Original articles

2021

26. Marumoto M, Marumoto K, Noda K (2021): Availability Evaluation for a Simple Personal Mercury Monitor Using Rats Exposed to Mercury Vapor. Kankyo Kagaku Kaishi (Environmental Science), 34(6): 247-255.
27. Masahiro SAKATA, Ryohei SUZUKI and Kohji MARUMOTO (2021) Evaluation of long-term trend of atmospheric lead pollution in western Japan based on lead isotope ratios and Pb/Zn ratio as indicators of long-range transport of aerosols from the Asian continent. Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research Vol.1, pp.37-46, DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.5985/emcr.20200003.
28. Yuya Tada, Kohji MARUMOTO, Akinori Takeuchi (2021) Nitrospina-like Bacteria Are Dominant Potential Mercury Methylators in Both the Oyashio and Kuroshio Regions of the Western North Pacific. Microbiology Spectrum 9: e00833-21.
    https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00833-21
29. Noda K, Kodamatani H, Tomiyasu T, Marumoto K, Komai T, Aizawa H (2021): Measurement System of Mercury in Water Samples by Reduction Vaporization Method Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi E (IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines), Vol. 141 No.2, pp. 50-54. DOI: 10.1541/ieejsmas.141.50

2020

22. Masumi Marumoto, Mineshi Sakamoto, Kohji MARUMOTO, Shozo Tsuruta and Yoshihiro Komohara (2020) Mercury and Selenium Localization in the Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Liver, and Kidney of a Minamata Disease Case. Acta Histochemistry. Cytochemistry. 53 (6): 147–155. doi: 10.1267/ahc.20-00009
23. Kohji MARUMOTO, Kazutoshi NODA, João P. G. PEREIRA, Marcelo DE OLIVEIRA LIMA, Iracina M. DE JESUS, Masumi MARUMOTO, and Hirokatsu AKAGI (2020) Application of the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Method for Measuring Mercury in the Air of Working Environments Involved to Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM). Analytical Sciences 36(12), 1515-1519.
    https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.20P178
24. Kazutoshi Noda, Hidenobu Aizawa, and Kohji MARUMOTO (2020) Basic Detection Characteristics of Quartz Crystal Microbalance-based Method of Determination of Mercury. Sensors and Materials, Vol. 32, No. 6, 2159–2166.
25. Yuya Tada, Kohji MARUMOTO, Akinori Takeuchi (2020) Nitrospina-Like Bacteria are Potential Mercury Methylators in the Mesopelagic Zone in the East China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 1369
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01369
26. Tada, Y. and Marumoto, K. (2020) Uptake of methylmercury by marine microalgae and its bioaccumulation in them. Journal of oceanography 76, 63-70.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-019-00525-6
27. Mineshi Sakamoto, Takaaki Itai, Kohji MARUMOTO, Masumi Marumoto, Hitoshi Kodamatani, Takashi Tomiyasu, Hiromitsu Nagasaka, Keisuke Mori, Alexandre J. Poulain, José L. Domingo, Milena Horvat, Akito Matsuyama (2020) Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludge: Potential risk from sludge contained within reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan. Environmental Research 180, 108668.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108668

2019

16. Kohji MARUMOTO, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yasuyuki Shibata, Akinori Takeuchi, Akinori Takami, Norio Fukuzaki, Kazuaki Kawamoto, Akira Mizohata, Shungo Kato, Takashi Yamamoto, Jingyang Chen, Tatsuya Hattori, Hiromitsu Nagasaka and Mitsugu Saito (2019) Long-Term Observation of Atmospheric Speciated Mercury during 2007–2018 at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan. Atmosphere 10, 362.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10070362

2018

15. Marumoto, K., Takeuchi, A., Imai, S., Kodamatani, H., Suzuki, N. (2018) Mercury evasion fluxes from sea surfaces of the Tsushima Strait and the Kuroshio Current in the East China Sea. Geochemical Journal 52, 1-12. Open　Access　

2017

14. Marumoto, K., , Sudo, Y., Nagamatsu, Y. (2017) Collateral variations between the concentrations of mercury and other water soluble ions in volcanic ash samples and volcanic activity during the 2014-2016 eruptive episodes at Aso volcano, Japan. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 341, 149-157.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.022

2015

13. Marumoto, K., Hayashi, M., Takami, A. (2015) Atmospheric mercury concentrations at two sites in the Kyushu Islands, Japan, and evidence of long-range transport from East Asia. Atmospheric Environment 117, 147-155.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.019
14. Song, S., Selin, N.E., Soerensen, A.L., Angot, H., Artz, R., Brooks, S., Brunke, E.-G., Conley, G., Dommergue, A., Ebinghaus, R., Holsen, T.M., Jaffe, D.A., Kang, S., Kelly, P., Luke, W.T., Magand, O., Marumoto, K., Pfaffhuber, K.A., Ren, X., Sheu, G.-R., Slemr, F., Warneke, T., Weight, A., Weiss-Penzias, P., Wip, D.C., Zhang, Q. (2015) Top-down constraints on atmospheric mercury emissions and implications for global biogeochemical cycling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15, 7103-7125.
15. Marumoto, K. and Imai S.　(2015) Determination of gaseous mercury in seawater of Minamata Bay and estimation for mercury exchange across air-sea interface. Marine Chemistry 168, 9-17.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2014.09.007

2014

10. Marumoto, K.. and Matsuyama, A. (2014) Mercury speciation in wet deposition samples collected from a coastal area of Minamata Bay.Atmospheric Environment 86, 220-227.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.12.011

2012

9. Marumoto K, Imai S, Takeda K, Sakugawa H (2012): Development of seawater sampler with lesser sublimation loss for capturing dissolved gaseous mercury and effect of sublimation loss on estimation of released mercury fluxes. Bunseki Kagaku (Analytical Chemistry), 61(12), 1063-1072.

2011

8. Matsuyama, A., Eguchi, T., Sonoda, I., Tada, A., Yano, S., Tai, A.,Marumoto, K., Tomiyasu, T. and Akagi, H. (2011) Mercury speciation in the water of Minamata Bay, Japan. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 218,399-412.

2008

7. Tomiyasu, T., Matsuyama, A., Eguchi, T., Marumoto, K., Oki, K. and Akagi, H. (2008) Speciation of mercury in water at the bottom of Minamata Bay, Japan. Marine Chemistry 112, 102-106.

2007

6. Marumoto K, Sakata M (2007): Seasonal changes in concentration levels and wet deposition volumes of mercury and other chemical substances in the region alongside the Sea of Japan. Kankyo Kagaku (Environmental Science), 20(1): 47-60.

2006

5. Sakata, M., Marumoto, K., Narukawa, M. and Asakura, K. (2006) Mass balance and sources of mercury in Tokyo Bay. Journal of Oceanography 62, 767-775.
6. Narukawa, M., Sakata, M., Marumoto, K. and Asakura, K. (2006) Air-sea exchange of mercury in Tokyo Bay. Journal of Oceanography 62, 249-257.
7. Sakata, M., Marumoto, K., Narukawa, M. and Asakura, K.（2006）Regional variations in wet and dry deposition fluxes of trace elements in Japan.Atmospheric Environment. 40, 521-531.

2005

2. Marumoto K, Sakata M (2005): Volumes of mercury generated from the soil and factors causing their variation. Chikyu Kagaku (Geochemical Journal), 39, 183-196.
3. Sakata, M, Marumoto, K (2005): Wet and dry deposition fluxes of mercury in Japan. Atmospheric Environment 39, 3145-3152.

Authored books

2011

2. Marumoto K (2011): Fieldwork-ready basics of atmosphere analysis (co-authored), Hirai S, managing ed., Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, ed., pp. 33-36, pp. 109-118.
3. Marumoto K (2019): Reference Book on the Atmospheric Environment (co-authored), Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, ed., 6-19 Current status and international efforts on mercury issues, 7-10 Mercury.