Kenji Iwao

Conventional taxonomy obscures deep divergence between Pacific and Atlantic corals

Hironobu Fukami, Ann F. Budd, Gustav Paulay et al. · Nature · 2004 · 354 citations

Biology, Biodiversity, Marine Geology +14

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria)

Hironobu Fukami, Chaolun Allen Chen, Ann F. Budd et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 340 citations · Full text

Engineering, Order Scleractinia, Living Fossil +21

An Ancient Chemosensory Mechanism Brings New Life to Coral Reefs

ANC. Morse, Kenji Iwao, Masasuke Baba et al. · Biological Bulletin · 1996 · 220 citations · Full text

Engineering, Modern Corals, Coral Ecosystems +19

A cnidarian neuropeptide of the GLWamide family induces metamorphosis of reef-building corals in the genus Acropora

Kenji Iwao, Toshitaka Fujisawa, Masayuki Hatta · Coral Reefs · 2002 · 153 citations

Biology, Engineering, Coral Reef +7

Temporal changes in settlement, lipid content and lipid composition of larvae of the spawning hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis

Saki Harii, Kazuo Nadaoka, Masanobu Yamamoto et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2007 · 147 citations · Full text

Coastal Engineering, Engineering, Coral Ecosystems +20