Spatial and temporal variations in nutrient and chlorophyll-a concentrations in the northern East China Sea surrounding Cheju Island

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1426-1436

  Kim, Dongseon ^a   Choi, Sang Hwa ^a   Kim, Kyung Hee ^a   Shim, JeongHee ^a   Yoo, Sinjae ^a   Kim, Chul Ho ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Nitrate; Northern East China Sea; Phosphate; Silicate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLD WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; TSUSHIMA CURRENT; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67349219974     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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