Original papers

• Seasonal distribution of Heterosigma akashiwo in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan
  - Masafumi Natsuike, Makoto Kanamori, Katsuhisa Baba, Atsushi Yamaguchi and Ichiro Imai
• Alpha-taxonomy and genetic information on closely related estuarine copepods
  - Hiroshi Ueda, Sakiko Orui Sakaguchi and Aika Yamaguchi
• Molecular identication of freshwater copepods and its application to studies on biodiversity
  - Wataru Makino
• Taxonomy of dinoagellates using molecular phylogenetic analysis
  - Mitsunori Iwataki and Kazuya Takahashi
• Molecular phylogeny of pelagic chaetognaths
  - Hiroomi Miyamoto, Ryuji J. Machida and Shuhei Nishida
• Speciation and larval dispersal of coral reef invertebrates using population genetic analysis
  - Nina Yasuda, Kazuo Nadaoka and Satoshi Nagai
• DNA barcoding of pelagic cnidarians: current status and future prospects
  - Dhugal J. Lindsay, Mary M. Grossmann, Jun Nishikawa, Bastian Bentlage and Allen G. Collins
• Zooplankton DNA barcoding: achievement and future perspective
  - Ryuji J. Machida
• Molecular phylogenetic and diversity analysis of protistan microplankton based on 18S rRNA gene sequences
  - Sau Pin Kok, Tomohiko Kikuchi, Tatsuki Toda and Norio Kurosawa
• Framework and algorithms in metabarcoding
  - Akifumi S. Tanabe
• Analyses of microbial community structure and function
  - Kazuhiro Kogure
• Plankton monitoring using metagenomics: a case study with phytoplankto
  - Satoshi Nagai, Kohsuke Hida, Shingo Urushizaki, Akifumi Tanabe, Motoshige Yasuike, Atushi Fujiwara,
  - Yoshihito Takano, Yuki Hongo, Yoji Nakamura, Kazuo Abe and Takahiko Kameda
• Metagenetic community analysis of copepods using high throughput
  - Junya Hirai, Shinji Shimode, Mikiko Kuriyama, Tadafumi Ichikawa, Kiyotaka Hidaka and Atsushi Tsuda
• Zooplankton metagenetic and metatranscriptomic analyses
  - Ryuji J. Machida

Research Information

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