Why is the southwest the most productive region of the East Sea/Sea of Japan?

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-315

  Yoo, Sinjae ^a   Park, Jisoo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; East Sea; Monsoon wind; Ocean color; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL UPWELLING; EAST SEA; INTERANNUAL; MARINE RESOURCES; MONSOON WIND; OCEAN COLOR; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL PATTERNS; STRONG CORRELATION; TSUSHIMA CURRENTS; ULLEUNG BASIN; UPWELLING REGION; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING; WIND PATTERNS;

ADVECTION; ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; UPWELLING; WIND PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 68749095714     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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