Impact of the Kuroshio intrusion on the nutrient inventory in the upper northern South China Sea: Insights from an isopycnal mixing model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6419-6432

  Du, C ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Dai, M ^a   Kao, S J ^a   Cao, Z ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Huang, T ^a   Wang, L ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84886012029     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6419-2013     Document Type: Article

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