Note: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Changes in Temperature, Chlorophyll Concentration, and Secchi Disk Depth in the Bering Sea from 1998 to 2016 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sea Surface Temperature -- 2.3 Chlorophyll Concentration -- 2.4 Secchi Disk Depth -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Long-Term Trend and Interannual to Decadal Variability in the Sea of Okhotsk -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Sea Ice and SST -- 3.3 Long-Term Trends and Variations in Dense Shelf Water and Intermediate-Layer Water -- 3.3.1 Sea Ice Production -- 3.3.2 Sea Surface Salinity -- 3.3.3 Numerical Modeling Results -- 3.4 Coherent Sea Level Variations in the Coastal Area -- 3.5 18.6-yr Lunar Nodal Tide and Its Influence on Water Mass Property Changes -- 3.6 Summary -- References -- 4 Changes in Temperature, Chlorophyll Concentration, and Secchi Disk Depth in the Okhotsk Sea from 1998 to 2016 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Known Temporal Changes -- 4.3 Sea Surface Temperature -- 4.4 Chlorophyll Concentration -- 4.5 Secchi Disk Depth -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Long-Term Changes in the Abyssal Japan Sea (East Sea): A Physical View -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Japan Sea Proper Water -- 5.3 Long-Term Trends in the JSPW -- 5.4 Decadal-Scale Variations in the JSPW -- 5.5 Changes in the Deep Flow Field -- 5.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 6 Anthropogenic Perturbations of the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Physical Properties of the Interior of the East Sea -- 6.3 Anthropogenic CO2 in the East Sea -- 6.4 Anthropogenic Nitrogen -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 The Changing Bohai and Yellow Seas: A Physical View -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Changes of Water Temperature -- 7.3 The Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass and Tidal Fronts -- 7.4 Changes of the Sea Levels: Rising Rate, Tides and Extremes -- 7.5 Summary. , References -- 8 Changing Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen and Carbonate System in the Bohai and Yellow Seas, China -- 8.1 Changing Nutrients in the Bohai and Yellow Seas -- 8.2 Changing Dissolved Oxygen in the Bohai and Yellow Seas -- 8.3 Carbonate System in the Bohai and Yellow Seas and the Locally-Intensified Ocean Acidification in Subsurface Waters -- 8.4 Summary and Potential Ecological Effects -- References -- 9 The Changing East China Sea-A Physical View -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Sea Surface Temperature -- 9.3 Yellow Sea Cold Water -- 9.4 The Kuroshio -- 9.5 Changjiang Diluted Water -- 9.6 Sea Level -- 9.7 Discussion -- References -- 10 Changing Nutrients, Oxygen and Phytoplankton in the East China Sea -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Nutrients -- 10.2.1 East China Sea -- 10.2.2 Hangzhou Bay -- 10.2.3 N/P and N/Si Ratios -- 10.2.4 Changing Nutrient Inputs -- 10.3 Phytoplankton Communities -- 10.3.1 Phytoplankton Abundance -- 10.3.2 Phytoplankton Community Composition -- 10.3.3 Dominant Phytoplankton Species -- 10.4 Dissolved Oxygen and Hypoxia -- 10.4.1 Dissolved Oxygen -- 10.4.2 Seasonal Hypoxia -- 10.5 Conclusions -- References -- 11 The Changing Circulation of Asia-Pacific Marginal Seas in the South China Sea: A Physical View -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Characteristics of Internal and External Forces in the SCS -- 11.2.1 The Monsoonal Wind -- 11.2.2 External Transport Through Straits -- 11.3 Circulation and Physical Characteristics in the SCS -- 11.3.1 SCS Layered Circulation -- 11.3.2 Characteristics of Thermohalines -- 11.3.3 Circulation Pathways and Residence Time -- 11.4 The Changing SCS Circulation -- 11.4.1 Changes in Horizontal Plane -- 11.4.2 SCS Layered Circulation Trends -- 11.5 Dynamics for the Changing SCS Circulation -- 11.5.1 Vorticity Dynamics -- 11.5.2 Dynamic Driver for the CAC Circulation. , 11.5.3 Mechanism for the Changing Layered Circulation -- 11.6 Summary -- References -- 12 Changing Biogeochemistry in the South China Sea -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Changing Sea Surface Temperature -- 12.3 Changing Chlorophyll Concentration -- 12.4 Changing Secchi Disk Depth -- 12.5 Conclusions -- References -- 13 Interdecadal Variations of the Oyashio and Extreme Cold Water Events Near the Japanese Coast from the 1960s to the 2010s -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Seasonality and Dynamics of the Oyashio -- 13.3 Basin-Scale Wind Stress and the Southernmost Latitude of the FOI -- 13.4 Long-Term Variations of the Oyashio -- 13.4.1 Mid-1960s to Mid-1980s -- 13.4.2 Mid-1990s to Mid-2010s -- 13.5 Impacts of the Oyashio on Coastal Waters -- 13.6 Future Perspectives -- References -- 14 Multidecadal Variations of Sea Surface CO2 Fugacity (fCO2) in the Oyashio Current-Influenced Ocean Margin -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Prior Results on Changes in fCO2 in the Japanese Margin -- 14.3 Analysis of the fCO2 Trends Using the SOCAT Version 5 Data -- 14.4 Time Scales for the Trend Calculations -- 14.5 Spatial Distribution of fCO2, SST, and SSS -- 14.6 Seawater fCO2 Trends -- 14.7 Temporal and Spatial Changes in SST and SSS and Their Effect on fCO2 -- 14.8 Effect of Changing Boundary Current Conditions on fCO2 Trend -- 14.9 CO2 Sink/Source Evolution -- 14.10 Conclusions -- References -- 15 Changing Kuroshio and Its Affected Shelf Sea: A Physical View -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Description of Regional Features of the Kuroshio -- 15.2.1 East of the Philippines -- 15.2.2 Luzon Strait -- 15.2.3 East of Taiwan -- 15.2.4 Subtropical Countercurrent Zone -- 15.2.5 Northeast of Taiwan -- 15.2.6 East China Sea -- 15.2.7 Around Kyushu Island -- 15.3 Comprehensive View of Mechanisms Driving Regional Kuroshio Variations -- 15.3.1 Integrated Features Connecting Each Region. , 15.3.2 The Mechanisms -- 15.4 Summary -- References -- 16 Transient Carbonate Chemistry in the Expanded Kuroshio Region -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Increasing Nutrients but Decreasing DO and pH of the KIW -- 16.3 Upper Layer Intrusion Reduces Productivity -- 16.4 Changing Carbonate Chemistry -- 16.5 Conclusions -- References.

Note: Final. 10-1-82 to 9-30-84 , Cover title , Oregon State University, School of Oceanography"--Rept. doc. p , Includes bibliographical references and indexes , N00014-79-C-0004, 61153N, RR03103, RR0310301, 083-102-39 , Item 407