BRCAS

Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica

People Faculty Dr. Yoko Nozawa

Dr. Yoko Nozawa Associate Research Fellow

Lab PI

Dr. Yoko Nozawa

Associate Research Fellow

Ph.D Kyushu University, Japan, 2006

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Office: Greenhouse Builiding 202

Tel:+886-2-2787-1581
Research Fields
  • Reproduction and recruitment processes of corals
  • Population and community ecology of marine benthos

Research Directions

  • 1.Reproduction and recruitment of corals
    Reproduction and recruitment are the initial life-stages of corals. Although the life-stages, determining the recruit number, are the key to understanding the dynamics of coral populations/communities, little is known about the stages due mainly to the difficulties of underwater surveys. As degradation of coral communities is predicted globally, as the climate change progresses, in the near future, my lab is focusing on the stages, which will improve the future prediction of corals and also provide solutions for better management/conservation of extant corals.
  • 2.Population dynamics of Terpios hoshinota
    Terpios hoshinota is a black encrusting sponge, aggressively overgrowing corals. Terpios is known to have a wide distribution region in the Pacific and its outbreak has been documented at several locations including Taiwan, resulting in mass mortality of corals. In Taiwan, the outbreak of Terpios was observed for the first time at Lyudao (Green Island) and Lanyu (Orchid Island) in 2006 and, since then, Terpios maintains its populations at the islands to date. In order to understand population dynamics of Terpios, my lab is currently monitoring about 200 individual Terpios since 2009, and examining reproduction of Terpios, including gametogenesis, reproductive season, and larval release pattern.

 

Latest published paper

期刊論文 ( 2016 - 2021 )

  1. V Denis*, TY Fan, WV Hsiao, SJ Hwang, YV Lin, Y Nozawa, accepted, “Idea Paper: Tracking the distribution of accretive reef communities across the Kuroshio region”, ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 35, 595–598. (SSCI)
  2. Viet Do Hung Dang, Pak-Yin Cheung, Chia-Ling Fong, Aziz J Mulla, Jia-Ho Shiu, Che-Hung Lin, Yoko Nozawa*, 2020, “Sea urchins play an increasingly important role for coral resilience across reefs in Taiwan”, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 1025. (SSCI)
  3. Viet Do Hung Dang, Chia-Ling Fong, Jia-Ho Shiu, Yoko Nozawa*, 2020, “Grazing effects of sea urchin Diadema savignyi on algal abundance and coral recruitment processes”, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10, 1-9. (SSCI)
  4. Che-Hun Lin and Yoko Nozawa*, 2020, “The release of “sperm bundles” by Acropora corals”, BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 97, 000-000. (SSCI)
  5. Euichi Hirose* and Yoko Nozawa, 2020, “Latitudinal difference in the species richness of photosymbiotic ascidians along the east coast of Taiwan”, ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, 59, 19. (SSCI)
  6. Nozawa Y*, Lin C, Meng P, 2020, “Sea urchins (diadematids) promote coral recovery via recruitment on Taiwanese reefs”, CORAL REEFS, 39, 1199–1207. (SSCI)
  7. Euichi Hirose* and Yoko Nozawa, 2020, “Convergent evolution of the vertical transmission mode of the cyanobacterial obligate symbiont Prochloron distributed in the tunic of colonial ascidians”, JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, 58, 1058–1066. (SSCI)
  8. Lee Eyal-Shaham, Gal Eyal, Kazuhiko Sakai, Yoko Nozawa, Saki Harii, Frederic Sinniger, Omri Bronstein, Or Ben-Zvi, Tom Shlesinger, Yossi Loya*, 2019, “Repetitive sex change in the stony coral Herpolitha limax across a wide geographic range”, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9(1), 2936. (SCIE) (IF: 4.122; SCIE ranking: 21.4%) Link
  9. Jacqueline Wolstenholme*, Yoko Nozawa, Maria Byrne, William Burke, 2018, “Timing of mass spawning in corals: potential influence of the coincidence of lunar factors and associated changes in atmospheric pressure from northern and southern hemisphere case studies”, INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, 62(2), 98-108. (SCIE) (IF: 0.824; SCIE ranking: 100%,65%) Link
  10. Che-Hung Lin, Yoko Nozawa*, 2017, “Variability of spawning time (lunar day) in Acropora vs. merulinid corals: a 7-year record of in situ coral spawning in Taiwan.”, CORAL REEFS, 36(4), 1269-1278. (SCIE) (IF: 2.906; SCIE ranking: 12.4%) Link
  11. Yoko Nozawa*, Yu-sin Huang, Euichi Hirose, 2016, “Seasonality and lunar periodicity in sexual reproduction of the coral-killing sponge, Terpios hoshinota”, CORAL REEFS, 35(3), 1071–1081. (SCIE) (IF: 2.906; SCIE ranking: 12.4%) Link