[HTML][HTML] Half-century of scientific advancements since the cooperative study of the Kuroshio and adjacent regions (CSK) programme-need for a new Kuroshio …

K Ando, X Lin, C Villanoy, M Danchenkov… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Through the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK)
program during 1965–1979, the capacities of current member states (MSs) of the Sub …

The Kuroshio flowing over seamounts and associated submesoscale flows drive 100-km-wide 100-1000-fold enhancement of turbulence

T Nagai, D Hasegawa, E Tsutsumi… - … earth & environment, 2021 - nature.com
Although previous studies reported that currents over topographic features, such as
seamounts and ridges, cause strong turbulence in close proximity, it has been elusive how …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton growth and consumption by microzooplankton stimulated by turbulent nitrate flux suggest rapid trophic transfer in the oligotrophic Kuroshio

T Kobari, T Honma, D Hasegawa, N Yoshie… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Abstract The Kuroshio Current has been thought to be biologically unproductive because of
its oligotrophic conditions and low plankton standing stocks. Even though vulnerable life …

How a small reef in the Kuroshio cultivates the ocean

D Hasegawa, T Matsuno, E Tsutsumi… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vertical nitrate fluxes associated with turbulent mixing and upwelling around a small reef in
the Kuroshio are quantified by continuously deploying a turbulence microstructure profiler …

Effects of the coastal uplift on the Kuroshio ecosystem, Eastern Taiwan, the western boundary current of the North Pacific Ocean

CC Chen, CY Lu, S Jan, C Hsieh… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Kuroshio is the western boundary current of the North Pacific Ocean. In the subtropical
region of eastern Taiwan, a coastal uplift of the isotherms has occurred. To explore its impact …

Metabarcoding analysis of trophic sources and linkages in the plankton community of the Kuroshio and neighboring waters

T Kobari, Y Tokumo, I Sato, G Kume, J Hirai - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Trophic sources and pathways supporting early life stages are crucial for survival of forage
fishes recruiting around the oligotrophic and unproductive Kuroshio. However, information is …

Energetic Stratified Turbulence Generated by Kuroshio–Seamount Interactions in Tokara Strait

A Takahashi, RC Lien, E Kunze, B Ma… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Generating mechanisms and parameterizations for enhanced turbulence in the wake of a
seamount in the path of the Kuroshio are investigated. Full-depth profiles of finescale …

Widespread intensified pycnocline turbulence in the summer stratified Yellow Sea

W Yang, H Wei, Z Liu, L Zhao - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pycnocline mixing lies at the heart of seasonally stratified shelf sea systems, regulating
vertical exchange of momentum, mass, heat, and biogeochemical constituents. Based on …

Long-term comparison between the Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus stock level and simulated zooplankton density around the Kuroshio region

H Nishikawa, H Tsujino, S Nishikawa… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
Sardine species are known for multi-decadal-scale stock fluctuations. The Japanese sardine
Sardinops melanostictus is one such species that is distributed near the Kuroshio western …

Vertical nitrate flux induced by kelvin–Helmholtz billows over a seamount in the Kuroshio

CS Acabado, YH Cheng, MH Chang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) billows can facilitate microscale turbulent mixing around seamounts
in the Kuroshio. This study sought to describe the influence of billow intensity (ie,“intermittent …