Morphological abnormality rate of the pale grass blue butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in southwestern Japan: A reference data set for environmental monitoring
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.09.016
Abstract: Abstract Morphological abnormalities of the pale grass blue butterfly, Zizeeria maha (Kollar) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), have been successfully used as an environmental indicator to assess the biological impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.… read more here.
Keywords: abnormality rate; butterfly; rate; reference data ... See more keywords
Origin and water depth of a newly identified seep carbonate and paleoecology of Bathymodiolus in the Miocene Taishu Group, southwestern Japan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109655
Abstract: Abstract The Fukuzaki Limestone is a small limestone lens embedded in siliciclastic Taishu Group rocks on Tsushima Island in the southwestern Japan Sea. A fossil assemblage in this limestone consisting of the bivalve mollusc Bathymodiolus… read more here.
Keywords: taishu group; limestone lens; limestone; southwestern japan ... See more keywords
A comprehensive taxonomic list of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from submarine caves of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with a description of a rare species, Dougaloplus echinatus (Amphiuridae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.5
Abstract: The ophiuroid species listed were collected by benthic faunal surveys from 2016 to 2018 in submarine caves of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. The material includes 20 species from 8 families, Amphiuridae, Ophiocomidae, Ophiodermatidae, Ophiolepididae,… read more here.
Keywords: islands southwestern; ryukyu islands; caves ryukyu; southwestern japan ... See more keywords
A distinctive new species of the genus Polyonyx Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Okinawa, southwestern Japan.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.4.6
Abstract: The new porcellanid crab Polyonyx deezi n. sp. is described on the basis of two specimens from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. The new species belongs to the P. sinensis group and may be… read more here.
Keywords: sinensis group; southwestern japan; new species; genus polyonyx ... See more keywords
Source location and mechanism analysis of an earthquake triggered by the 2016 Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, earthquake
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DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0588-9
Abstract: The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (Mw 7.0) occurred in the central part of Kyushu Island, southwestern Japan, on April 16, 2016. The mainshock triggered an event of maximum acceleration 700 gal that caused severe damage to infrastructure… read more here.
Keywords: location; mechanism; source; southwestern japan ... See more keywords