Sediment sampling with a core sampler equipped with aluminum tubes and an onboard processing protocol to avoid plastic contamination

by Masashi Tsuchiya, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, Ryota Nakajima, Katsunori Fujikura
Published 2019-01-01

A new method for acquiring images of meiobenthic images using the FlowCAM

by Tomo Kitahashi, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Masashi Tsuchiya, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Published 2018-01-01

A new small device made of glass for separating microplastics from marine and freshwater sediments

by Ryota Nakajima, Masashi Tsuchiya, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura, Tomohiko Fukushima
Published 2019-10-01

Compound‐specific isotope analysis of benthic foraminifer amino acids suggests microhabitat variability in rocky‐shore environments

by Masashi Tsuchiya, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Hidetaka Nomaki, Yoko Sasaki, Akihiro Tame, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Naohiko Ohkouchi
Published 2018-08-01

Optimization of a hyperspectral imaging system for rapid detection of microplastics down to 100 µm

by Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Masashi Tsuchiya, Ryota Nakajima, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura
Published 2021-01-01

A small, stainless-steel sieve optimized for laboratory beaker-based extraction of microplastics from environmental samples

by Ryota Nakajima, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Masashi Tsuchiya, Rie Matsui, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura, Tomohiko Fukushima
Published 2019-01-01

16S rRNA Gene Metabarcoding Indicates Species-Characteristic Microbiomes in Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminifera

by Iines S. Salonen, Iines S. Salonen, Panagiota-Myrsini Chronopoulou, Hidetaka Nomaki, Dewi Langlet, Dewi Langlet, Dewi Langlet, Masashi Tsuchiya, Karoliina A. Koho
Published 2021-07-01

Proton pumping accompanies calcification in foraminifera

by Takashi Toyofuku, Miki Y. Matsuo, Lennart Jan de Nooijer, Yukiko Nagai, Sachiko Kawada, Kazuhiko Fujita, Gert-Jan Reichart, Hidetaka Nomaki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Hide Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Kitazato
Published 2017-01-01

Algivore or phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature.

by Taro Maeda, Euichi Hirose, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Masaru Kawato, Kiyotaka Takishita, Takao Yoshida, Heroen Verbruggen, Jiro Tanaka, Shigeru Shimamura, Yoshihiro Takaki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Kenji Iwai, Tadashi Maruyama
Published 2012-01-01

Acquisition, Maintenance, and Ecological Roles of Kleptoplasts in Planoglabratella opercularis (Foraminifera, Rhizaria)

by Masashi Tsuchiya, Seiji Miyawaki, Seiji Miyawaki, Kazumasa Oguri, Takashi Toyofuku, Akihiro Tame, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Koji Takeda, Koji Takeda, Yuya Sakai, Yuya Sakai, Hiroshi Miyake, Tadashi Maruyama, Tadashi Maruyama
Published 2020-07-01