Junya Hirai
@jhirai87.bsky.social
Lecturer at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Zooplankton Ecologist | Biological Oceanographer
Zooplankton Ecologist | Biological Oceanographer
Our new paper is out in MEPS!
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Our new paper is out in MEPS!
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Reposted by Junya Hirai
Our last product of the SCOR WG157 MetaZooGene if out! We run a 10-laboratory intercomparison experiment on for zooplankton metabarcoding. Take home: major patterns hold, but sequencing platform matters, taq matters (a lot), add positive/negative controls...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
MetaZooGene Intercalibration Experiment (MZG‐ICE): Metabarcoding Marine Zooplankton Diversity of the Global Ocean
DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton biodiversity is used increasingly for monitoring global ocean ecosystems, requiring comparable data from different research laboratories and ocean regions. The MetaZo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our last product of the SCOR WG157 MetaZooGene if out! We run a 10-laboratory intercomparison experiment on for zooplankton metabarcoding. Take home: major patterns hold, but sequencing platform matters, taq matters (a lot), add positive/negative controls...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...