Dynamical role of the Changbai Mountains and the Korean Peninsula in the wintertime quasi‐stationary convergence zone over the Sea of Japan
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.6713
Abstract: This study focused on a quasi‐stationary convergence zone over the Sea of Japan (Japan Sea polar airmass convergence zone, JPCZ) in early winter and examined how the Changbai Mountains and the Korean Peninsula play an… read more here.
Keywords: japan; changbai mountains; convergence; convergence zone ... See more keywords
Evidence of westward transoceanic migration of Pacific bluefin tuna in the Sea of Japan based on stable isotope analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3127-8
Abstract: Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis; PBFT) is a highly migratory species, with some individuals migrating between the western Pacific Ocean (WPO) and eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). In this study, we used stable isotope analysis to… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; bluefin tuna; pacific bluefin; sea japan ... See more keywords
Spatial variation in low-level 134Cs in the coastal sediments off central Honshu in the Sea of Japan: implications for delivery, migration, and redistribution patterns
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DOI: 10.1007/s10872-017-0437-x
Abstract: In 2014 and 2015, we examined the spatial distribution of cesium-134 (half-life: 2.06 years) from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in marine sediments within coastal–basin areas (water depths of 40–520 m) off central Honshu Island… read more here.
Keywords: central honshu; 134cs coastal; sea japan; spatial variation ... See more keywords
Low levels of 134Cs in suspended solids in rivers discharging into the Sea of Japan
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DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-5783-7
Abstract: We investigated radiocesium concentrations in the suspended solids (SS) of two large rivers discharging into the Sea of Japan. Higher 134Cs concentrations in SS sampled from upstream area in 2013 (711 Bq/kg-SS) reflected the larger effect… read more here.
Keywords: sea; discharging sea; suspended solids; rivers discharging ... See more keywords
Kuroshio fractions in the southwestern sea of Japan; implications from radium isotopes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2020.104328
Abstract: Abstract To understand complicated current systems, we examined the 228Ra activities and 228Ra/226Ra activity ratios in 290 surface waters in the southwestern Sea of Japan from 2015 to 2020. The 228Ra/226Ra ratios exhibited large seasonal… read more here.
Keywords: fractions southwestern; kuroshio fractions; sea; southwestern sea ... See more keywords
Delineating management units for Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) in the Sea of Japan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106401
Abstract: Abstract Advances in population genetics have brought about the use of management units (MUs) for the assessment and management of marine resources. Some marine species with an apparently continuous distribution actually have local genetically distinct… read more here.
Keywords: population; sea japan; management units;
Seasonal and annual fluxes of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and riverine nitrogen export in two adjacent contrasting rivers in central Japan facing the Sea of Japan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.11.019
Abstract: Abstract Study region Kita and Minami River basins in Japan. Study focus The coastal watershed in central Japan along the Sea of Japan has suffered large amounts of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition from northeastern Asia.… read more here.
Keywords: export; central japan; deposition; atmospheric nitrogen ... See more keywords
90Sr and 137Cs as tracers of oceanic eddies in the sea of Japan/East sea.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106179
Abstract: Vertical distributions of 90Sr and 137Cs in Sea of Japan/East Sea (SOJ/ES) water in the period of 1977-2010 exhibited a typical diffusion shape with surface/subsurface maxima and decreasing values with increasing depth. Apparent vertical diffusion… read more here.
Keywords: 90sr 137cs; sea; japan east; east sea ... See more keywords
Responses of the benthic environment to reduction in anthropogenic nutrient loading in the Seto Inland Sea (Japan), based on M-AMBI assessment.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105509
Abstract: Deterioration of the sediment environment and benthic ecosystem is an undesirable effect of eutrophication, but little is known about the response of macrobenthic communities to eutrophication and their long-term recovery. In the present study, temporal… read more here.
Keywords: responses benthic; sub areas; environment; sea japan ... See more keywords
Seismic evidence of shallow gas in sediments on the southeastern continental shelf of Korea, East Sea (Japan Sea)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105291
Abstract: Abstract High resolution multi-channel seismic reflection data (~1000 km) and multibeam echosounder bathymetry from the southeastern Korean continental shelf of the East Sea (Japan Sea) reveal numerous shallow gas indicators and seepage-related features, such as bright… read more here.
Keywords: gas; sea japan; japan sea; continental shelf ... See more keywords
Fine structure of the gametes and spermiogenesis in Spiophanes uschakowi (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Sea of Japan, with comments on fertilization biology in broadcast-spawning spionids.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2018.08.005
Abstract: Spiophanes uschakowi is a common polychaete living in tubes in sandy sediments in shallow waters of the Sea of Japan. Females and males release their gametes into the water where fertilization and holopelagic, planktotrophic larval… read more here.
Keywords: spiophanes uschakowi; structure gametes; broadcast spawning; biology ... See more keywords