A structure of the Kuroshio and its related upwelling on the East China Sea shelf slope

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimichi Ito ◽  
Arata Kaneko ◽  
Hirohito Furukawa ◽  
Noriaki Gohda ◽  
Wataru Koterayama
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Shelf Slope ◽  
East China Sea Shelf ◽  
The Kuroshio

scholarly journals Seasonal and interannual changes of the Kuroshio intrusion onto the East China Sea Shelf

2014 ◽  
Vol 119 (8) ◽  
pp. 5039-5051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chau-Ron Wu ◽  
Yi-Chia Hsin ◽  
Tzu-Ling Chiang ◽  
Yong-Fu Lin ◽  
I-Fong Tsui
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
Kuroshio Intrusion ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
East China Sea Shelf ◽  
The Kuroshio

The characteristic distribution of silica over the East China Sea shelf slope

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimichi Ito ◽  
Arata Kaneko ◽  
Hiroyuki Tsubota ◽  
Noriaki Gohda
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
Characteristic Distribution ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Shelf Slope ◽  
East China Sea Shelf

scholarly journals Variability of the nutrient stream near Kuroshio's origin

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen ◽  
Ting-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Chi-Hsuan Wu ◽  
Haiyan Yang ◽  
Xinyu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
Kuroshio Extension ◽  
Subsurface Water ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Kuroshio

AbstractThe Kuroshio—literally “the Black Stream”—is the most substantial current in the Pacific Ocean. It was called the Black Stream because this oligotrophic current is so nutrient-poor in its euphotic zone that the water appears black without the influence of phytoplankton and the associated, often colored dissolved organic matter. Yet, below the euphotic layer, nutrient concentrations increase with depth while current speed declines. Consequently, a core of maximum nutrient flux, the so-called nutrient stream, develops at a depth of roughly between 200 and 800 m. This poorly studied nutrient stream transports nutrients to and supports high productivity and fisheries on the East China Sea continental shelf; it also transports nutrients to and promotes increased productivity and fisheries in the Kuroshio Extension and the subarctic Pacific Ocean. Three modes of the Kuroshio nutrient stream are detected off SE Taiwan for the first time: one has a single-core; one has two cores that are apparently separated by the ridge at 120.6–122° E, and one has two cores that are separated by a southward flow above the ridge. More importantly, northward nutrient transports seem to have been increasing since 2015 as a result of a 30% increase in subsurface water transport, which began in 2013. Such a nutrient stream supports the Kuroshio's high productivity, such as on the East China Sea continental shelf and in the Kuroshio Extension SE of Japan.

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