Influence of cross-shelf water transport on nutrients and phytoplankton in the East China Sea: A model study

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-43

  Zhao, L ^a   Guo, X ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 78751486035     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-27-2011     Document Type: Article

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