| A metagenetic approach for revealing community structure of marine planktonic copepods J Hirai, M Kuriyama, T Ichikawa, K Hidaka, A Tsuda Molecular ecology resources 15 (1), 68-80, 2015 | 111 | 2015 |
| Molecular-based diet analysis of the early post‑larvae of Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus and Pacific round herring Etrumeus teres J Hirai, K Hidaka, S Nagai, T Ichikawa Marine Ecology Progress Series 564, 99-113, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
| Evaluation of ITS2-28S as a molecular marker for identification of calanoid copepods in the subtropical western North Pacific J Hirai, S Shimode, A Tsuda Journal of Plankton Research 35 (3), 644-656, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
| Cryptic zooplankton diversity revealed by a metagenetic approach to monitoring metazoan communities in the coastal waters of the Okhotsk Sea, Northeastern Hokkaido J Hirai, S Katakura, H Kasai, S Nagai Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 379, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Diet composition and feeding habits of larval Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis in the Sea of Japan: integrated morphological and metagenetic analysis T Kodama, J Hirai, S Tamura, T Takahashi, Y Tanaka, T Ishihara, A Tawa, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 583, 211-226, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Extensive genetic diversity and endemism across the global range of the oceanic copepod Pleuromamma abdominalis J Hirai, A Tsuda, E Goetze Progress in Oceanography 138, 77-90, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Large-scale metabarcoding analysis of epipelagic and mesopelagic copepods in the Pacific J Hirai, A Tachibana, A Tsuda PLoS One 15 (5), e0233189, 2020 | 41 | 2020 |
| Effects of plankton net characteristics on metagenetic community analysis of metazoan zooplankton in a coastal marine ecosystem J Hirai, M Yasuike, A Fujiwara, Y Nakamura, S Hamaoka, S Katakura, ... Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 469, 36-43, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| Evaluation of metagenetic community analysis of planktonic copepods using Illumina MiSeq: comparisons with morphological classification and metagenetic analysis using Roche 454 J Hirai, S Nagai, K Hidaka PLoS One 12 (7), e0181452, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Metagenetic community analysis of epipelagic planktonic copepods in the tropical and subtropical Pacific J Hirai, A Tsuda Marine Ecology Progress Series 534, 65-78, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| Diet niche segregation of co-occurring larval stages of mesopelagic and commercially important fishes in the Osumi Strait assessed through morphological, DNA metabarcoding, and … G Kume, T Kobari, J Hirai, H Kuroda, T Takeda, M Ichinomiya, T Komorita, ... Marine Biology 168, 1-14, 2021 | 31 | 2021 |
| Feeding habits of the Pacific Bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) larvae in two nursery grounds based on morphological and metagenomic analyses T Kodama, J Hirai, A Tawa, T Ishihara, S Ohshimo Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 175, 104745, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Occurrence of the Paracalanus parvus species complex in offshore waters south of Japan and their genetic and morphological identification to species K Hidaka, H Itoh, J Hirai, A Tsuda Plankton and Benthos Research 11 (4), 131-143, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| Distribution, Feeding Habits, and Growth of Chub Mackerel, Scomber japonicus, Larvae During a High-Stock Period in the Northern Satsunan Area, Southern Japan G Kume, T Shigemura, M Okanishi, J Hirai, K Shiozaki, M Ichinomiya, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 725227, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| Possible aplanochytrid (Labyrinthulea) prey detected using 18S metagenetic diet analysis in the key copepod species Calanus sinicus in the coastal waters of the subtropical … J Hirai, Y Hamamoto, D Honda, K Hidaka Plankton and Benthos Research 13 (2), 75-82, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| The temporal and spatial distribution of krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) at the deep seabed of the Faroe–Shetland Channel, UK: A potential mechanism for rapid … J Hirai, DOB Jones Marine Biology Research 8 (1), 48-60, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Metabarcoding analysis of trophic sources and linkages in the plankton community of the Kuroshio and neighboring waters T Kobari, Y Tokumo, I Sato, G Kume, J Hirai Scientific Reports 11 (1), 23265, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Arthropods and the evolution of RNA viruses T Chang, J Hirai, BPV Hunt, CA Suttle BioRxiv, 2021.05. 30.446314, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Characterization of diversity and community structure of small planktonic copepods in the Kuroshio region off Japan using a metabarcoding approach J Hirai, K Yamazaki, K Hidaka, S Nagai, Y Shimizu, T Ichikawa Marine Ecology Progress Series 657, 25-41, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
| Insights into reproductive isolation within the pelagic copepod Pleuromamma abdominalis with high genetic diversity using genome-wide SNP data J Hirai Marine Biology 167 (1), 1, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
