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Precious coral biology
History of precious coral use
Precious coral species and fisheries
Habitats around Japan
Chemistry of precious coral: Biomineraliztion
Growth rate of precious coral
Structure of the precious coral axis
Habitat temperatures presumed from the chemical analysis of the precious coral axis
Phylogenetic systematics of precious coral
Japanese red coral’s sexual maturation
An experiment to increase precious corals
Coral nets’ environmental impact
Sustainable use of precious coral
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1. Books
Iwasaki, A. and Iwasaki, N., 2011. Corals:
Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Precious Corals.
Tokai University Press, Hadano, Japan, 129 pp.

A Biohistory of Precious: Corals
Iwasaki, N., ed., 2010, A Biohistory of Precious:
Corals Scientific Cultural and Historical Perspectives.
Tokai University Press, Hadano, Japan, 286 pp.


２. Papers
Uda, K., Komeda, Y., Fujita, T., Iwasaki, N., Bavestrello, G., Giovine, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R. and Suzuki, T., 2013. Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Japanese pink coral (Corallium elatius) and the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum): A reevaluation of the phylogeny of the family Coralliidae based on molecular data. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D, 8, 209-219.
Luan. N. T., Rahman. M. A., Maki. T., Iwasaki. N. and Hasegawa. H., 2013. Growth characteristics and growth rate estimation of Japanese precious corals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 441, 117-125.
Chang. S.-K., Yang. Y.-C., Iwasaki. N., 2013. Whether to employ trade controls or fisheries management to conserve precious corals (Coralliidae) in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Marine Policy, 39, 144-153.
Nonaka. M., Mizuk. K. and Iwasaki. N.,2012. Descriptions of two new species and designation of three neotypes of Japanese Coralliidae from recently discovered specimens that were collected by Kishinouye. and the introduction of a statistical approach to sclerite abundance and size. Zootaxa, 3428. 1-67.
Iwasaki. N., Fujita. T., Bavestrello. G. and Cattaneo-Vietti. R., 2012. Morphometry and population structure of non-harvested and harvested populations of the Japanese red coral (Paracorallium japonicum) off Amami Island. southern Japan. Marine and Freshwater Research, 51 (3). 372-382.
Hasegawa. H., Rahman. M. A., Luan. N.T., Maki. T. and Iwasaki. N., 2012. Trace elements in Corallium spp. as indicators for origin and habitat. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 414-415. 1?5.
Yoshimura.T., Tanimizu. M., Inoue. M., Suzuki. A.. Iwasaki. N. and Kawahata. H., 2011. Mg isotope fractionation in biogenic carbonates of deep-sea coral. benthic foraminifera. and hermatypic coral. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 401 (9). 2755-2769.
Uda. K., Komeda. Y., Koyama. H., Koga. K., Fujita. T., Iwasaki. N. and Suzuki. T., 2011. Complete mitochondrial genomes of two Japanese precious corals. Paracorallium japonicum and Corallium konojoi (Cnidaria. Octocorallia. Coralliidae): Notable differences in gene arrangement. Gene, 476. 27-37.
Iwasaki, N., 2007. Jewel of the sea?precious coral?its appeal as a research subject. Ship & Ocean Newsletter, Sellected Papers, 9, 18-19.


３. Exhibition
“Precious Coral: Jewelry from the Deep-sea” at National Museum of Nature and Science,Tokyo from 1 April to 29 May, 2013