Tidal stirring and its impact on water column stability and property distributions in a semi-enclosed shelf sea (Seto Inland Sea, Japan)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1295-1306

  Kobayashi, Shiho ^a,b   Simpson, John H ^a   Fujiwara, Tateki ^b   Horsburgh, Kevin J ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Seto Inland Sea; Strait basin system; Stratification; Tidal energy flux; Tidal front

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SHELF SEA; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

EID: 33745684909     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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