Research field (4)：
Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
, Biodiversity and systematics
, Environmental effects of chemicals
, Environmental effects of radiation
Research keywords (3)：
発生学
, 昆虫分類学
, 放射線生物学
Research theme for competitive and other funds (1)：
Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M Otaki. Metabolomic Profiles of the Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata in Radioactively Contaminated Fields in Fukushima: Dose-Dependent Changes in Key Metabolites. Life (Basel, Switzerland). 2022. 12. 1
Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M Otaki. Metabolomic Response of the Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata to Low-Dose Radiation Exposure from Fukushima's Contaminated Soil. Life (Basel, Switzerland). 2021. 11. 9
Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Mariko Toki, Masakazu Tsuhako, Kazuo Umetsu, Joji M Otaki. Nutrient Imbalance of the Host Plant for Larvae of the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly May Mediate the Field Effect of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure in Fukushima: Dose-Dependent Changes in the Sodium Content. Insects. 2021. 12. 2
Sakauchi K, Taira W, Toki M, Iraha Y, Otaki JM. Overwintering States of the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) at the Time of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident in March 2011. Insects. 2019. 10. 11
Wataru Taira. Rdioactive contamination effects on the pale grass blue. THE JAPAN BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. 2018. 26. 10-17
MIYAGI Akino, TAIRA Wataru. The first record of Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Noctuidae, Hypeninae) from Iriomote-jima Is., Japan and its new host plants. YADORIGA. 2015. 2015. 244
Both laboratory work and field work are required to understand the pale grass blue butterfly in Fukushima: a possibility of field effects to be considered.
(2020)
Work history (2)：
2021/08 - 現在 University of the Ryukyus Research Planning Office
2017/06 - 2021/08 University of the Ryukyus Center for Research Advancement and Collaboration
