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Naciri et al., 2024

Naciri, W., Boom, A., Watanabe, T. K., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Hathorne, E., Nagarajan, R., Browne, N., McIlwain, J. & Zinke, J. Paired coral Sr/Ca and δ18O records reveal increasing ENSO influence on Malaysian Borneo's hydroclimate. Sci. Total Environ. 955, 176943 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176943

Ito et al., 2024

Ito, S., Watanabe, T. K., Yamazaki, A., Shen, C.-C. & Watanabe, T. The Northwestern Pacific corals unravel the NPGO/Victoria Mode-related temperature back to the 19th century. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs- 3861020/v1 (preprint available)

Leupold et al., 2023

Leupold, M., Pfeiffer, M., Watanabe, T. K., Nakamura, N., Reuning, L., Blume, A., McClanahan, T., Mohammed, M., Kiriama, H., Garbe‑Schönberg, D., Schröder, A. & Zinke, J. Mid-Holocene expansion of the Indian Ocean warm pool documented in coral Sr/Ca records from Kenya. Sci. Rep., 13(1), 777 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28017-0

Hu et al., 2022

Hu, H.-M., Trouet, V., Spötl, C., Tsai, H.-C., Chien, W.-Y., Sung, W.-H., Michel, V., Yu, J.-Y., Valensi, P., Jiang, X., Duan, F., Wang, Y., Mii, H.-S., Chou, Y. -M., Lone, M. A., Wu. C. C., Starnini, E., Zunino, M., Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Hsu, H.H., Moore, G.W.K., Zanchetta, G., Pérez-Mejías, C., Lee, S.-Y. & Shen, C.-C. Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene. Nat. Commun. 7866 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34952-9

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2022

Watanabe, T. K., Phan, T. T., Yamazaki, A. Chiang, H.‑W. Shen, C.-C. Doan, L. D. & Watanabe, T.

Nonstationary footprints of ENSO in the Mekong River Delta hydrology. Sci. Rep. 12, 21186 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20597-7

Zinke et al., 2022

Zinke, J., Watanabe, T. K., Rühs, S., Pfeiffer, M.,  Grab, S., Garbe-Schonberg, D. & Biastoch, A. A 334-year coral record of surface temperature and salinity variability in the greater Agulhas Current region. Clim. Past. 18, 1453–1474 (2022). DOI: 10.5194/cp-18-1453-2022

Fousiya et al., 2022

Fousiya, A. A., Alberti, M., Achyuthan, H., Chakraborty, S., Watanabe, T. K., Gandhi, N., Reddy, A. P., & Lone, A. M. (2022). Anomalous δ18O signal in a giant clam shell (Tridacna maxima) from the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India: signature of thermal stress during a coral bleaching event. Coral Reefs (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s00338-022-02263-6

Pfeiffer et al., 2022

Pfeiffer, M., Watanabe, T. K., Takayanagi, H. Cahyarini, S. Y., Garbe-Schönberg, D. Watanabe, T. Coral Sr/Ca records provide realistic representation of eastern Indian Ocean cooling during extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole events. Sci. Rep. 12, 10642 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14617-9

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2022

Watanabe, T. K., & Pfeiffer, M. A simple Monte Carlo approach to estimate the uncertainties of SST and δ18Osw inferred from coral proxies. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 23(3), e2021GC009813 (2022). DOI: 10.1029/2021GC009813

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2021b

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Ohmori, K., & Yamazaki, A. Coral Ba/Ca Analysis using ICP‐OES with an Ultrasonic Nebulizer. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 22(8), e2021GC009646 (2021). DOI: 10.1029/2021GC009646

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2021a

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hu, H.-M., Shen, C.-C. & Yamazaki, A. Corals reveal an unprecedented decrease of Arabian Sea upwelling during the current warming era. Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(10) (2021). DOI: 10.1029/2021GL092432

Leupold et al., 2021

Leupold, M., Pfeiffer, M., Watanabe, T. K., Reuning, L., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Shen, C.-C. & Brummer, G.-J. A. ENSO and internal sea surface temperature variability in the tropical Indian Ocean since the Maunder Minimum. Clim. Past 17, 151–170 (2021). DOI: 10.5194/cp-17-151-2021

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2020

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Ohmori, K. & Yamazaki A. Improving analytical method of Sr/Ca ratios in coral skeletons for paleo-SST reconstructions using ICP-OES. Limnol. Oceanogr-Meth. 18(6), 297–310 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10357

Ito et al., 2020

Ito, S., Watanabe, T., Yano, M. & Watanabe, T. K. Influence of local industrial changes on reef coral calcification. Sci. Rep. 10, 7892 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64877-6

Kahng et al., 2020

Kahng, S. E., Watanabe, T. K., Hu, H. M., Watanabe, T. & Shen, C.-C. Moderate zooxanthellate coral growth rates in the lower photic zone. Coral Reefs 39, 1273–1284 (2020). DOIi:10.1007/s00338-020-01960-4

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2019b

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A. & Pfeiffer, M. Oman corals suggest that a stronger winter shamal season caused the Akkadian Empire (Mesopotamia) collapse. Geology 47(12), 1141­–1145 (2019). DOI: 10.1130/G46604.1

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2019a

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., & Claereboudt, M. R. (2019). Oman coral δ18O seawater record suggests that Western Indian Ocean upwelling uncouples from the Indian Ocean Dipole during the global-warming hiatus. Sci.Rep., 9(1), 1887. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38429-y

Watanabe et al., 2019

Watanabe, T., Watanabe, T. K., Yamazaki, A., Yoneta, S., Sowa, K., Sinniger, F.,‏ Eyal, G., Loya, Y. & Harii, S. Coral sclerochronology: similarities and differences in coral isotopic signatures between mesophotic and shallow-water reefs. In Coral Reefs of the World Series: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (eds. Loya, Y., Puglise, K. & Bridge, T.). Springer, Cham, vol. 12, pp. 667–681 (2019).

T.K.Watanabe et al., 2017

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., Garbe-Schonberg, D. & Claereboudt, M. R. Past summer upwelling events in the Gulf of Oman derived from a coral geochemical record. Sci. Rep. 7, 4568 (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04865-5

Kajita et al., 2017

Kajita, H., Yamazaki, A., Watanabe, T. K., Wu, C. -C., Shen, C. -C. & Watanabe, T. Holocene sea surface temperature variations recorded in corals from Kikai Island, Japan. Geochem. J. 51(4), e9–e14 (2017). DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0482

Nomura et al., 2017

Nomura, T., Sakaguchi, A., Steierc, P., Eigl, R., Yamakawa, A., Watanabe, T. K., Sasaki, K., Watanabe, T., Golser, R., Takahashi, Y., Yamano, H. Reconstruction of the temporal distribution of 236U/238U in the Northwest Pacific Ocean using a coral core sample from the Kuroshio Current area. Mar. Chem. 190, 28–34 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2016.12.008

Pfeiffer et al., 2025

Pfeiffer, M., Takayanagi, H., Reuning, L., Watanabe, T. K., Ito, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Watanabe, T., Shen, C.-C., Brummer, G.-J. A. & Cahyarini, S. Y. A sub-fossil coral Sr/Ca record documents meridional variability of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the eastern Indian Ocean. Clim. Past. 21(1). 211–237 (2025). DOI: 10.5194/cp-21-211-2025

Presentations (International Conference, Invited Lecture as a first author)

Watanabe, T. K., Pfeiffer, M., Yamazaki, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Hu, H.-M., Shen, C.-C., Ito, S. & Watanabe, T. Paleoclimate archives document an arduous life on the journey from Africa in the last interglacial era. Invited Talk. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025. Chiba, Japan.

Ito, S., Pfeiffer, M., Watanabe, T. K.., Bruggemann, J. H., Zinke, J., Duprey, N., Guillaume, M. M. M., Ruening, L., Garbe-Schönberg, D. & Frick, D. A. Coral archives at remote Tromelin reveal the interplay of upwelling and thermal stress in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025. Chiba, Japan.

Watanabe, T. K., Pfeiffer, M., Nurhidayati, A. U., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Frick, D. A. & Cahyarini, S. Y. Coral growth response to multiple stressors: sediment runoff and heatwaves on the Tin Island of Belitung, Indonesia. European Coral Reef Symposium 2024. Napoli, Italy.

Ito, S., Pfeiffer, M., Watanabe, T. K.., Bruggemann, J. H., Zinke, J., Duprey, N., Guillaume, M. M. M., Garbe-Schönberg, D. & Frick, D. A. Thermal stress signatures in Porites corals from the remote western Indian Ocean island Tromelin. European Coral Reef Symposium 2024. Napoli, Italy.

Felis, T., Pfeiffer, M., ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs - A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution. European Coral Reef Symposium 2024. Napoli, Italy.

Frick, D. A. ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. Pseudo-Isotope Ratios by LA-ICP-OES for Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction. European Workshop on Laser Ablation 2024. Ghent, Belgium.

Naciri, W., Boom, A., Watanabe, T. K., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Hathorne, E., Browne, N., Evans, N. J., Nagarajan, R. & Zinke, J. Paired coral Sr/Ca and d18O records reveal increasing ENSO influence on Malaysian Borneo’s hydroclimate. EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria. (April 2024)

Zhang, M., Zinke, J., Boom, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Watanabe, T. K. & Frick, D. A. 335-year Coral-Based Reconstruction of Sea Surface Temperature along the Route of the Northeast Madagascar Current in the Tropical Southwestern Indian Ocean. EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria. (April 2024)

Felis, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hargreaves, J. ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. (2023) Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs - A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution. AGU Fall Meeting 2023. San Francisco, USA. (December 2023)

Felis, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hargreaves, J. ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. (2023) Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs - A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution (SPP 2299). GeoBerlin 2023, Berlin, Germany. (September 2023)

Felis, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hargreaves, J. ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. (2023) Tropical climate variability and coral reefs - a past to future perspective on current rates of change at ultra-high resolution. Asia Coral Reef Symposium 2023, Singapore, Singapore. (June 2023)

Felis, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hargreaves, J. ... Watanabe, T. K. et al. (2023) Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs - A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria. (April 2023)

Garbe-Schönberg, D., Watanabe, T. K., Wüstkamp, D., Frick, D. A. & Pfeiffer, M. (2022) LA-ICP-OES for high-precision analysis of Sr/Ca paleo-seawater temperature proxy in corals, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry (EWCPS), Ljubljana, Slovenia. (January 2023)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Pfeiffer, M., Hu, H.-M., Shen, C.-C. & Yamazaki, A. (2022) Coral records support upwelling in the Arabian Sea is weakening during the current warming era, 15th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany. (July 2022)

Watanabe, T. K. (2019) Omani coral record suggests that Western Indian Ocean upwelling uncouples from the Indian Ocean Dipole during the global-warming hiatus, PaleoENSO, Belitung, Indonesia. (August 2019)

Watanabe, T. K. (2018) Coral records reveal that abrupt intensification in winter monsoon was the direct trigger of the Akkad empire collapse in 4 ka, 5th Young Reef Scientists Meeting, Munich, Germany. (September 2018)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A. & Pfeiffer, M. (2018) Coral records reveal that abrupt intensification in winter monsoon was the direct trigger of the Akkad empire collapse in 4 ka, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria. (April 2018)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M. & Claereboudt, M. (2018) Global-warming hiatus triggered the inactive Indian Ocean Dipole, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria. (April 2018)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A. & Pfeiffer, M. (2018) Coral records reveal that abrupt intensification in winter monsoon was the direct trigger of the Akkad empire collapse in 4 ka, 2018 NIGS lecture series “Coral Reefs Environmental Earth Sciences: Introduction to Coralogy and its Various Applications”, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines. (February 2018) [Invited lecture]

Watanabe, T. K., Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., Shen, C.-C. & Watanabe, T. (2017) Indian monsoon reconstruction using fossil coral skeletons from Oman, GeoBremen 2017, Bremen, Germany. (September 2017)

Watanabe, T. K., Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., Shen, C.-C. & Watanabe, T. (2017) Indian Monsoon evolution during the last millennium, KIKAI international symposium for coral reef science 2017, Kagoshima, Japan. (August 2017)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T. Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., Garbe-Schönberg, D. & Claereboudt, M. R. (2015) High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Ocean Dipole reconstruction, KIKAI international symposium for coral reef sciences 2015, Kagoshima, Japan. (August 2015)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Eyal, G. & Loya, Y. (2016) Growth history recorded in skeletal stable isotopes in the mesophotic Porites coral from the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea, 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii. (June 2016)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., *Yamazaki, A., Pfeiffer, M., Garbe-Schonberg, D. & Claereboudt, M. (2014) High-resolution Isotopic Records in Oman Corals: Indian Monsoon Climate Reconstruction, AOGS 11th Annual Meeting, Sapporo, Japan. (July - August 2014)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A., Claereboudt, M., Garbe-Schonberg, D. & Pfeiffer, M. (2014) High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Monsoon climate reconstruction, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 11th Annual Meeting, Sapporo, Japan. (July - August 2014)

Watanabe, T. K., Watanabe, T., Yamazaki, A., Claereboudt, M. & Pfeiffer,M. (2014) High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Monsoon climate reconstruction, International Joint workshop on coral reef environmental earth sciences, Sapporo, Japan. (May 2014)

Watanabe, T. K.,  Watanabe, T., Yamazaki A., Claereboudt, M., R. & Pfeiffer, M.  (2014) High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Monsoon climate reconstruction, International Joint Workshop ‘‘Recent developments in Paleoenvironmental studies’’, Sapporo, Japan. (February 2014)

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