Interannual variability of the ecosystem of the Kii Channel, the Inland Sea of Japan, as influenced by bottom intrusion of cold and nutrient-rich water from the Pacific Ocean, and a recent trend of warming and oligotrophication

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-79

  Ozaki, Koji ^a   Uye, Shin Ichi ^a   Kusumoto, Teruichi ^b   Hagino, Tetsuo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokushima Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottom intrusion; Inland Sea of Japan; Kii Channel; Kuroshio; Shelf ecosystem; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COLD WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA OMORII; CALANOIDA; CALANUS; CALANUS SINICUS; CLAUSOCALANUS; HYDROZOA; PARACALANUS; PARACALANUS PARVUS; SAGITTA;

EID: 0842266333     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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