Changes in biological production in the mixed water region (MWR) of the northwestern North Pacific during the last 27 kyr

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 430-447

  Minoshima, Kayo ^a   Kawahata, Hodaka ^a,b   Ikehara, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkenone sea surface temperature; Eddy; Hydrographic structure; Mixed water region; Nutrients; Physiological impact

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALKENONE; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEGLACIATION; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; NEW RECORD; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OPAL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SANRIKU; TOHOKU;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34548843605     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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