Kuroshio Current

Kuroshio Current

Physical, Biogeochemical, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Nagai, Takeyoshi; Saito, Hiroaki; Suzuki, Koji; Takahashi, Motomitsu

John Wiley & Sons Inc

10/2019

336

Dura

Inglês

9781119428343

15 a 20 dias

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Contributors vii

Preface ix

Section I: Introduction

1 The Kuroshio: Its Recognition, Scientific Activities and Emerging Issues 3
Hiroaki Saito

2 The Research Advancements and Historical Episodes brought by the Kuroshio Flowing across Generations 13
Takeyoshi Nagai, Kazuyuki Otsuka, and Hiroshi Nakano

3 The Gulf Nutrient Stream 23
Josep L Pelegri, Ignasi Valles-Casanova, and Dorleta Orue-Echevarria

4 On the Role of the Gulf Stream in the Changing Atlantic Nutrient Circulation During the 21st Century 51
Daniel B Whitt

Section II: Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics

5 Structure and Impact of the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream 85
Kosei Komatsu and Yutaka Hiroe

6 Multiscale Routes to Supply Nutrients Through the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream 105
Takeyoshi Nagai, Sophie Clayton, and Yusuke Uchiyama

7 Contribution of Kuroshio Recirculation to Nutrient Transport Along the Kuroshio South of Japan: An Analysis of Model Results 127
Xinyu Guo, Yingying Hu, and Yoshikazu Sasai

8 The Kuroshio-Induced Nutrient Supply in the Shelf and Slope Region off the Southern Coast of Japan 137
Hiroshi Kuroda

9 Progress of Studies on Kuroshio Path Variations South of Japan in the Past Decade 147
Norihisa Usui

10 Island Mass Effect 163
Daisuke Hasegawa

11 Impact of Ocean Physics on Marine Ecosystems in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension Regions: A High-Resolution Coupled Physical-Biological Model Study 175
Yoshikazu Sasai, Makio C Honda, Eko Siswanto, Sami Kato, Kazuyuki Uehara, Hideharu Sasaki, and Masami Nonaka

Section III: Ecosystem Dynamics

12 Phytoplankton Distribution in the Kuroshio Region of the Southern East China Sea in Early Spring 191
Toru Hasegawa, Satoshi Kitajima, and Yoko Kiyomoto

13 Spatial Variations in Community Structure of Haptophytes Across the Kuroshio Front in the Tokara Strait 207
Hisashi Endo and Koji Suzuki

14 Variability in Taxonomic Composition, Standing Stock, and Productivity of the Plankton Community in the Kuroshio and its Neighboring Waters 223
Toru Kobari, Yurie Kobari, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Yuji Okazaki, Gen Kume, Reo Kondo, and Akimasa Habano

15 Diverse Trophic Pathways from Zooplankton to Larval and Juvenile Fishes in the Kuroshio Ecosystem 245
Yuji Okazaki, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Koji Suzuki, Hiroaki Saito, Kiyotaka Hidaka, and Tadafumi Ichikawa

16 Feeding Ecology of Chaetognath Flaccisagitta enflata in the Kuroshio Region, Western North Pacific 257
Hiroomi Miyamoto, Dharmamony Vijai, Yuji Okazaki, and Hiroaki Saito

17 Reproduction and Early Life History of Mesopelagic Fishes in the Kuroshio Region: A Review of Recent Advances 273
Chiyuki Sassa

18 Variability in Growth Rates of Japanese Jack Mackerel Trachurus japonicus Larvae and Juveniles in the East China Sea - Effects of Temperature and Prey Abundance 295
Motomitsu Takahashi, Chiyuki Sassa, Kou Nishiuchi, and Youichi Tsukamoto

Index 309
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