Stable isotope and chemical composition of pearls: Biomineralization in cultured pearl oysters in ago bay, Japan Hodaka KawahataMayuri InoueAtsushi Suzuki Original Article Pages: 405 - 412
Seasonal variations of the ocean surface circulation in the vicinity of Palau Scott F. HeronE. Joseph MetzgerWilliam J. Skirving Original Article Pages: 413 - 426
N2 fixation variability in the oligotrophic Sulu Sea, western equatorial Pacific region over the past 83 kyr Keiji HorikawaMasao MinagawaSeiya Nagao Original Article Pages: 427 - 439
Spatial variations of rare earth elements in north pacific surface water Yayoi HongoHajime ObataYoshiyuki Nozaki Original Article Pages: 441 - 455
Formation mechanism of the cold-water belt formed off the soya warm current Miho IshizuYujiro KitadeMasaji Matsuyama Original Article Pages: 457 - 471
Complexation of dimethylsulfide with mercuric ion in aqueous solutions Gui-Peng YangShizuo TsunogaiShuichi Watanabe Original Article Pages: 473 - 480
Seasonal variations of the upper ocean in the western north pacific observed by an argo float Naoto IwasakaFumiaki KobashiYuko Ohno Original Article Pages: 481 - 492
Phosphorus and nitrogen cyclings in the pelagic system of hiroshima bay: Results of numerical model simulation Jutarat KittiwanichTamiji YamamotoOsamu Kawaguchi Original Article Pages: 493 - 509
Nitrate-nitrogen isotopic patterns in surface waters of the western and central equatorial pacific Chisato YoshikawaYasuhiro YamanakaTakeshi Nakatsuka Original Article Pages: 511 - 525
Structure of the Tsushima warm current in the northeastern Japan Sea Tatsuro WatanabeOsamu KatohHaruya Yamada Original Article Pages: 527 - 538
Efficiency of reduced-order, time-dependent adjoint data assimilation approaches Ibrahim HoteitArmin Köhl Original Article Pages: 539 - 550
Ecosystem shift resulting from loss of eelgrass and other submerged aquatic vegetation in two estuarine lagoons, Lake Nakaumi and Lake Shinji, Japan Masumi YamamuroJun-Ichi HiratsukaYoshiyuki Nakamura Original Article Pages: 551 - 558
Interannual variability of the Kuroshio intrusion in the South China Sea Michael J. CarusoGlen G. GawarkiewiczRobert C. Beardsley Original Article Pages: 559 - 575
Comparison of downward surface solar radiation derived from GMS5/VISSR and of reanalysis products Huiling QinYoshimi KawaiHiroshi Kawamura Short Contribution Pages: 577 - 586
Velocity structures and transports of the Kuroshio and the Ryukyu current during fall of 2000 estimated by an inverse technique Xiao-Hua ZhuJae-Hun ParkIkuo Kaneko Short Contribution Pages: 587 - 596