Increased stratification and decreased lower trophic level productivity in the Oyashio Region of the North Pacific: A 30-year retrospective study

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Chiba, Sanae ^a   Ono, Tsuneo ^b   Tadokoro, Kazuaki ^a   Midorikawa, Takashi ^c   Saino, Toshiro ^a,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AOU; Diatom; Multi decadal scale change; NCP; Neocalanus; Oyashio; Stratification; Western subarctic North Pacific

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIATOM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1942423713     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038324.14054.cf     Document Type: Article

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