Spatial distributions of floating seaweeds in the East China Sea from late winter to early spring

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1159-1167

  Mizuno, S ^a   Ajisaka, T ^b   Lahbib, S ^a   Kokubu, Y ^a   Alabsi, M N ^a   Komatsu, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; East China Sea; Floating seaweed; Kuroshio; Sargassum horneri

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886959752     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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