1. Preface

   • Makio C. Honda
   • Hiroaki Saito
   • Toshi Nagata

   Special Section: Editorial 03 May 2016 Pages: 339 - 339

2. Short introduction to the K2S1 project

   • Makio C. Honda

   Special Section: Short Introduction 04 May 2016 Pages: 341 - 342

   

3. Seasonal variability of phytoplankton community structure in the subtropical western North Pacific

   • Tetsuichi Fujiki
   • Kosei Sasaoka
   • Yoshihisa Mino

   Special Section: Original Article 12 January 2016 Pages: 343 - 358

   

4. Primary productivity at the time-series stations in the northwestern Pacific Ocean: is the subtropical station unproductive?

   • Kazuhiko Matsumoto
   • Osamu Abe
   • Yoshihisa Mino

   Special Section: Original Article 05 February 2016 Pages: 359 - 371

   

5. Comparison of sinking particles in the upper 200 m between subarctic station K2 and subtropical station S1 based on drifting sediment trap experiments

   • Makio C. Honda
   • Hajime Kawakami
   • Toshiro Saino

   Special Section: Original Article 26 March 2015 Pages: 373 - 386

   

6. Seasonal changes in the mesozooplankton biomass and community structure in subarctic and subtropical time-series stations in the western North Pacific

   • Minoru Kitamura
   • Toru Kobari
   • Kazuyuki Tanabe

   Special Section: Original Article 12 January 2016 Pages: 387 - 402

   

7. Seasonal variability in carbon demand and flux by mesozooplankton communities at subarctic and subtropical sites in the western North Pacific Ocean

   • T. Kobari
   • R. Nakamura
   • M. C. Honda

   Special Section: Original Article 27 January 2016 Pages: 403 - 418

   

8. Effects of temperature elevation and glucose addition on prokaryotic production and respiration in the mesopelagic layer of the western North Pacific

   • Mario Uchimiya
   • Hiroshi Ogawa
   • Toshi Nagata

   Special Section: Original Article 15 May 2015 Pages: 419 - 426

   

9. Depth-dependent and seasonal variability in archaeal community structure in the subarctic and subtropical western North Pacific

   • Ryo Kaneko
   • Toshi Nagata
   • Koji Hamasaki

   Special Section: Original Article 13 May 2016 Pages: 427 - 438

   

10. Mesoscale eddy effects on temporal variability of surface chlorophyll a in the Kuroshio Extension

    • Shinya Kouketsu
    • Hitoshi Kaneko
    • Hiromichi Ueno

    Special Section: Original Article 21 March 2015 Pages: 439 - 451

    

11. Physical oceanographic conditions around the S1 mooring site

    • Ryuichiro Inoue
    • Shinya Kouketsu

    Special Section: Original Article 31 December 2015 Pages: 453 - 464

    

12. Meridional and seasonal footprints of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on phytoplankton biomass in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

    • Eko Siswanto
    • Makio C. Honda
    • Toshiro Saino

    Special Section: Original Article 02 April 2016 Pages: 465 - 477

    

13. Sixteen-year phytoplankton biomass trends in the northwestern Pacific Ocean observed by the SeaWiFS and MODIS ocean color sensors

    • Eko Siswanto
    • Makio C. Honda
    • Toshiro Saino

    Special Section: Original Article 19 February 2016 Pages: 479 - 489

    

14. Insight into nitrous oxide production processes in the western North Pacific based on a marine ecosystem isotopomer model

    • Chisato Yoshikawa
    • Hitomi Abe
    • Naohiro Yoshida

    Special Section: Original Article 08 July 2015 Pages: 491 - 508

    

15. Coupled 1-D physical–biological model study of phytoplankton production at two contrasting time-series stations in the western North Pacific

    • Yoshikazu Sasai
    • Chisato Yoshikawa
    • Makio C. Honda

    Special Section: Original Article 09 January 2016 Pages: 509 - 526