The Kuroshio nutrient stream and its temporal variation in the East China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Xinyu ^a,b   Zhu, Xiao Hua ^b,c   Wu, Qing Song ^b   Huang, Daji ^b,c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM LAYERS; CURRENT STRUCTURE; DENSITY RANGE; EAST CHINA SEA; IN-SITU DATA; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KUROSHIO; MEAN VALUES; MIDDLE LAYER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATE FLUXES; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NUTRIENTS;

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; REMINERALIZATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863021038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007292     Document Type: Article

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