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Shigeto Nishino is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with key subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The scientist's work centers around several main topics, particularly Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Marine and coastal ecosystems. Additional research interests involve Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Food Industry and Aquatic Biology, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Shigeto Nishino has published extensively, contributing to various scientific papers over the years. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves" (2020), published in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • "Impacts of Temperature, CO2, and Salinity on Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Western Arctic Ocean" (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Horizontal distribution of surface microplastic concentrations and water-column microplastic inventories in the Chukchi Sea, western Arctic Ocean" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Sea-ice loss amplifies summertime decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Tracking long-distance migration of marine fishes using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids" (2020), published in Ecology Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Amane Fujiwara
  • Akihiko Murata
  • Takashi Kikuchi
  • Naomi Harada
  • Motoyo Itoh

Shigeto Nishino's work has been published in various scientific journals, with some venues featuring multiple works, such as:

  • Polar Science
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Pacific Ocean inflow: Influence on catastrophic reduction of sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean

    Koji Shimada;Takashi Kamoshida;Motoyo Itoh;Shigeto Nishino

  • Aragonite Undersaturation in the Arctic Ocean: Effects of Ocean Acidification and Sea Ice Melt

    Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai;Fiona A. McLaughlin;Eddy C. Carmack;Shigeto Nishino

  • Surface freshening of the Canada Basin, 2003–2007: River runoff versus sea ice meltwater

    M. Yamamoto‐Kawai;F. A. McLaughlin;E. C. Carmack;S. Nishino

  • Freshwater budget of the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean, from salinity, δ18O, and nutrients

    M. Yamamoto-Kawai;F. A. McLaughlin;E. C. Carmack;S. Nishino

  • Analysis of the Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Content in 2003–2018

    Andrey Proshutinsky;Richard A. Krishfield;John M. Toole;Mary-Louise Timmermans

  • Halocline structure in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean

    Koji Shimada;Motoyo Itoh;Shigeto Nishino;Fiona A. McLaughlin

  • Mechanisms of Pacific Summer Water variability in the Arctic's Central Canada Basin

    Mary-Louise Timmermans;Andrey Proshutinsky;Elena Golubeva;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves

    S.L. Danielson;O. Ahkinga;C. Ashjian;E. Basyuk

  • Diazotroph community structure and the role of nitrogen fixation in the nitrogen cycle in the Chukchi Sea (western Arctic Ocean)

    Takuhei Shiozaki;Amane Fujiwara;Minoru Ijichi;Naomi Harada

  • Enhanced role of eddies in the Arctic marine biological pump

    Eiji Watanabe;Jonaotaro Onodera;Naomi Harada;Makio C. Honda

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • Enhancement/reduction of biological pump depends on ocean circulation in the sea-ice reduction regions of the Arctic Ocean

    Shigeto Nishino;Takashi Kikuchi;Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai;Yusuke Kawaguchi

  • Barrow Canyon volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes revealed by long‐term mooring observations between 2000 and 2008

    Motoyo Itoh;Shigeto Nishino;Yusuke Kawaguchi;Takashi Kikuchi

  • Space–time dynamics of carbon and environmental parameters related to carbon dioxide emissions in the Buor-Khaya Bay and adjacent part of the Laptev Sea

    I. P. Semiletov;I. P. Semiletov;N. E. Shakhova;N. E. Shakhova;I. I. Pipko;S. P. Pugach

  • Impact of an unusually large warm‐core eddy on distributions of nutrients and phytoplankton in the southwestern Canada Basin during late summer/early fall 2010

    Shigeto Nishino;Motoyo Itoh;Yusuke Kawaguchi;Takashi Kikuchi

  • Penetration of the 1990s warm temperature anomaly of Atlantic Water in the Canada Basin

    Koji Shimada;Fiona A. McLaughlin;Eddy C. Carmack;Andrey Proshutinsky

  • Mapping of the air–sea CO2 flux in the Arctic Ocean and its adjacent seas: Basin-wide distribution and seasonal to interannual variability

    Sayaka Yasunaka;Akihiko Murata;Eiji Watanabe;Melissa Chierici

  • Interannual variability of Pacific Winter Water inflow through Barrow Canyon from 2000 to 2006

    Motoyo Itoh;Koji Shimada;Koji Shimada;Takashi Kamoshida;Fiona McLaughlin

  • Impacts of Temperature, CO2, and Salinity on Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Western Arctic Ocean

    Koji Sugie;Amane Fujiwara;Shigeto Nishino;Sohiko Kameyama

  • The nature of colored dissolved organic matter in the southern Canada Basin and East Siberian Sea

    C. Guéguen;F.A. McLaughlin;E.C. Carmack;M. Itoh

  • Sea-ice loss amplifies summertime decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean

    Zhangxian Ouyang;Di Qi;Liqi Chen;Taro Takahashi

  • Enhanced role of eddies in the Arctic marine biological pump (vol 5, 3950, 2014)

    Eiji Watanabe;Jonaotaro Onodera;Naomi Harada;Makio C. Honda

Frequent Co-Authors

Michio Aoyama
Michio Aoyama University of Tsukuba
Eddy C. Carmack
Eddy C. Carmack Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Akihiko Murata
Akihiko Murata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Atsushi Yamaguchi
Atsushi Yamaguchi Tohoku University
Toshi Nagata
Toshi Nagata University of Tokyo
Masao Ishii
Masao Ishii Japan Meteorological Agency
Jeremy T. Mathis
Jeremy T. Mathis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fiona A. McLaughlin
Fiona A. McLaughlin Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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