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Reiji Masuda

Reiji Masuda

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
6328
World Ranking
6824
National Ranking
48

Overview

Reiji Masuda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with considerable contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Masuda's work spans multiple subfields including ecology, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and aquatic science.

They have a substantial publication record centered on topics such as environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, identification and quantification in food, fish ecology and management studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and fisheries research, isotope analysis in ecology, and crustacean biology and ecology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masuda include Hiroaki Murakami, Akihide Kasai, Toshifumi Minamoto, Hiroki Yamanaka, and Yoh Yamashita. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of research outputs and diverse scientific topics.

Masuda's recent papers cover a range of subjects within environmental DNA research and fish ecology, including:

  • An illustrated manual for environmental DNA research: Water sampling guidelines and experimental protocols (2020), Environmental DNA
  • Estimating fish population abundance by integrating quantitative data on environmental DNA and hydrodynamic modelling (2020), Molecular Ecology
  • The effect of temperature on environmental DNA degradation of Japanese eel (2020), Fisheries Science
  • Distribution of Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Revealed by Environmental DNA (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Comparing the efficiency of open and enclosed filtration systems in environmental DNA quantification for fish and jellyfish (2020), PLoS ONE

Masuda's research has been published in a variety of scientific venues, with notable frequency in Fisheries Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Environmental DNA, and eLife. Their scientific output includes 8 publications in Fisheries Science, 5 in bioRxiv, 4 in PLoS ONE, 3 in Environmental DNA, and 2 in eLife.

Best Publications

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals local fish communities in a species-rich coastal sea

    Satoshi Yamamoto;Reiji Masuda;Yukuto Sato;Tetsuya Sado

  • A New Era for Restocking, Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching of Coastal Fisheries Resources

    Johann D. Bell;Kenneth M. Leber;H. Lee Blankenship;Neil R. Loneragan

  • Fluctuating interaction network and time-varying stability of a natural fish community

    Masayuki Ushio;Chih Hao Hsieh;Chih Hao Hsieh;Reiji Masuda;Ethan R. Deyle

  • 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

  • Effect of water temperature and fish biomass on environmental DNA shedding, degradation, and size distribution.

    Toshiaki Jo;Hiroaki Murakami;Satoshi Yamamoto;Satoshi Yamamoto;Reiji Masuda

  • 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

  • Rapid degradation of longer DNA fragments enables the improved estimation of distribution and biomass using environmental DNA

    Toshiaki Jo;Hiroaki Murakami;Reiji Masuda;Masayuki K. Sakata

  • Dispersion and degradation of environmental DNA from caged fish in a marine environment

    Hiroaki Murakami;Seokjin Yoon;Akihide Kasai;Toshifumi Minamoto

  • Dietary n-3 HUFA deficiency induces a reduced visual response in gilthead seabream Sparus aurata larvae

    T. Benítez-Santana;R. Masuda;E. Juárez Carrillo;E. Ganuza

  • Environmental DNA reflects spatial and temporal jellyfish distribution

    Toshifumi Minamoto;Miho Fukuda;Koki R. Katsuhara;Ayaka Fujiwara

  • Effects of temperature and delayed initial feeding on the survival and growth of Japanese flounder larvae

    S. Z. Dou;R. Masuda;M. Tanaka;K. Tsukamoto

  • Estimating fish population abundance by integrating quantitative data on environmental DNA and hydrodynamic modelling.

    Keiichi Fukaya;Hiroaki Murakami;Seokjin Yoon;Kenji Minami

  • Predator–prey interaction between hatchery-reared Japanese flounder juvenile, Paralichthys olivaceus, and sandy shore crab, Matuta lunaris: daily rhythms, anti-predator conditioning and starvation

    Mostafa A.R Hossain;Masaru Tanaka;Reiji Masuda

  • Seasonal and interannual variation of subtidal fish assemblages in Wakasa Bay with reference to the warming trend in the Sea of Japan

    Reiji Masuda

  • Behavioral ontogeny of marine pelagic fishes with the implications for the sustainable management of fisheries resources

    Reiji Masuda

  • Jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus juveniles use jellyfish for predator avoidance and as a prey collector

    Reiji Masuda;Yoh Yamashita;Michiya Matsuyama

  • Growth and morphological development of sagittal otoliths of larval and early juvenile Trachurus japonicus

    S. Xie;Y. Watanabe;T. Saruwatari;R. Masuda

  • Estimating shedding and decay rates of environmental nuclear DNA with relation to water temperature and biomass

    Toshiaki Jo;Mio Arimoto;Hiroaki Murakami;Reiji Masuda

  • The ontogeny of schooling behaviour in the striped jack

    R. Masuda;K. Tsukamoto

  • Feeding resumption, morphological changes and mortality during starvation in Japanese flounder larvae

    S Dou;R Masuda;M Tanaka;K Tsukamoto

  • Size hierarchies affecting the social interactions and growth of juvenile Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

    Shuo-Zeng Dou;Shuo-Zeng Dou;Reiji Masuda;Masaru Tanaka;Katsumi Tsukamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoh Yamashita
Yoh Yamashita Kyoto University
Toshifumi Minamoto
Toshifumi Minamoto Kobe University
Masaru Tanaka
Masaru Tanaka Kyoto University
Hiroki Yamanaka
Hiroki Yamanaka Ryukoku University
Katsumi Tsukamoto
Katsumi Tsukamoto University of Tokyo
Masaki Miya
Masaki Miya Natural History Museum and Institute
Toshio Takeuchi
Toshio Takeuchi Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Shuichi Satoh
Shuichi Satoh Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Chih-hao Hsieh
Chih-hao Hsieh National Taiwan University
Ikuo Hirono
Ikuo Hirono Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

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