Biological production in meso-scale eddies caused by frontal disturbances of the Kuroshio Extension

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-142

  Kimura, Shingo ^a   Nakata, Hideaki ^a   Okazaki, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclonic eddy; Frontal disturbance; Japanese anchovy; Kuroshio; Kuroshio Extension; Oyashio; Physical biological interaction; Primary production; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANCHOVY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COPEPOD NAUPLII; FISHERY; JAPAN; NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANCHOA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0034075894     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0564     Document Type: Article

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