An overview of the Oyashio ecosystem

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Author: Sakurai, Yasunori
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon
• Subjects: Oyashio; physical and chemical oceanography; ecosystem properties; fish and invertebrates; marine mammals; 468; Pacific; Pink salmon; Subarctic; ice covered areas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/33067; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.02.007

The Oyashio shelf region and the seasonally ice-covered areas north of Hokkaido are highly productive, supporting a wide range of species including marine mammals, seabirds and commercially important species in the western subarctic Pacific. The fishes include gadids, such as walleye pollock and Pac...