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Roman Dial;Shiro Kohshima;Takahiro Segawa

  • Characteristics of cryoconite holes on a Himalayan glacier, Yala Glacier Central Nepal

    N Takeuchi;S Kohshima;Y Yoshimura;K Seko

  • The nitrogen cycle in cryoconites: naturally occurring nitrification-denitrification granules on a glacier

    Takahiro Segawa;Satoshi Ishii;Nobuhito Ohte;Ayumi Akiyoshi

  • A Snow Algal Community on Tyndall Glacier in the Southern Patagonia Icefield, Chile

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Shiro Kohshima

  • Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces

    Piotr Rozwalak;Paweł Podkowa;Jakub Buda;Przemysław Niedzielski

  • Taxon interactions control the distributions of cryoconite bacteria colonizing a High Arctic ice cap

    Jarishma K. Gokul;Andrew J. Hodson;Andrew J. Hodson;Eli R. Saetnan;Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn

  • Bipolar dispersal of red-snow algae.

    Takahiro Segawa;Ryo Matsuzaki;Nozomu Takeuchi;Ayumi Akiyoshi

  • Himalayan ice-core dating with snow algae

    Yoshitaka Yoshimura;Shiro Kohshima;Nozomu Takeuchi;Katsumoto Seko

  • Biological albedo reduction on ice sheets, glaciers, and snowfields

    Scott Hotaling;Stefanie Lutz;Roman J. Dial;Alexandre M. Anesio

  • Seasonal and altitudinal variations in snow algal communities on an Alaskan glacier (Gulkana glacier in the Alaska range)

    Nozomu Takeuchi

  • A snow algal community on Akkem glacier in the Russian Altai mountains

    Nozomu Takeuchi;Jun Uetake;Koji Fujita;Vladimir B. Aizen

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Nagoya University
Teruo Aoki
Teruo Aoki Okayama University
Zhongqin Li
Zhongqin Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hideaki Motoyama
Hideaki Motoyama National Institute of Polar Research
Hitoshi Kawakatsu
Hitoshi Kawakatsu University of Tokyo
Krzysztof Zawierucha
Krzysztof Zawierucha Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Masayoshi Nakawo
Masayoshi Nakawo Hokkaido University
Tristram Irvine-Fynn
Tristram Irvine-Fynn Aberystwyth University
Hisashi Utada
Hisashi Utada University of Tokyo
Yoshiaki Ishihara
Yoshiaki Ishihara Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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