transition zonewestern North PacificLeptocephalus assemblages and distribution patterns were studied in the Kuroshio鈥揙yashio transitional region of the western North Pacific. A total of 479 leptocephali, representing at least 21 species (types) including eight undescribed types, were collected during ...
(MIS) 19 is almost at the midpoint of a transition between progressive increases in the amplitude of climate oscillations with a shift in periodicity from a 41-ky rhythm to a quasi-100 ky rhythm that occurred 1400–400 ka, known as the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition (EMPT) (e.g.,...
The main sardine spawning grounds are located in southern coastal areas of Japan, and large numbers of their eggs and larvae are entrained and transported along the northern flank of the Kuroshio Extension and the transition region between the Oyashio (Itoh et al., 2009). Download: Download ...
North pacific transition zoneKuroshio-oyashio extensionWestern boundary currentMarine ecosystem variabilityClimate changeThe climate variability of the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension (KOE) and North Pacific Transition Zone (NPTZ) exerts a strong control on marine populations that are sensitive to the strong ...