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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.926738/full |