Middle layer intrusion as an important factor supporting phytoplankton productivity at a tidal front in Iyo Nada, the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Yamamoto, Tamiji ^a   Hashimoto, Toshiya ^a   Takeoka, Hidetaka ^b   Sugiyama, Tenji ^a   Matsuda, Osamu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iyo Nada; Mixing; Nutrient; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Stratification; Tidal front

Indexed keywords

FRONT; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION;

JAPAN;

SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0034107155     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011126911262     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Hashimoto, T., H. Takeoka, O. Matsuda and T. Yamamoto (1995): Primary production of phytoplankton in and around the tidal fronts. Bull. Coast. Oceanogr., 33, 19-27 (in Japanese with English abstract).
2. 2 in higher plants, algae and natural phytoplankton. Biochem. Physiol. Pflanzen, 167, 191-194.
3. Loder, J. W. and T. Platt (1985): Physical controls on phytoplankton production at tidal fronts. p. 3-21. In Proceedings of the 19th European Marine Biology Symposium, ed. by P. E. Gibbs, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
4. Maritime Safety Agency (1994): 1995 Tide Tables, Vol. 1. 448 pp. (in Japanese).
5. Pingree, R. D. (1978): Mixing and stabilization of phytoplankton distributions on the northwest European continental shelf. p. 181-220. In Spatial Pattern in Plankton Communities, ed. by J. H. Steele, Plenum Press, New York.
6. Pingree, R. D., P. M. Holligan and G. T. Mardell (1979): Phytoplankton growth and cyclonic eddies. Nature, 278, 245-247.
7. Samuelsson, G. and G. Öquist (1977): A method for studying photosynthetic capacities of unicellular algae based on in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence. Physiol. Plant., 40, 315-319.
8. Savidge, G. (1976): A preliminary study of the distribution of chlorophyll a in the vicinity of fronts in the Celtic and western Irish Seas. Estuar. Coast. Mar. Sci., 4, 617-625.
9. Simpson, J. H. and J. R. Hunter (1974): Fronts in the Irish Sea. Nature, 250, 404-406.
10. Slovacek, R. E. and P. J. Hannan (1977): In vivo fluorescence of phytoplankton chlorophyll a. Limnol. Oceanogr., 22, 919-925.
11. Strickland, J. D. H. and T. R. Parsons (1972): A practical handbook of sea water analysis. Bull. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 310 pp.
12. Takeoka, H., O. Matsuda and T. Yamamoto (1993): Processes causing the chlorophyll a maximum in the tidal front in Iyo-Nada, Japan. J. Oceanogr., 49, 57-70.
13. Uye, S. (1988): Temperature-dependent development and growth of Calanus sinicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the laboratory. Hydrobiologia, 167/168, 285-293.
14. Uye, S. (1991): Temperature-dependent development and growth of the planktonic copepod Paracalanus sp. in the laboratory. Bull. Plankton Soc. Japan, Spec. Vol. (Proc. 4th Int. Conf. Copepoda), 627-636.
15. Uye, S. and T. Shimazu (1997): Geographical and seasonal variations in abundance, biomass and estimated production rates of meso- and macrozooplankton in the inland sea of Japan. J. Oceanogr., 53, 529-538.