Unusual distribution of floating seaweeds in the East China Sea in the early spring of 2012

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1169-1179

  Komatsu, Teruhisa ^a   Mizuno, Shizuha ^a   Natheer, Alabsi ^a   Kantachumpoo, Attachai ^a   Tanaka, Kiyoshi ^a   Morimoto, Akihiko ^b   Hsiao, Sheng Tai ^c   Rothäusler, Eva A ^a   Shishidou, Hirotoshi ^d   Aoki, Masakazu ^e   Ajisaka, Tetsuro ^f  

^a Nagoya University ^*  (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d Kagoshima Prefectural Fisheries Technology and Development Center   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Ekman drift current; Floating seaweed; Kuroshio; Phaeophyta; Sargassum horneri; SSH; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887525899     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0152-y     Document Type: Article

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