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YAMANO, Hiroya 　Ph.D. 　 Senior Principal Researcher, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan  Dr. Yamano is concurrently a staff of the Center for Global Environmental Research.

Specialties/ Key words

physical geography/environmental change, coral reef, remote sensing

Original papers (peer reviewed)

Dr. Yamano co-edited a special issue in the journal Island Arc. Vol.24, Issue 1, Pages i-ii, 1-72. March 2015. Thematic section: Carbonate sedimentation on Pacific coral reefs. Guest Editors: Hiroya Yamano and Yasufumi Iryu Link to special issue (in Island Arc's website) . Publications in the special issue: Preface Hiroya Yamano and Yasufumi Iryu (2015) Carbonate sedimentation on Pacific coral reefs. Island Arc 24, 1-3 Thematic Article Hiroya Yamano, Guy Cabioch, Bernard Pelletier, Christophe Chevillon, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Jerome Lefevre and Patrick Marchesiello. (2015) Modern carbonate sedimentary facies on the outer shelf and slope around New Caledonia. Island Arc 24, 4-15

Dr. Yamano co-edited a special issue in the journal Geomorphology. Volume 222, Pages 1-162 (1 October 2014) Coral Reef Geomorphology Edited by Paul S. Kench, Hiroya Yamano, Christopher T. Perry and Scott G. Smithers Link to special issue (in Geomorphology's website) . Publications in the special issue: Yamano, H., Cabioch, G., Chevillon, C., and Join, J.-L. (2014) Late Holocene sea-level change and reef-island evolution in New Caledonia. Geomorphology. 222. 39-45. Yasukochi, T., Kayanne, H., Yamaguchi, T., Yamano, H. (2014) Sedimentary facies and Holocene depositional processes of Laura Island, Majuro Atoll. Geomorphology. 222. 59-67.

7 most representative

Hongo, C. and Yamano, H. (2013) Species-specific responses of corals to bleaching events on anthropogenically turbid reefs on Okinawa Island, Japan, over a 15-year period (1995-2009). PLoS ONE 8(4): e60952. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060952

Yara, Y., Vogt, M., Fujii, M., Yamano, H., Hauri, C., Steinacher, M., Gruber, N., and Yamanaka, Y. (2012) Ocean acidification limits temperature-induced poleward expansion of coral habitats around Japan. Biogeosciences, 9, 4955-4968

Yamano, H., Sugihara, K., Watanabe, T., Shimamura, M., and Hyeong, K. (2012) Coral reefs at 34˚N, Japan: Exploring the end of environmental gradients. Geology, 40, 835-838.

Yamano, H., Sugihara, K., and Nomura, K. (2011) Rapid poleward range expansion of tropical reef corals in response to rising sea surface temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L04601, doi:10.1029/2010GL046474.

Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Yamaguchi, T., Kuwahara, Y., Yokoki, H., Shimazaki, H., and Chikamori, M. (2007) Atoll island vulnerability to flooding and inundation revealed by historical reconstruction: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. Global and Planetary Change, 57, 407-416.

Yamano, H. and Tamura, M. (2004) Detection limits of coral reef bleaching by satellite remote sensing: simulation and data analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 90, 86-103.

Yamano, H., Miyajima, T., and Koike, I. (2000) Importance of foraminifera for the formation and maintenance of a coral sand cay: Green Island, Australia. Coral Reefs, 19, 51-58.

Proceedings (peer reviewed)

5 most recent

Hanaizumi, H., Akiba, M., Yamano, H., and Matsunaga, T. (2009) A pan-sharpening method for satellite image-based coral reef monitoring with higher accuracy. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, 626-630.

Kimura, T., Hasegawa, H., Igarashi, T., Inaba, M., Iwao, K., Iwase, F., Kajiwara, K., Matsumoto, T., Nakai, T., Nojima, S., Nomura, K., Nonaka, M., Oki, K., Sakai, K., Shimoike, K., Sugihara, K., Ueno, M., Ueno, S., Yamano, H., Yokochi, H., and Yoshida, M. (2006) Status of coral reefs in Japan. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1068-1076.

Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Kayanne, H., Yamano, H., Yokoki, H., and Najima, Y. (2006) Conditions and activities supporting early prehistoric human settlement on Majuro Atoll in Marshall Islands, Eastern Micronesia. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1549-1555.

Yamano, H., Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Kayanne, H., Yokoki, H., Shimazaki, H., Tamura, M., Watanabe, S., and Yoshii, S. (2006) Satellite-based typology to assess stability and vulnerability of atoll islands: a comparison with archaeological data. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1556-1566.

Yokoki, H., Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Sato, D., Shimazaki, H., Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Ishoda, A., and Takagi, H. (2006) Numerical calculations of longshore sediment transport due to wave transformation in the lagoon of Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1570-1576.

Books/ Book Sections

In English only

Suzuki, Y., Nakamori, T., Hidaka, M., Kayanne, H., Casareto, B.E., Nadaoka, K., Yamano, H., Tsuchiya, M., and Yamazato, K. (eds.) (2006) Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium. Japanese Coral Reef Society, Tokyo.

Ministry of the Environment and Japanese Coral Reef Society (eds.) (Executive Editors: Tsuchiya, M., Nadaoka, K., Kayanne, H., and Yamano, H.) (2004) Coral Reefs of Japan. Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, 356 pp.

Idip, D. Jr., Kayanne, H., Yamano, H., Matsunaga, T., and Shimazaki, H. (2007) Chapter 17: Coastal habitat map of Palau. In Kayanne, H., Omori, M., Fabricius, K., Verheij, E., Colin, P., Golbuu, Y. and Yukihira, H. (eds.) Coral Reefs of Palau. Palau International Coral Reef Center, Palau, pp. 170-202.

Other Publications

In English only

Kayanne, H., Chikamori, M., Yamano, H., Yamaguchi, T., Yokoki, H., and Shimazaki, H. (2005) Interdisciplinary approach for sustainable land management of atoll islands. Global Environmental Research, 9, 1-7.

Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., and Chikamori, M. (2005) An overview of the nature and dynamics of reef islands. Global Environmental Research, 9, 9-20.

Yokoki, H., Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Sato, D., Minami, Y., Ando, S., Shimazaki, H., Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Ishoda, A., and Takagi, H. (2005) Comparison between longshore sediment transport due to waves and long-term shoreline change in Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands. Global Environmental Research, 9, 21-26.

Yamaguchi, T., Kayanne, H., Yamano, H., Najima, Y., Chikamori, M., and Yokoki, H. (2005) Excavation of pit agriculture’s landscape on Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, and its implications. Global Environmental Research, 9, 27-36.

Yamano, H., Shimazaki, H., Kayanne, H., Yokoki, H., Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Tamura, M., Murase, T., Suzuki, Y., Itou, K., Hirose, M., Sano, S., Takagi, H., Watanabe, M., Akimoto, F., Watanabe, S., Yoshii, S., Ishoda, A., Leenders, N., and Forstreuter, W. (2005) Efforts to generate maps of atoll countries. Global Environmental Research, 9, 37-46.

Shimazaki, H., Yamano, H., Yokoki, H., Yamaguchi, T., Chikamori, M., Tamura, M., Kayanne, H. (2005) Geographic database on the natural and socioeconomic conditions of reef islands. Global Environmental Research, 9, 47-55.

Articles

Dr. Yamano's research was introduced in the Nature News: "Coral marches to the poles" in Jan. 2011.

Last updated Apl. 10, 2024