
publications
2024
Horinouchi M., Tongnunui P., Kaeoprakan P., Hukiew P., Furumitsu K., Kon K., Nakamura Y., Kanou K., Yamaguchi A., Okamoto K. and Sano M. Fish assemblage structures in planted seagrass habitats, compared with natural seagrass habitats: a field experiment in an intertidal bay in Trang, southern Thailand. Ichthyological Research 2024
Yamashita R., Toyama T., Yamazaki K. and Kon K. Discovery of Automate hayashii Anker and Komai, 2004 (Caridea: Alpheidae) in the Kanto region, eastern Japan since the holotype specimen from Hokkaido, northern Japan. Aquatic Animals AA 2024-25. 2024 (in Japanese)
2023
Matsumoto R. and Kon K. Food habit of chiton Acanthopleura japonica from Jogashima, Miura peninsula, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. La mer 61; 13–18. 2023
Yamashita R., Komai T. and Kon K. Metabetaeus lapillicola, a new species of alpheid shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea) from Japan, inhabiting unusual pebble beaches. Zootaxa 5258: 317–330. 2023
2022
Shimizu M., Nanjo K., Tanita I., Kon K. and Yamada H. Food habits of fishes in a subtropical seagrass bed in Nagura Bay, Ishigaki Island, southern Japan. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 102: 361-369. 2022
Kon K., Goto A., Tanita I. and Yamada H. Multiple effects of a typhoon strike and wastewater effluent on benthic macrofaunal communities in a mangrove estuary. Hydrobiologia 849: 2569–2579. 2022
Hall-Spencer J., Belfiore G., Tomatsuri M., Porzio L., Harvey B., Agostini S. and Kon K. Decreased diversity and abundance of marine invertebrates at CO2 seeps in warm temperate Japan. Zoological Science 39: 41–51. 2022
2021
Agostini S., Harvey B., Milazzo M., Wada S., Kon K., Floc’h N., Komatsu K., Kuroyama M. and Hall-Spencer J. Simplification, not ‘tropicalization’, of temperate marine ecosystems under ocean warming and acidification. Global Change Biology 27: 4771–4784. 2021
Yamakawa U., Kanou K., Tsuda Y. and Kon K. Food resource use by juveniles of the endangered sleeper Eleotris oxycephala in the Sagami River system, Japan. Ichthyological Research 68: 426-436. 2021
Harvey B., Kon K., Agostini S., Wada S. and Hall-Spencer J. Ocean acidification will lock algal communities in a species-poor early successional stage. Global Change Biology 27: 2174-2187. 2021
Harvey B., Allen R., Agostini S., Hoffmann L., Kon K., Summerfield L. Wada S. and Hall-Spencer J. Feedback mechanisms stabilise degraded turf algal systems at a CO2 seep site. Communications Biology 4: 219. 2021
Yamada. H., Tanita I., Watanabe S., Nanjo K. and Kon K. Distributional characteristics of seagrass bed of Zostera japonica confirmed in intertidal zone around Yaeyama Islands. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 87: 43-45. 2021 (in Japanese)
2020
Kerfahi D., Harvey B., Agostini S., Kon K., Huang R., Adams J. and Hall-Spencer J. Responses of intertidal bacterial biofilm communities to increasing pCO2. Marine Biotechnology 22: 727-738. 2020
Yamada. H., Kon K., Nakamoto K., Hayakawa J., Nanjo K. and Kawamura T. Feeding habits of juvenile Siganus fuscescens in a subtropical seagrass meadow estimated by rearing experiments and dual stable isotope analysis. Aquaculture Science 68: 163-168. 2020 (in Japanese)
Hall-Spencer J. and Kon K. Human Impact. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer. 297-305. 2020
Kon K., Yamashiro H., Horinouchi M. and Kawaida S. Experimental Design in Marine Ecology. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer. 273-282. 2020
Harvey B., Kon K. Agostini S. Survey Techniques in Marine Ecology. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer. 263-271. 2020
Fujiwara Y. and Kon K. Marine Ecology: Sea Shelf to Deep Sea. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer. 255-262. 2020
Kon K., Shimanaga M. and Horinouchi M. Marine Ecology: Intertidal/Littoral Zone. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer 241-254. 2020
Kon K. Distribution of Organisms on the Seashore. In: Inaba K. and Hall-Spencer J. (eds), Japanese Marine Life -A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology-. Springer 75-83. 2020
Horinouchi M., Kanou K., Kon K., Tongnunui P. and Sano M. Fish and macroinvertebrate fauna associated with floating or drifting surface water mangrove litter in a shallow coastal area in Trang, southern Thailand. Ichthyological Research 67: 177–184. 2020
2019
Harvey B., Agostini A., Kon K., Wada S. and Hall-Spencer J. Diatoms dominate and alter marine food-webs when CO2 rises. Diversity 11(12): 242. 2019
Tomatsuri M. and Kon K. Impacts of ocean acidification on hermit crab communities through contrasting responses of Pagurus filholi (de Man, 1887) and Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843) Aquatic Ecology 53: 569–580. 2019
Yamakawa U., Kaneko S., Imai R., Faulks L. K., Kon K., Kyogoku D., Isagi Y. and Tsuda Y*. Development of microsatellite markers for the endangered sleeper, Eleotris oxycephala (Perciformes: Eleotridae) Genes & Genetic Systems 94: 219-224. 2019
Kanou K., Horinouchi M., Tongnunui P., Kon K. and Sano M. Morphological development and occurrence patterns of larval and juvenile halfbeaks, Zenarchopterus spp., associated with mangrove flotsam in a shallow coastal area, Trang, southern Thailand. Biogeograph 21: 6-11 2019
Hirano H., Kon K., Yoshida M., Harvey B., Setiamarga D*. The influence of CO2 seeps to coastal environments of Shikine Island in Japan as indicated by geochemistry analyses of seafloor sediments. International Journal of GEOMATE 16: 82-89. 2019
2018
Agostini S., Harvey B,, Wada S,, Kon K,, Milazzo M,, Inaba K, and Hall-Spencer J. Ocean acidification drives community shifts towards simplified non-calcified habitats in a subtropical-temperate transition zone. Scientific Reports 8: 11354. 2018
Yamada H., Nakamoto K., Hayakawa J., Kawamura T., Kon K., Shimabukuro H. and Fukuoka K. Seasonal variations in leaf growth of Cymodocea serrulata in subtropical seagrass meadows. Fisheries Science 84:461-468. 2018
Yamakawa U., Imai R.,, Kon K. and Tsuda Y. Record of Odontobutis obscura from Tone River in Ibaraki, Japan. Ibaraki Seibutsu 38:2-5. 2018 (in Japanese)
2017
Tomatsuri M. and Kon K. Effects of dead oyster shells as a habitat for the benthic faunal community along rocky shore regions. Hydrobiologia 790:225-232. 2017
2016
Kodama M., Ohtsuchi N. and Kon K. A new species of the genus Rhinoecetes Just, 1983 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) from Japan. Zootaxa 4169: 133–144. 2016
Yamada H., Shimabukuro H., Hayakawa J., Nakamoto K., Kawamura T. and Kon K. Assesment of feeding preference for subtropical macrophytes in young Siganus fuscescens. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 82: 631-633. 2016 (in Japanese)
Okamoto Y., Muto N., Kon K., Watanabe K., Yoshikawa T., Salaenoi J. and Ishikawa S. Stable isotope analysis suggesting existing of plural populations of Streaked Spinefoot (Siganus javus; Linnaeus, 1766) in Bandon Bay, Southern Thailand. Int. Aquat. Res. 8: 169-178 2016
Horinouchi M., Tongnunui P., Furumitsu K., Kon K., Nakamura Y., Kanou K., Yamaguchi A., Seto K., Okamoto K., and Sano M. Effects of habitat change from a bare sand/mud area to a short seagrass Halophila ovalis bed on fish assemblage structure: a case study in an intertidal bay in Trang, southern Thailand. Ichthyol. Res. 63: 391-404. 2016
Tongnunui P., Yoknoi N., Pechnoi P., Yamada H. and Kon K. The first record of female maturation of shot finned eel, Anguilla bicolor bicolor in coastal waters of Thailand. Trop. Life Sci. Res. 27: 145-152. 2016
Yamada H., Hayakawa J., Nakamoto K., Kawamura T. and Kon K. Effects of artificial seaweed on vulnerability of two gastropod species (Cetithium zonatum and Clypeomorus bifasciata) to carnivorous crab Calappa hepatica. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 82: 33-35. 2016 (in Japanese)
2015
Kon K., Tsuchiya Y., Sato T., Shinagawa H. and Yamada Y. Role of microhabitat heterogeneity in benthic faunal communities in sandy bottom sediments of Oura Bay, Shimoda, Japan. Region. Stud. Mar. Sci. 2: 71-76. 2015
Agostini S., Wada S., Kon K., Omori A., Kohzuka H. Fujiwara H., Tsuchiya Y., Sato T., Shinagawa H., Yamada Y. and Inaba K. Geochemistry of two shallow CO2 seeps in Shikine Island (Japan) and their potential for ocean acidification research. Region. Stud. Mar. Sci. 2: 45-53. 2015
Tomatsuri M. and Kon K. Comparison of three methods for testing the prey preference of the Muricid snail Reishia clavigela. J. Mar. Biol. Article ID 484392. 2015
Kon K., Tongnunui P. and Kurokura H. Do allochthonous inputs represent an important food resource for benthic macrofaunal communities in estuarine mudflats? Food Webs 2: 10–17. 2015
Before 2014
Okamoto Y. Ishikawa S., Kon K., Watanabe K., Yoshikawa T., Salaenoi J.Food web structure of bivalves aquaculture in Bandon Bay, Southern Thailand. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 80: 838, 2014 (in Japanese)
Kon K., Khrueniam U., Arimoto T., Yoshikawa T., Okamoto Y. Ishikawa S. Trophic level analysis of set-net catch in Rayong coast, Gulf of Thailand. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 80: 837, 2014 (in Japanese)
Kon K., Hoshino Y., Kanou K., Okazaki D., Nakayama S. and Kohno H. Benthic food web of a salt marsh in an artificial lagoon, central Japan. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 16: 40-50. 2013
Kon K., Hoshino Y., Kanou K., Okazaki D., Nakayama S. and Kohno H. Importance of allochthonous materials in benthic macrofaunal community functioning in estuarine salt marshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96: 236-244. 2012
Kon K., Kurokura H. and Tongnunui P. Influence of microhabitat on the structuaring of the benthic macrofaunal community in a mangrove forest. Hydrobiologia 671: 205-216. 2011
Kon K. Mullet is not detritovore: revealed by stable isotope analysis. In Kohno H., Kanou K. and Yokoo T. (eds), Fish in Tokyo Bay. Heibonsha, Tokyo. 133. 2011 (in Japanese)
Kon K., Kurokura H. and Tongnunui P. Effects of physical structure of mangrove vegetation on a benthic faunal community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 383: 171-180. 2010
Kon K., Kawakubo N., Aoki J., Tongnunui P., Hayashizaki K. and Kurokura H. Effect of shrimp farming organic waste on food availability for deposit feeder crabs in a mangrove estuary, based on stable isotope analysis . Fisheries Science 75: 715-722. 2009
Kon K., Kurokura H., and Tongnunui P. Do mangrove root structures function to shelter benthic macrofauna from predators? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 370: 1-8. 2009
Kon K. and Kurokura H. Food web structure of benthic community in mangrove forest. Kaiyo monthly 41: 177-183. 2009 (In Japanese)
Kon K., Kanou K., Inoue T., Kobayashi A., Hayashizaki K., and Kurokura H. Food resource partitioning among fishes in an estuarine nursery as revealed by stable isotope analysis. La mer 46: 13-17. 2008
Kon K., Kurokura H., and Hayashizaki K. Role of microhabitats in food webs of benthic communities in a mangrove forest. Marine Ecology Progress Series 340: 55-62. 2007
Kon K., Kurokura H., and Ogawa H. Importance of microhabitats for benthic faunal production in intertidal mangrove forests. In: Furumai H., Katayama H., Kurisu F., Satoh H., Ohgaki S., and Thanh N. C. (eds), Southeast Asian water environment 2. IWA Publishing, London, 35-42. 2007
Yamanoi T., Yoshino K., Kon K., and Goshima S. Delayed copulation as a means of female choice by the hermit crab Pagurus filholi. Journal of Ethology 24: 213-218. 2006