The long-term freshening and nutrient increases in summer surface water in the northern East China Sea in relation to Changjiang discharge variation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Siswanto, Eko ^a,b   Nakata, Hideaki ^c   Matsuoka, Yuji ^d   Tanaka, Katsuhisa ^e   Kiyomoto, Yoko ^f   Okamura, Kazumaro ^f   Zhu, Jianrong ^g   Ishizaka, Joji ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nagasaki Food Hygiene Association   (Japan)

^e JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^g EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 57549112189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004812     Document Type: Article

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