I am a marine field ecologist studying coral reef ecosystems in the West Pacific. My study mainly focuses on reproduction and recruitment processes of reef-building (scleractinian) corals. I believe that those studies will fulfill the knowledge gap and promote our understanding of population and community dynamics of corals. Today, corals suffer a global decline due to anthropogenic disturbances. Therefore, I also actively seek for positive factors and mechanisms in those processes that enhance recovery potential of coral populations. Although my target species are reef-building corals, I have started working on other coral reef organisms through collaborations with my colleagues and students, including a coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota, algae, diadematid sea urhcins, green sea turtles Chelonia mydas, and coral reef fish.

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1. Tzu-Yu Lai, Vianney Denis, Yoko Nozawa*, 2022, “Timing of final oocyte maturation in Acropora and merulinid corals”, CORAL REEFS, 41, 1379-1387. (SCIE) (IF: 3.902; SCI ranking: 10.8%)
2. Jia-Ho Shiu*, Che-Hung Lin, Aziz Mulla, Viet Do Hung Dang, Chia-Lin Fong, Yoko Nozawa*, 2022, “Bacterial communities in coral offspring vary between in situ and ex situ spawning environments”, FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 9:796514, 796514-796514. (SCIE) (IF: 4.912; SCI ranking: 5.4%)
3. Yuta Mitsuki, Naoko Isomura, Yoko Nozawa, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Danwei Huang, Hironobu Fukami*, 2021, “Distinct species hidden in the widely distributed coral Coelastrea aspera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia)”, INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS, 35(8), 876-891. (SCIE) (IF: 2.583; SCI ranking: 62%,16%)
4. Che-Hung Lin*, Shunichi Takahashi, Aziz J Mulla, Yoko Nozawa*, 2021, “Moonrise timing is key for synchronized spawning in coral Dipsastraea speciosa”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118 (34), e2101985118. (SCIE) (IF: 11.205; SCI ranking: 11%)
5. Yoko Nozawa*, Ronald D Villanueva, Munasik Munasik, Kakaskasen Andreas Roeroe, Takuma Mezaki, Takashi Kawai, James Guest, Seiji Arakaki, Go Suzuki, Jean JB Tanangonan, Put O Ang, Peter J Edmunds, 2021, “Latitudinal variation in growth and survival of juvenile corals in the West and South Pacific”, CORAL REEFS, 40, 1463-1471. (SCIE) (IF: 3.902; SCI ranking: 10.8%)
6. Aziz J Mulla, Che-Hung Lin, Shunichi Takahashi, Yoko Nozawa*, 2021, “Photo-movement of coral larvae influences vertical positioning in the ocean”, CORAL REEFS, 40, 1297-1306. (SCIE) (IF: 3.902; SCI ranking: 10.8%)
7. PY Cheung, Y Nozawa, T Miki*, 2021, “Ecosystem engineering structures facilitate ecological resilience: A coral reef model”, ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12230. (SCIE) (IF: 1.917; SCI ranking: 67.5%)
8. Andrew H Baird*, James R Guest*, Alasdair J Edwards, Andrew G Bauman, Jessica Bouwmeester, Hanaka Mera, David Abrego, Mariana Alvarez-Noriega, Russel C Babcock, Miguel B Barbosa, Victor Bonito, John Burt, Patrick C Cabaitan, Ching-Fong Chang, Suchana Chavanich, Chaolun A Chen, Chieh-Jhen Chen, Wei-Jen Chen, Fung-Chen Chung, Sean R Connolly, Vivian R Cumbo, Maria Dornelas, Christopher Doropoulos, Gal Eyal, Lee Eyal-Shaham, Nur Fadli, Joana Figueiredo, Jean-François Flot, Sze-Hoon Gan, Elizabeth Gomez, Erin M Graham, Mila Grinblat, Nataly Gutiérrez-Isaza, Saki Harii, Peter L Harrison, Masayuki Hatta, Nina Ann Jin Ho, Gaetan Hoarau, Mia Hoogenboom, Emily J Howells, Akira Iguchi, Naoko Isomura, Emmeline A Jamodiong, Suppakarn Jandang, Jude Keyse, Seiya Kitanobo, Narinratana Kongjandtre, Chao-Yang Kuo, Charlon Ligson, Che-Hung Lin, Jeffrey Low, Yossi Loya, Elizaldy A Maboloc, Joshua S Madin, Takuma Mezaki, Choo Min, Masaya Morita, Aurelie Moya, Su-Hwei Neo, Matthew R Nitschke, Satoshi Nojima, Yoko Nozawa, Srisakul Piromvaragorn, Sakanan Plathong, Eneour Puill-Stephan, Kate Quigley, Catalina Ramirez-Portilla, Gerard Ricardo, Kazuhiko Sakai, Eugenia Sampayo, Tom Shlesinger, Leony Sikim, Chris Simpson, Carrie A Sims, Frederic Sinniger, Davies A Spiji, Tracy Tabalanza, Chung-Hong Tan, Tullia I Terraneo, Gergely Torda, James True, Karenne Tun, Kareen Vicentuan, Voranop Viyakarn, Zarinah Waheed, Selina Ward, Bette Willis, Rachael M Woods, Erika S Woolsey, Hiromi H Yamamoto, Syafyudin Yusuf, 2021, “An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database”, SCIENTIFIC DATA, 8(1), 35. (SCIE) (IF: 6.444; SCI ranking: 15.1%)
9. 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, 581945. (SCIE) (IF: 4.912; SCI ranking: 5.4%)
10. 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. (SCIE) (IF: 4.38; SCI ranking: 23.3%)
11. Che-Hun Lin and Yoko Nozawa*, 2020, “The release of “sperm bundles” by Acropora corals”, BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 97(1), 105-106. (SCIE) (IF: 1.632; SCI ranking: 58.6%,67.7%)
12. 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. (SCIE) (IF: 2.058; SCI ranking: 30.3%)
13. Nozawa Y*, Lin C, Meng P, 2020, “Sea urchins (diadematids) promote coral recovery via recruitment on Taiwanese reefs”, CORAL REEFS, 39, 1199–1207. (SCIE) (IF: 3.902; SCI ranking: 10.8%)
14. 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. (SCIE) (IF: 1.917; SCI ranking: 67.5%)
15. 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. (SCIE) (IF: 2.288; SCI ranking: 72%,22.9%)
16. 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: 4.38; SCI ranking: 23.3%)
17. 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: 0.952; SCI ranking: 73.7%,100%)