East Asian marginal seas surrounding China exhibit rich ocean upwelling, mostly in
response to the southwesterly summer monsoon. Upwelling in the China seas, namely, the …

Although the South China Sea (SCS) exchanges water constantly with the western
Philippine Sea, its nutricline is much shallower and its chlorophyll level in surface waters is …

After Bakun proposed his hypothesis in 1990 regarding upwelling under climate change,
researchers conducted intensive studies to obtain the trends, current status, and future …

Two cruises were carried out in the summer and winter of 1998 to study coupled physical‐
chemical‐biological processes in the South China Sea and their effects on phytoplankton …

The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the world. Previous studies,
including recent intensive paleo-oceanographic studies, suggest that the SCS is sensitive to …

We present sea surface, upper thermocline, and benthic δ18O data, as well as temperature
and paleoproductivity proxy data, from the International Marine Global Change Study …

Phytoplankton blooms appear in winter (Nov–Jan) in the southwest of Luzon Strait, South
China Sea, which is an oligotrophic region in general. To understand dynamic features of …

Using a high-resolution OGCM result, multiscale variations of the Mindanao Dome (MD) are
discussed. The MD is generated by local Ekman upwelling as the positive curl of the Asian …

A massive fish kill and water discoloration were reported off the western coast of Puerto
Princesa, Palawan, Philippines in March 2005. Phytoplankton analysis revealed a near …

Wintertime thermal front west of Luzon Island (WTFWLI) plays a vital role in local marine
biogeochemical environment, geostrophic thermal advection of Luzon cold eddy (LCE) was …