1. Preface

   • Atsushi Tsuda
   • Kazuhiro Kogure
   • Shuichi Watanabe

   Special Section: Editorial 19 January 2016 Pages: 1 - 2

2. An observational and numerical study of river plume dynamics in Otsuchi Bay, Japan

   • Eiji Masunaga
   • Oliver B. Fringer
   • Hidekatsu Yamazaki

   Special Section: Original Article 26 September 2015 Pages: 3 - 21

   

3. Fine-scale structure and mixing across the front between the Tsugaru Warm and Oyashio Currents in summer along the Sanriku Coast, east of Japan

   • Sachihiko Itoh
   • Hitoshi Kaneko
   • Kiyoshi Tanaka

   Special Section: Original Article 21 September 2015 Pages: 23 - 37

   

4. Nutrient status of Otsuchi Bay (northeastern Japan) following the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

   • Hideki Fukuda
   • Ryosuke Katayama
   • Toshi Nagata

   Special Section: Original Article 13 May 2015 Pages: 39 - 52

   

5. ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs in the North Pacific Ocean derived from the March 2011 TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan. Part one: surface pathway and vertical distributions

   • Michio Aoyama
   • Yasunori Hamajima
   • Yuichiro Kumamoto

   Special Section: Original Article 13 November 2015 Pages: 53 - 65

   

6. ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs in the North Pacific Ocean derived from the March 2011 TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan. Part two: estimation of ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs inventories in the North Pacific Ocean

   • Michio Aoyama
   • Mizuo Kajino
   • Toshitaka Gamo

   Special Section: Original Article 17 November 2015 Pages: 67 - 76

   

7. Impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami on zooplankton community in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan

   • Yuichiro Nishibe
   • Hiroshi Isami
   • Atsushi Tsuda

   Special Section: Original Article 22 December 2015 Pages: 77 - 90

   

8. Changes in fish community in seagrass beds in Mangoku-ura Bay from 2009 to 2014, the period before and after the tsunami following the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake

   • Jun Shoji
   • Mitsuru Morimoto

   Special Section: Original Article 02 August 2015 Pages: 91 - 98

   

9. Sedimentary organic matter contents and porewater chemistry at upper bathyal depths influenced by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami

   • Hidetaka Nomaki
   • Kazuno Arai
   • Shuichi Watanabe

   Special Section: Original Article 14 August 2015 Pages: 99 - 111

   

10. Effects of mass sedimentation events after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on benthic prokaryotes and meiofauna inhabiting the upper bathyal sediments

    • Hidetaka Nomaki
    • Tomohiro Mochizuki
    • Shuichi Watanabe

    Special Section: Original Article 09 May 2015 Pages: 113 - 128

    

11. Deep-sea meiofauna off the Pacific coast of Tohoku and other trench slopes around Japan: a comparative study before and after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

    • Tomo Kitahashi
    • Himiko Watanabe
    • Motohiro Shimanaga

    Special Section: Original Article 21 September 2015 Pages: 129 - 139

    

12. Sedimentary features of Onagawa Bay, northeastern Japan after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: sediment mixing by recolonized benthic animals decreases the preservation potential of tsunami deposits

    • Koji Seike
    • Tomo Kitahashi
    • Taisuke Noguchi

    Special Section: Original Article 14 May 2015 Pages: 141 - 149

    

13. Long-term monitoring of bottom environments of the continental slope off Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan

    • Kazumasa Oguri
    • Yasuo Furushima
    • Hiroshi Kitazato

    Special Section: Original Article 29 October 2015 Pages: 151 - 166