Kuroshio current : physical, biogeochemical, and ecosystem dynamics / Takeyoshi Nagai, Hiroaki Saito, Koji Suzuki and Motomitsu Takahashi, editors.

The Kuroshio / Hiroaki Saito -- The Research Advancements and Historical Episodes brought by the Kuroshio Flowing across Generations / Takeyoshi Nagai, Kazuyuki Otsuka, Hiroshi Nakano -- The Gulf Nutrient Stream / Josep L Pelegrí, Ignasi Vallès-Casanova, Dorleta Orúe-Echevarría -- On the Role of the Gulf Stream in the Changing Atlantic Nutrient Circulation During the 21st Century / Daniel B Whitt -- Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics. Structure and Impact of the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream / Kosei Komatsu, Yutaka Hiroe -- Multiscale Routes to Supply Nutrients Through the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream / Takeyoshi Nagai, Sophie Clayton, Yusuke Uchiyama -- Contribution of Kuroshio Recirculation to Nutrient Transport Along the Kuroshio South of Japan / Xinyu Guo, Yingying Hu, Yoshikazu Sasai -- The Kuroshio-Induced Nutrient Supply in the Shelf and Slope Region off the Southern Coast of Japan / Hiroshi Kuroda -- Progress of Studies on Kuroshio Path Variations South of Japan in the Past Decade / Norihisa Usui -- Island Mass Effect / Daisuke Hasegawa -- Impact of Ocean Physics on Marine Ecosystems in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension Regions / Yoshikazu Sasai, Makio C Honda, Eko Siswanto, Sami Kato, Kazuyuki Uehara, Hideharu Sasaki, Masami Nonaka -- Ecosystem Dynamics. Phytoplankton Distribution in the Kuroshio Region of the Southern East China Sea in Early Spring / Toru Hasegawa, Satoshi Kitajima, Yoko Kiyomoto -- Spatial Variations in Community Structure of Haptophytes Across the Kuroshio Front in the Tokara Strait / Hisashi Endo, Koji Suzuki -- Variability in Taxonomic Composition, Standing Stock, and Productivity of the Plankton Community in the Kuroshio and its Neighboring Waters / Toru Kobari, Yurie Kobari, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Yuji Okazaki, Gen Kume, Reo Kondo, Akimasa Habano -- Diverse Trophic Pathways from Zooplankton to Larval and Juvenile Fishes in the Kuroshio Ecosystem / Yuji Okazaki, Hiroomi Miyamoto, Koji Suzuki, Hiroaki Saito, Kiyotaka Hidaka, Tadafumi Ichikawa -- Feeding Ecology of Chaetognath Flaccisagitta enflata in the Kuroshio Region, Western North Pacific / Hiroomi Miyamoto, Dharmamony Vijai, Yuji Okazaki, Hiroaki Saito -- Reproduction and Early Life History of Mesopelagic Fishes in the Kuroshio Region / Chiyuki Sassa -- Variability in Growth Rates of Japanese Jack Mackerel Trachurus japonicus Larvae and Juveniles in the East China Sea - Effects of Temperature and Prey Abundance / Motomitsu Takahashi, Chiyuki Sassa, Kou Nishiuchi, Youichi Tsukamoto.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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