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Ecological responses to the direct and indirect disturbances by the Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011 by Urabe, Jotaro

“…This virtual issue collected and introduced scientific and data papers published in Ecological Research, Population Ecology, and Plant Species Biology on…”
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Understanding the stoichiometric limitation of herbivore growth: the importance of feeding and assimilation flexibilities by Urabe, Jotaro, Shimizu, Yuichiro, Yamaguchi, Toshiyasu, Sterner, Robert

“…Ecological stoichiometry suggests that herbivore growth is limited by phosphorus when this element in the diet is < 8.6 μg P mg C−1 (C : P atomic ratio > 300)…”
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RNA-seq analysis to identify genes related to resting egg production of panarctic Daphnia pulex by Maruoka, Natsumi, Makino, Takashi, Urabe, Jotaro

“…The genus Daphnia switches its reproductive mode from subitaneous egg production to resting egg production in response to environmental stimuli. Although this…”
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Invasions of an obligate asexual daphnid species support the nearly neutral theory by Ohtsuki, Hajime, Norimatsu, Hirotomo, Makino, Takashi, Urabe, Jotaro

“…To verify the “nearly neutral theory (NNT),” the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions ( dN/dS ) was compared among populations of different…”
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Geographical variation of bacterial and ciliophoran communities in tidal flats in a continental archipelago by Kawamoto, Yasutake, Urabe, Jotaro

“…In tidal flats, which are located at the transition zone between terrestrial and marine ecosystems, environmental factors such as temperature, sediment…”
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Microbial communities developing within bulk sediments under fish carcasses on a tidal flat by Kawamoto, Yasutake, Kato, Hiromi, Nagata, Yuji, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Animal carcasses are often brought into tidal flats where they are at the boundary between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Since these carcasses act as…”
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Immediate ecological impacts of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami on intertidal flat communities by Urabe, Jotaro, Suzuki, Takao, Nishita, Tatsuki, Makino, Wataru

“…Following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, a large tsunami developed and struck the Pacific coast of eastern Japan. To assess the immediate impacts of…”
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Competitive abilities and distribution ranges of four asexual Daphnia pulex lineages and Daphnia mitsukuri in Eurasian continental islands by Maruoka, Natsumi, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Daphnia pulex and D. mitsukuri are morphologically similar and distributed in small lowland Japanese lakes. Daphnia pulex in Japan reproduces by obligate…”
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Changes in epilithic fungal communities under different light conditions in a river: A field experimental study by Miura, Aya, Urabe, Jotaro

“…In lotic ecosystems, the community structure of periphytic fungi changes depending on the quantity and quality of allochthonous organic matter supplied…”
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The fauna of freshwater calanoid copepods in Japan in the early decades of the 21st Century: Implications for the assessment and conservation of biodiversity by Makino, Wataru, Tanabe, Akifumi S., Urabe, Jotaro

“…In copepods, morphologically-indistinguishable but genetically-different cryptic species complexes are frequently found, such as the Acanthodiaptomus pacificus…”
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Evolution of asexual Daphnia pulex in Japan: variations and covariations of the digestive, morphological and life history traits by Tian, Xiaofei, Ohtsuki, Hajime, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Several genetic lineages of obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia pulex, a common zooplankton species, have invaded Japan from North America. Among these, a lineage…”
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A shady phytoplankton paradox: when phytoplankton increases under low light by Yamamichi, Masato, Kazama, Takehiro, Tokita, Kotaro, Katano, Izumi, Doi, Hideyuki, Yoshida, Takehito, Hairston, Nelson G., Urabe, Jotaro

“…Light is a fundamental driver of ecosystem dynamics, affecting the rate of photosynthesis and primary production. In spite of its importance, less is known…”
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Factors shaping the macrobenthic animal assemblages in a tidal flat newly-formed by the Great East Japan Earthquake by Yuhara, Takeshi, Ozaki, Hayato, Suzuki, Takao, Urabe, Jotaro

“…In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan and created new intertidal habitats, which are ideal places…”
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Differential intraspecific genetic variations of the closely related, wide-ranged freshwater copepods Cyclops vicinus Uljanin, 1875 and C. kikuchii Smirnov, 1932 by Sioud, Imane, Makino, Wataru, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Although Cyclops vicinus Uljanin, 1875 and C. kikuchii Smirnov, 1932 are broadly distributed in Eurasia, the genetic divergences between European and Asian…”
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River Metabolism along a Latitudinal Gradient across Japan and in a global scale by Gurung, Anandeeta, Iwata, Tomoya, Nakano, Daisuke, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Since temperature is a key factor affecting photosynthetic and respiration rates, the rates of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER)…”
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The first report of the non-indigenous Chydorus brevilabris Frey, 1980 (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Asian freshwaters by Makino, Wataru, Suzuki, Hiromichi, Otake, Yurie, Ban, Syuhei, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Chydorus sphaericus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Crustacea: Cladocera) sensu stricto is distributed in Europe: C. sphaericus -like organisms in other regions represent…”
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Spatial and seasonal changes in species diversity of epilithic fungi along environmental gradients of a river by Miura, Aya, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Summary Fungi in stream ecosystems play a critical role in decomposing organic matter. However, despite their ecological importance, few studies have…”
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Contrasting population genetic structure of three semi‐terrestrial brachyuran crabs on the coast of the Japanese archipelago by Yuhara, Takeshi, Ohtsuki, Hajime, Hirota, Shun K., Suyama, Yoshihisa, Urabe, Jotaro

“…Anthropogenic activities have reduced ecotones between the ocean and land, which is likely to threaten the population of brackish‐water brachyuran crabs. To…”
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Rediscovery after Almost 120 Years: Morphological and Genetic Evidence Supporting the Validity of Daphnia mitsukuri (Crustacea: Cladocera) by Maruoka, Natsumi, Ohtsuki, Hajime, Makino, Wataru, Urabe, Jotaro

“…We examined the morphology of Daphnia individuals maintained in our laboratory for several years, originally collected in Lake Inbanuma, Chiba, Japan. We…”
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Temporal β-diversity of zooplankton at various time scales in a small mountain lake by Perera, Ishara Uhanie, Maruoka, Natsumi, Makino, Wataru, Urabe, Jotaro

“…To examine how compositional changes in a community vary depending on time scales, we estimated temporal β -diversity of zooplankton in Lake Hataya Ohnuma, a…”
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