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Kuroshio Current: Physical, Biogeochemical, and Ecosystem Dynamics
Takeyoshi Nagai (Editor), Hiroaki Saito (Editor), Koji Suzuki (Editor), Motomitsu Takahashi (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-119-42831-2
May 2019
American Geophysical Union
336 pages
An interdisciplinary study of the Kuroshio nutrient stream
The surface water of the Kuroshio, a western boundary current in the North Pacific Ocean, is nutrient-depleted and has relatively low primary productivity, yet abundant fish populations are supported in the region. This is called the “Kuroshio Paradox”.
Kuroshio Current: Physical, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Dynamics presents research from a multidisciplinary team that conducted observational and modeling studies to investigate this contradiction. This timely and important contribution to the ocean sciences literature provides a comprehensive analysis of the Kuroshio.
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