Impact of an anticyclonic eddy on the summer nutrient and chlorophyll a distributions in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Japan Sea)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-29

  Kim, Dongseon ^a   Yang, Eun Jin ^b   Kim, Kyung Hee ^a   Shin, Chang Woong ^a   Park, Jisoo ^b   Yoo, Sinjae ^a   Hyun, Jung Ho ^c  

^a Polar Research Institute of Korea Ocean Research   (South Korea)

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

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; East Sea (Japan Sea); Intrathermocline eddy; Nutrients; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EDDY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 83255163148     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr178     Document Type: Article

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