Spatial and temporal variability in the pelagic ecosystem of the East Sea (Sea of Japan): a review
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- Title
- Spatial and temporal variability in the pelagic ecosystem of the East Sea (Sea of Japan): a review
- Authors
- Lee, JY; Kang, DJ; Kim, IN; Rho, T; Lee, T; Kang, CK; Kim, KR
- Date Issued
- 2009-09
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science BV
- Abstract
- The East Sea (Sea of Japan) is a unique marginal sea because it exhibits features of oceanic dynamics of much larger ocean basins. This semi-enclosed basin may be considered as a model or microcosm for understanding of how biological processes and distributions in pelagic ecosystem are interacting with physical processes in highly dynamic ocean regions. This overview summarizes the recent progresses concerning spatial and temporal variability of pelagic ecosystem components form an interdisciplinary point of view. Spatial characteristics of physical environments and biogeography in the region are distinguished mainly by the subpolar front. It was also found that long-term changes in biomass and community structure as well as those in the physical and biological environments are associated with climate variability in the region. We conclude by identifying main needs for the information and researches, particularly regular and long-term sampling, and permanent monitoring if possible. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- Pelagic ecosystem; Subpolar Front; Primary production; Zooplankton community; Fisheries; Climatic regime shift; East Sea (Sea of Japan); PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; TSUSHIMA WARM CURRENT; ORGANIC-CARBON FLUX; LONG-TERM CHANGES; EAST/JAPAN SEA; ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS; WINTER 2000-2001; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; TODARODES-PACIFICUS
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/25526
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.02.013
- ISSN
- 0924-7963
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS, vol. 78, no. 2, page. 288 - 300, 2009-09
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