Add Saito paper

src/data/papers-citing-parcels.ts

@@ -3106,4 +3106,14 @@ export const papersCitingParcels: Paper[] = [
     abstract:
       'Coastal water exchange with the open ocean plays a key role in regulating the transport and distribution of nutrients, heat, pollutants, suspended sediments and organisms in semi-enclosed systems. In this study, we quantify coastal water exchange for Exmouth Gulf (Australian North West Shelf), a globally significant water body adjacent to the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area. We use a high-resolution (200 m) hydrodynamic model, along with particle tracking, to quantify the spatiotemporal variation in circulation, water residence times, and export from the Gulf to the adjacent ocean. Water residence times in Exmouth Gulf are primarily influenced by tidal and wind forcing, with wind waves providing an additional, though secondary, contribution. The shortest Gulf residence times occurred in spring (∼52 days) and the longest in winter (∼276 days). Spatially (and across seasons), residence times within specific subregions were shortest near the western entrance (< 1 day), and longest in the southern Gulf (> 49 days). Export to the ocean was strongest during winter (albeit relatively small, accounting for only 5% of all particles), whereas during the rest of the year particles predominantly remained along the wide, shallow continental shelf to the north-east of the Gulf. Connections between the Gulf and the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area varied seasonally in strength, reflecting changes in the regional circulation drivers. Overall, the seasonality of regional wind patterns (via surface currents and wind waves) shaped the residence time and export of material and organisms to surrounding areas. We show that wind waves reduce residence times by up to 15% in parts of the Gulf and thus are an important component of system modelling. A thorough understanding of such dynamics is critical to make informed decisions about the conservation and management of the area.',
   },
+  {
+    title:
+      'Multi-proxy reconstruction of bottle-cap rafting using biofouling communities, stable isotopes and drift modeling',
+    published_info: 'Marine Pollution Bulletin, 232, 120051',
+    authors:
+      'Jimi, N, N Saito, A Ogawa, H Kise, N Hookabe, T Ishimura, M Tsuchiya (2026)',
+    doi: 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.120051',
+    abstract:
+      'Floating plastic debris can provide long-lived substrates for attached organisms, but reconstructing the drift history of small consumer items remains difficult. Here we report a colonized plastic bottle cap collected in the northwest Pacific. The cap hosted a tube-building polychaete and an associated assemblage including benthic foraminifera. We combined (1) a census of the fouling community, (2) chamber-level δ18O and δ13C measurements from two Rosalina globularis tests, and (3) Lagrangian drift simulations driven by surface currents to constrain the caps likely trajectory and timescale. The assemblage comprised nine taxa and 307 individuals, and was strongly dominated by spirorbid tubes (Spirorbis sp.; 76.5%). For specimen #021, δ18O-derived temperatures were 26.0 °C for the pooled early chambers (p–f-4), 26.8 °C for f-3, 29.9 °C for f-2, 23.3 °C for f-1, and 22.3 °C for the final chamber; the final-chamber estimate was close to the in situ sea-surface temperature at collection (21.7–21.8 °C). The final chamber of specimen #005 yielded an estimated temperature of 27.0 °C but should be treated as a reference value because of its very small carbonate mass. Drift simulations suggested that trajectories reaching the sampling site within ∼1–3 months most frequently originated from the Philippine region and were transported northward by the Kuroshio system. This multi-proxy approach illustrates how benthic biofoulers, including foraminifera, can help reconstruct the dispersal history of small plastic items and highlights the potential for occasional long-distance transport of coastal benthic taxa on tiny rafts.',
+  },
 ]