Kagoshima City Aquarium Foundation

Recent papers from Kagoshima City Aquarium Foundation

1. Blood Oxytocin-like Immunoreactivity, Cortisol, and Caretaker-Rated Personality in Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): An Exploratory Pilot StudyVeterinary Sciences · 2026
2. Molecular Analysis Corroborates the Biogeographic Distribution of “Tako Kurage” as Mastigias albipunctata Stiasny, 1920 (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa) in JapanOceans · 2026
3. Three-dimensional analysis of spawning behaviour of skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis using stereo-image measurementsBiology Open · 2026
4. A comparative molecular study of rhizostome jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae) from Japan reveals variability in Symbiodiniaceae taxon associations and cassiosome productionFrontiers in Marine Science · 2026
5. Evolutionary and Functional Insights of Leucine‐Rich Alpha‐2‐Glycoprotein 1 in Cetacean Wound Healing: The First Identification of LRG1 in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution · 2025
6. Estimating Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, Length Using Multi-Stereo-Image MeasurementFishes · 2025
7. Fat taste receptors and fatty milk in dolphinsMarine Mammal Science · 2024
8. Influence of temperature on hatching success of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis): Implications for spawning availability of warm habitatsJournal of Fish Biology · 2024
9. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses illuminate the molecular basis of the unique lifestyle of a tubeworm, Lamellibrachia satsumaDNA Research · 2023
10. Fluorescent Anemones in Japan—Comprehensive Revision of Japanese Actinernoidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Anenthemonae) with Rearrangements of the ClassificationDiversity · 2023
11. Analyses of Stalked Jellyfish in Kitsunezaki, Japan: Calvadosia nagatensis, and Two Lineages of Haliclystus inabai with Early Life Stages Observed in an Aquarium in CanadaHydrobiology · 2022
12. Rhabdomyolysis, myoglobinuric nephrosis, and crystalline nephropathy in a captive bottlenose dolphinJournal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation · 2022
13. Quantifying the 60-Year Contribution of Japanese Zoos and Aquariums to Peer-Reviewed Scientific ResearchAnimals · 2022
14. Behavioural response of a whale shark during the passage of a typhoonJournal of Fish Biology · 2021
15. Quantification of Histidine-Containing Dipeptides in Dolphin Serum Using a Reversed-Phase Ion-Pair High-Performance Liquid Chromatography MethodSeparations · 2021
16. Vasomotor effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine, angiotensin II, acetylcholine, noradrenaline, and bradykinin on the cerebral artery of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Journal of Veterinary Medical Science · 2020