1. Study of Water Motion at the Dissolved Oxygen Minimum Layer and Local Oxygen Consumption Rate from the Lagrangian Viewpoint

   • Norihisa Imasato
   • Taiyo Kobayashi
   • Shinzou Fujio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 377

2. Seasonal Patterns of Vertical Distribution between Meiofaunal Groups in Relation to Phytodetritus Deposition in the Bathyal Sagami Bay, Central Japan

   • Motohiro Shimanaga
   • Hiroshi Kitazato
   • Yoshihisa Shirayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 387

3. Abundance, Biomass, Production and Trophic Roles of Micro- and Net-Zooplankton in Ise Bay, Central Japan, in Winter

   • Shin-Ichi Uye
   • Naoki Nagano
   • Tetsuya Shimazu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 398

4. Variability in the Relative Penetration of Ultraviolet Radiation to Photosynthetically Available Radiation in Temperate Coastal Waters, Japan

   • Victor S. Kuwahara
   • Tatsuki Toda
   • Satoru Taguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 408

5. Numerical Study of the Generation and Propagation of Trigger Meanders of the Kuroshio South of Japan

   • Takahiro Endoh
   • Toshiyuki Hibiya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 418

6. Seasonal Variations in Abundance and Size Composition of the Lobate Ctenophore Bolinopsis Mikado (Moser) in Tokyo Bay, Central Japan

   • Tomoyuki Kasuya
   • Takashi Ishimaru
   • Masaaki Murano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 427

7. Topographic Effect of Izu Ridge on the Distribution of the North Pacific Intermediate Water South of Japan

   • Yoshihiko Sekine
   • Shingo Watanabe
   • Fukuji Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 438

8. Strong Tidal Mixing and Ventilation of Cold Intermediate Water at Kashevarov Bank, Sea of Okhotsk

   • Konstantin A. Rogachev
   • Eddy C. Carmack
   • Alexandr S. Salomatin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 447

9. Eddy Field in the Japan Sea Derived from Satellite Altimetric Data

   • Akihiko Morimoto
   • Tetsuo Yanagi
   • Akio Kaneko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 462

10. The Western Boundary of the Equatorial Pacific Upwelling: Some Consequences of Climatic Variability on Hydrological and Planktonic Properties

    • Martine Rodier
    • Gérard Eldin
    • Robert Le Borgne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 471

11. Numerical Modeling of Wave-Enhanced Turbulence in the Oceanic Upper Layer

    • Le Ngoc Ly
    • Roland W. Garwood

    OriginalPaper Pages: 473 - 483