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The Kuroshio : A Symposium on the Japan Current / ed. by John C. Marr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Like the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic, the Kuroshio is one of the principle currents in the Pacific and is of vital concern to the fishing industries of Asia. Although it has been under intensive study since the late nineteenth century, oceanographers and fishery scientists have long recognized the wide gaps in their knowledge of this productive oceanic system. In the early 1960’s, an effort was begun to full in some of these gaps when the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK) was established under the auspices of UNESCO. The fisheries investigations of CSK were sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Eleven nations cooperated in the study: the Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom (Hong Kong), USA, USSR, and the Republic of Viet-Nam. Field work began in 1965 and, by 1968, a total of 98 oceanographic cruises had been completed. At times as many as 19 vessels of various nations were working simultaneously in the region under a coordinated plan of operation. In May, 1968, a symposium was held at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, at which the scientific results of the CSK were reported. This volume includes 58 of the papers presented at that symposium and covers such a subject fields as physical and chemical oceanography, fish and fisheries, planktonology and bottom topography of the sea.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Geophysics
- Current Aspects of Geophysical Studies in the Kuroshio and Its Adjacent Seas
- Bottom Topography
- Bathymetry of the South China Sea
- Physical Oceanography
- The Kuroshio-Oyasliio Front: A System of Near-Stationary Vortices
- Observations at CSK Reference Stations
- Variability of the Water Temperature and Salinity in the Subsurface and Deep Waters
- Seasonal Variation of Oceanographic Conditions from Ocean Station Victor to the Coast of Japan Along Lat. 34° N.
- On the Coastal "Kyucho," a Catastrophic Influx of Offshore Water from the Kuroshio
- Temperature and Current in and near the Kuroshio
- Drift Bottle Experiments in the Eastern Yellow Sea, 1962-66
- Influence of the Komandorskie Ridge on Surface and Deep Circulation in the Western North Pacific Ocean
- Some Results of Investigations of Dynamics and Thermal Structure of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions
- On the Variability of the Velocity of the Kuroshio-II
- Some Results of the CSK Investigations Carried Out by the Research Vessels of the U.S.S.R. Hydrographie Service
- Continuous Measurement of Subsurface Temperature by Submarine Cable: A Preliminary Report
- Variations of Oceanic Condition and Mean Sea Level in the Korea Strait
- The Seasonal Variation of Hydrological Properties in the Northern South China Sea
- Report on the Variation of Velocity and Volume Transport of the Kuroshio
- Monthly Extremes of Temperatures in the Surface Waters South of Japan
- Path and Transport of the Kuroshio South of Japan
- Subtropical Countercurrents: Band Structures Revealed from CSK Data
- Characteristics of Waters East of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, August 1965
- Oceanographie Conditions in the Sea East of the Philippines and Luzon Strait in Summers of 1965 and 1966
- Chemical Oceanography
- Significance of AOU of the Surface Water in the Kuroshio and the Oyashio Regions: A Slower Rate of Gas Exchange Between Air and Sea
- Biological Structure of the Sea at Long. 142° E. in the North Pacific with Particular Reference to the Interrelation Between Living and Nonliving Organic Matter
- Zooplankton
- Report on the Preliminary Processing of Zooplankton Standard Samples in Japanese CSK Studies, 1965-66
- Regional Distribution of Major Systematic Groups of Zooplankton in the Kuroshio Region Based on Material Taken by Japanese Ships, 1965-67
- Hydrological Conditions and Biological Characteristics of tlie Kuroshio Waters in Area Lat. 20°-43° N. and Long. 138°-149° E.
- The Euphausiid Crustaceans of Korean Waters
- The Distribution of Chaetognaths in Korean Waters, Particularly in the Southern Waters, and Their Relation to the Character of Water Masses in the Summer of 1967
- On the Chaetognaths Collected from the Waters Surrounding Taiwan During CSK Cruises
- On the Distribution of Copepods in Waters Surrounding Taiwan
- On the Distribution of Plankton Settling Volumes in the Neighboring Seas of Taiwan, Summer 1965
- A Preliminary Report on Cypridinids (Ostracoda) from Taiwan Strait
- The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Macrozooplankton Community Around Taiwan
- Zooplankton Distribution and Abundance in Lamon Bay and Its Approaches
- A Study of the Plankton in Singapore Waters in Relation to the Environment
- Biology of Fishes
- Detection of the Erythrocyte Antigens of Tuna with Radioactive Antibodies
- Skipjack Tuna Subpopulation Identified by Genetic Characteristics in the Western Pacific
- Distribution and Relative Abundance of Larval Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Western Pacific Ocean
- Preliminary Note on the Structure of the Kuroshio from the Biological Point of View, with Special Reference to Pelagic Fish Larvae
- Preliminary Results of Investigation of the Kuroshio Functioning as a Means of Transportation and Diffusion of Fish Eggs and Larvae
- Biology of Nemipterus virgatus in the Northern Part of the South China Sea
- Synopsis of Biological Data on Hawaiian Species of Stolephorus
- On the Study of Formalin Preservative and the Shrinkage of the Indo-Pacific Mackerel, Rastrelliger neglectus (van Kampen)
- Synopsis of Biological Data on Threadfin Bream, Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy and Gaimard) 1824
- A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Growth of Saurida undosquamis Richardson in the Gulf of Thailand
- Estimation of Age and Growth of Chub Mackerel, Rastrelliger neglectus (van Kampen), in the Western Gulf of Thailand
- Notes on the Biology of Chub Mackerel, Rastrelliger bracliysoma (Bleeker), in Manila Bay
- Synopsis of Biological Data on the Malayan Anchovy, Stolephorus psendoheterolobus Hardenberg 1933
- Fisheries
- A Summary Report on bellow Croaker in Korea
- Studies on the Fishery Biology of the Grey Mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, in Taiwan
- Geographical Distribution of the Bottom Fishes in the Southwestern Waters of Korea
- Preliminary Tagging Studies of Demersal Fish in the Gulf of Thailand
- Potential Demersal Fish Resources of the Sunda Shelf
- Piali In-See, Scomberomorus spp., of Thailand, 1967
- Tagging of Skipjack Tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, in Palau
- The Skipjack Tuna Fishery in Palau
- Fishery-Oceanography
- Relation Between Oceanographical Conditions and Catch of Saury in the Eastern Sea of Korea
- Fishery Oceanographic Studies of Frontal Eddies and Transport Associated with the Kuroshio System Including the "Subtropical Countercurrent"
- Authors and Participants
- Papers Published Elsewhere or Withdrawn
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
- ISBN:
- 0-8248-8583-X
- OCLC:
- 1253312968
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