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@JOIDES Resolution
(IODP Expedition 321; Sedimentologist)

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Education

PhD. Geosciences, Osaka City University, March 2008
M. Sc. Geosciences, Osaka City University, March 2005
B. Sc. Geosciences, Osaka City University, March 2003


Professional Experience

Assistant Professor
Department of Education, Shimane University,
October 2009-present

Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
April 2007- March 2009


Overseas Research



Research Grant

A Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (10896) (April 2007–March 2009). Principal Investigator: Akira Tsujimoto


Postal address

TSUJIMOTO Akira
Department of Education,
Shimane University,
1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan

E-mail address: tsujimotoATedu.shimane-u.ac.jp
akiratsujimotoATgmail.com *AT = @
Peer Reviewed Publications

*Tsujimoto, A.Yamamoto, O., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., manuscript in preparation. Spatial and temporal changes of benthic foraminifera and ostracod over the last 100 years in Hiroshima Bay, Japan. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 

*Tsujimoto, A., Yasuhara, M., Nomura, R., Yamazaki, H., Sampei, Y., Hirose, K., Yoshikawa, S., 2008. Development of modern benthic ecosystems in eutrophic coastal oceans: the foraminiferal record over the last 200 years, Osaka Bay, Japan. Marine Micropaleontology 69, 225-239. [PDF]

*Tsujimoto, A., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Hirose, K., Yoshikawa, S., 2008. Environmental Changes during the Last 150 Years in Osaka Bay, Japan: Historical Record of Eutrophication Based on Microfossil Assemblages. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu) 47, 273-285. (in Japanese with English abstract)

*Hirose, K., Yasuhara, M., Tsujimoto, A., Yamazaki, H., Yoshikawa, S., 2008. The succession of diatom assemblages and anthropogenically induced environmental changes over the last 120 years, Osaka Bay, Japan. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu) 47, 287-296. (in Japanese with English abstract)

*Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H.,
Tsujimoto, A., Hirose, K., 2007. The effect of long-term spatiotemporal variations in urbanization-induced eutrophication on a benthic ecosystem, Osaka Bay, Japan. Limnology and Oceanography 52, 1633-1644.
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*Tsujimoto, A., Nomura, R., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Yoshikawa, S., 2006. Impact of eutrophication on shallow marine benthic foraminifers over the last 150 years in Osaka Bay, Japan. Marine Micropaleontology 60, 258-268. [PDF]

*Tsujimoto, A., Nomura, R., Yasuhara, M., Yoshikawa, S., 2006. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Osaka Bay, southwestern Japan: faunal changes over the last 50 years. Paleontological Research 10, 141-161.

Other Publications

*Tsujimoto, A., Udagawa, J., Ishi, H., Yoshikawa, S., Nagaoka, S., Murakami, A., Mitamura, M., Yamazaki, H., 2008. Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in the Akunoura-oki core from Nagasaki Bay, western Japan, based on foraminiferal and molluscan assemblages. The Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, 207–212 (in Japanese with English abstract).

*Kitamura, S., Tsujimoto, A., Yoshikawa, S., 2008. Paleo-environmental change during Holocene in Osaka Bay based on the foraminiferal analysis. The Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, 213–218 (in Japanese with English abstract).

*Yoshikawa, S., Nagaoka, S., Tsujimoto, A., Murakami, A., Mitamura, M., Yamazaki, H., 2008. Lithostratigraphy and radiocarbon dates of the Akunoura-oki core from Nagasaki Bay, Western Japan. The Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, 201–206 (in Japanese with English abstract).

*Tsujimoto, A., Yoshikawa, S., Sampei, Y., 2006. Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in the central Kawachi Plain, western Japan, based on CNS elementary analysis and foraminiferal analysis. The Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, 231–236 (in Japanese with English abstract).

*Tsujimoto, A., Nomura, R., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Yoshikawa, S. 2005. The Relationship between benthic foraminifera and anthropogenic pollution in case of Osaka Bay, Japan: environmental evaluation of enclosed coastal seas using foraminifers. The Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, 161–164 (in Japanese with English abstract).

Presentation in International Conference

*Tsujimoto, A.Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Hirose, K., 2009 (Jul.). The Effect of Anthropogenic Eutrophication on a Shallow Marine Benthic Ecosystem: Microfossil Records over the Last 200 Years in Osaka Bay, Japan. 3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Los Angeles, CA. invited

*Goto, K., Haraguchi, T., Ratnayake, N. P., Vijitha, A. V. P., Yokoyama, Y., Tsujimoto, A., Yoshinaga, Y., Takahashi, J. Imamura, F., 2009 (Mar.). A sedimentary record of the tsunami recurrence in Sri Lanka. Symposium: for Estimating the Recurrence Interval and Behavior of Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean via a Survey of Tsunami-related Sedimentation, Tsukuba. invited

*Tsujimoto, A., Yasuhara, M., Nishida, S., Yamazaki, H., Hirose, K., Yoshikawa, S., 2008 (Oct.). The application of foraminifera and ostracod for long-term ecosystem monitoring in enclosed coastal sea: A case study of Osaka Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Japan. EMECS8, China.

*Yamazaki, H., Miyagi M., Yasuhara, M.,Hirose, K., Tsujimoto, A., Inano S., Yoshikawa, S., 2008 (Oct.). History of the Heavy Metal Pollution Recorded in Core Sediment of the Yodo River Estuary in Osaka Bay, Japan. EMECS8, China.

*Tsujimoto, A., Yamamoto, O., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Yoshikawa, S., 2008 (Sept.). The response of benthic foraminifera to anthropogenic eutrophication and hypoxia in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. ICAMG, Kochi.

*Tsujimoto, A.
, Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Hirose, K., Yoshikawa, S., 2007. The effect of urbanization-induced eutrophication on a benthic ecosystem, Osaka Bay, Japan. International Symposium on Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific, Tsukuba.

*Hirose, K., Yoshida, H., Yasuhara, M., Yamazaki, H., Tsujimoto, A., Yoshikawa, S., 2007. Urbanization-induced diatom community changes for the last 150 years, Osaka Bay, Japan: comparison with Holocene flora. International Symposium on Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific, Tsukuba.