The Kuroshio intermediate water is the major source of nutrients on the East China Sea continental shelf

Other titles L'eau intermédiaire du Kuroshio, principale source de nutriments sur le plateau continental de la mer de Chine orientale
Type Article
Date 1996
Language English
Author(s) Chen Cta1
Affiliation(s) 1 : lnstitute of Marine Geology, National Sun Y at-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Source Oceanologica Acta (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1996 , Vol. 19 , N. 5 , P. 523-527
WOS© Times Cited 176
Keyword(s) East China Sea, Kuroshio, nutrients, new production, residence time
Abstract The Kuroshio subsurface waters upwell onto the East China Sea (ECS) shelf and contribute a large amount of nutrients to the ECS. This contribution is many times more than the inputs from the Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers. The residence time of the ECS shelf water is estimated at 1.3 +/- 0.4 years. The new production rate of phytoplankton is 73 +/- 22 mg C/m(2)/day and the net burial rate of organic carbon is 41 +/- 23 mg C/m(2)/day.
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Chen Cta (1996). The Kuroshio intermediate water is the major source of nutrients on the East China Sea continental shelf. Oceanologica Acta, 19(5), 523-527. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00096/20722/