A summary of special section: regional environmental oceanography in the South China Sea and its adjacent areas (REO-SCS) Jianyu HuJiayi PanQuanan Zheng Special Section: Editorial 28 October 2011 Pages: 675 - 676
A case study of near-inertial oscillation in the South China Sea using mooring observations and satellite altimeter data Lu SunQuanan ZhengZhenyu Sun Special Section: Original Article 04 November 2011 Pages: 677 - 687
Derivation of internal solitary wave amplitude in the South China Sea deep basin from satellite images Guan-Yu ChenFeng-Chun SuRuo-Shan Tseng Special Section: Original Article 20 September 2011 Pages: 689 - 697
Characteristics and mechanisms of the upwelling in the southern Taiwan Strait: a three-dimensional numerical model study Yuwu JiangFei ChaiHuasheng Hong Special Section: Original Article 28 October 2011 Pages: 699 - 708
Multiparameter cluster analysis of seasonal variation of water masses in the eastern Beibu Gulf Shengli ChenYan LiYuanshao Lin Special Section: Original Article 05 October 2011 Pages: 709 - 718
Variability of sea surface temperature and warm pool area in the South China Sea and its relationship to the western Pacific warm pool Chun-Yi LinChung-Ru HoNan-Jung Kuo Special Section: Original Article 05 October 2011 Pages: 719 - 724
Long-term (1998–2007) trends on the spatial distribution of heterotrophic ciliates in the East China Sea in summer: effect of the Three Gorges Dam construction An-Yi TsaiGwo-Ching GongHerng-Ru Guo Original Article 21 September 2011 Pages: 725 - 737
Community structure of ammonia-oxidizing marine archaea differs by depth of collection and temperature of cultivation Minoru IjichiKoji Hamasaki Original Article 31 August 2011 Pages: 739 - 745
Stoichiometry among bioactive trace metals in seawater on the Bering Sea shelf Abigail Parcasio CidSyouhei UrushiharaYoshiki Sohrin Original Article 16 September 2011 Pages: 747 - 764
Uptake mechanism of anthropogenic CO2 in the Kuroshio Extension region in an ocean general circulation model Hideyuki NakanoHiroyuki TsujinoGoro Yamanaka Original Article 07 October 2011 Pages: 765 - 783
Metabolic activity of pelagic copepods from 5,000 to 7,000 m depth of the western subarctic Pacific, as inferred from electron transfer system (ETS) activity Tsutomu Ikeda Short Contribution 09 September 2011 Pages: 785 - 790
Algorithm for estimating sea surface temperatures based on Aqua/MODIS global ocean data. 2. Automated quality check process for eliminating cloud contamination Kohtaro Hosoda Short Contribution 12 October 2011 Pages: 791 - 805