Mechanism of nutrient supply to warm-core ring off Sanriku, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 683-690

  Sasaki, Katsuyuki ^a   Hiroe, Yutaka ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nutrient supply mechanism; Off Sanriku; Oyashio; Warm core ring

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; INFLOW; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; VERTICAL MIXING; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036821938     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022894323424     Document Type: Article

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