Research field (3)：
Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
, Aquaculture
, Marine/Aquatic life sciences
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2018 - 2021 鯨類の繁殖に果たす脂肪組織の役割の解明
2018 - 2021 オスイルカの加齢に伴う繁殖機能の変化の解明~オスに更年期はあるのか?
2014 - 2017 Mechanism for nutrient absorption and thermogenesis in dolphins
Papers (26)：
Kaori HASHIDA, Noriko FUNASAKA, Hikari MAEDA, Yoshifumi KAI, Motoi YOSHIOKA. Cetacean fauna and occurrence pattern in the southern Kumano-nada, Pacific coast of western Japan during fall and winter from sighting records obtained by dolphin drive fishery. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 2023. 89. 2. 102-114
Jayan D M Senevirathna, Ryo Yonezawa, Taiki Saka, Yuka Hiramatsu, Ashley Rinka Smith, Yoji Igarashi, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Shigeharu Kinoshita, Noriko Funasaka, Shuichi Asakawa. Draft genome sequencing and assembly of Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus. Journal of genomics. 2023. 11. 9-13
Kanaji, Y, Funasaka, N, Sasaki, H. Mesoscale movement patterns of common bottlenose dolphins along Kuroshio Current and its bifurcation. Fisheries Oceanography. 2022. 31. 4. 429-442
Okuda, Y, Funasaka, N, Inamori, D, Yoshioka, M. Habituation process and the factors influencing habituation to a novel captive space in six small toothed whale species. 2022. 27. 2. 87-98
