Plankton & Benthos Research

Executive Editor

Shigeaki Kojima

The University of Tokyo, Japan

The editorial board of The Plankton Society of Japan

Editor-in-Chief

Ken Furuya

Soka University, Japan

Vice Editor-in-Chief

	Akira Ishikawa	Mie University, Japan
	Dhugal J. Lindsay	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
	Shinji Shimode	Yokohama National University, Japan

Editors

	Koichi Ara Nihon University, Japan	Ephrime B. Metillo Mindanao State University, Philippines

	Syuhei Ban University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan	Hiroomi Miyamoto Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan

	Tetsuichi Fujiki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	Satoshi Nagai National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan

	Ryota Nakajima Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska, U.S.A.

	Yuichiro Nishibe The University of Tokyo, Japan	Goh Nishitani Tohoku University, Japan

	Toshiya Katano Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan	Jun Nishikawa Tokai University, Japan

	Toru Kobari Kagoshima University, Japan	Tetsuya Nishikawa Tajima Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan

	Kazuhiko Koike Hiroshima University, Japan	Akira Kuwata Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan

	S. Lan Smith Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	Kazutaka Takahashi The University of Tokyo, Japan

	Akihiro Tuji National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan	Joon-Baek Lee Jeju National University, Korea

	Yurika Ujiié Kochi University, Japan	Po Teen Lim University of Malaya, Malaysia

	Kazumi Matsuoka Nagasaki University, Japan	Moriaki Yasuhara The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The editorial board of The Japanese Association of Benthology

Editor-in-Chief

Shigeaki Kojima

University of Tokyo

Editors

	Masatoshi Matsumasa Iwate Medical University	Hiroaki Tsutsumi Prefectural University of Kumamoto

	Waka Sato-Okoshi Tohoku University	Jae-Sang Hong Inha University, Korea

	Masakazu Aoki Tohoku University	Dongsung Kim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea

	Gen Kanaya National Institute for Environmental Studies	Benny K. K. Chan Academia Sinica, Taiwan

	Akira Asakura Kyoto University	Chittima Aryuthaka Kasetsart University, Thailand

	Yasuhisa Henmi Kumamoto University

Plankton and Benthos Research is the joint journal of the Plankton Society of Japan (https://www.plankton.jp/) and the Japanese Association of Benthology (http://www.ecosystem.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/benthos/benthos_gakkai/). The journal publishes quarterly original papers, reviews and notes dealing with any aspect of the biology and ecology of plankton and benthic organisms and their interactions with the environment in any aquatic system, and is open to all scientists around the world. For information regarding manuscript preparation, see this page.