Plankton and Benthos Research

A species-specific qPCR method to detect the giant jellyfish <i>Nemopilema nomurai</i> from environmental DNA

Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.3800/pbr.20.226 Misato Nakae, Junya Hirai, Toru Hasegawa, Akane Iida, Naoki Iguchi, Kay Sakuma

A discovery of the northernmost population of the giant mangrove whelk Terebralia palustris (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Potamididae) on Zamami Island and its genetic variability

Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.3800/pbr.19.60 Kohei Hamamoto, Akira Iguchi, Kodai Gibu, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Y. Fujita

Observation of a coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica bloom in the temperate coastal waters of Sagami Bay, Japan

Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.3800/pbr.19.37 Koichi Yano, Yoshiki Takayama, Shinji Shimode, M. Toratani, Hiroshi Murakami, Victor S. Kuwahara