Formation and Breakdown of an Offshore Summer Cold-Water Zone and Its Effect on Phytoplankton

Estuarine plume frontal zones typically form a vertical two-layer structure with low-salinity and a high-temperature plume during the summertime. However, two field surveys in the Changjiang River Estuary and its adjacent shelf waters identified a significant surface cold-water zone (CWZ) formation...

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Main Authors: Weiqi Li, Xiangqian Zhou, Jianzhong Ge, Pingxing Ding, Dongyan Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.926738/full