Hypoxia in the East China Sea: One of the largest coastal low-oxygen areas in the world

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Chen, Chung Chi ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^b   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Coastal zone; Dissolved oxygen; Hypoxia; Oxygen depletion; The Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary; The East China Sea

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARIES; RIVERS;

HYPOXIA; OXYGEN DEPLETION; VERTICAL RE-AERATION;

COASTAL ZONES;

ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

AERATION; ANOXIA; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHINA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 34548126183     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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