Tracing the sources of nutrients through the Tsushima/Korea Strait

Jing Zhang; Xinyu Guo; Lei Zhu; Jianlong Feng; Liang Zhao

doi:10.1007/s13131-024-2372-1

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Jing Zhang, Xinyu Guo, Lei Zhu, Jianlong Feng, Liang Zhao. Tracing the sources of nutrients through the Tsushima/Korea Strait[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(6): 142-152. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2372-1

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Jing Zhang, Xinyu Guo, Lei Zhu, Jianlong Feng, Liang Zhao. Tracing the sources of nutrients through the Tsushima/Korea Strait[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(6): 142-152. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2372-1

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Tracing the sources of nutrients through the Tsushima/Korea Strait

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2372-1

Jing Zhang^{1, 2},
Xinyu Guo³,
Lei Zhu²,
Jianlong Feng^{1, 2},
Liang Zhao^{1, 2
,
,}

1.
Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Chemistry and Food Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300457, China
2.
College of Marine and Environmental Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
3.
Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42006018, 41876018 and 42176198; the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [MEXT KAKENHI] under contract No. 22H05206; the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Scientific Research Project under contract No. 2019KJ219.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zhaoliang@tust.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-12-25
Accepted Date: 2024-05-07

Available Online: 2024-07-16

Publish Date: 2024-06-30

Abstract

Abstract

The nutrients from the East China Sea (ECS) through the Tsushima/Korea Strait (TS) strongly impact the ecosystem of the Japan Sea (JS). The complex origins of the Tsushima Warm Current and the various nutrient sources in the ECS result in complex spatial-temporal variations in nutrients in the TS. Using a physical-biological model with a tracking technique, we studied the effects of nutrient sources from the ECS on the TS. Among all the nutrient sources, the Kuroshio has the highest nutrient concentrations in the TS. Its maximum concentration occurs at the bottom, while those of rivers and atmospheric deposition occur at the surface, and that of the Taiwan Strait occurs in the middle layer. The nutrient transport through the TS exhibits similar seasonal variations, as does the volume transport. The transport of nutrients from the Kuroshio accounts for more than 85% of the total. The transport of nutrients from the Taiwan Strait is greater during autumn and winter. The transport of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from both rivers and atmospheric deposition through the TS peak in August. Nutrient transport cannot be equated with volume transport. The DIN in the less saline zone originates not only from rivers but also from atmospheric deposition and the Kuroshio. The transport of nutrients from the Taiwan Strait is not as significant as its volume transport in the TS.
- dissolved inorganic nitrogen,
- dissolved inorganic phosphate,
- East China Sea,
- Japan Sea,
- nutrient transport

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