Subsurface nutrient maximum and submesoscale structures in the southwestern Japan Sea Tetsutaro TakikawaAkihiko MorimotoGoh Onitsuka Original Article 09 January 2016 Pages: 529 - 540
Scalings of the tidally induced bottom boundary layer in a shallow sea under a surface heating Kazunori AkitomoMasahiro HiranoKiyoshi Tanaka Original Article 19 January 2016 Pages: 541 - 552
Evaluation of the accuracy of downward radiative flux observations at the sea surface Kyohei YamadaTadahiro Hayasaka Original Article 09 January 2016 Pages: 553 - 565
Characteristics of the surface mixed layer depths in the northern South China Sea in spring Chunhua QiuYongsheng CuiHuabin Mao Original Article 21 January 2016 Pages: 567 - 576
Bacterial growth rate and the relative abundance of bacteria to heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the euphotic and disphotic layers in temperate coastal waters of Sagami Bay, Japan Youta SugaiKenji TsuchiyaTatsuki Toda Original Article 05 February 2016 Pages: 577 - 587
Application of power law to the currents in a tidal channel Zhuo ZhangZhi-yao SongDi Hu Original Article 29 January 2016 Pages: 589 - 600
Temporal variations in the current structure and volume transport of the Coastal Oyashio revealed by direct current measurement Akira KusakaYugo ShimizuJiro Yoshida Original Article 03 February 2016 Pages: 601 - 615
Factors influencing maintenance and decline of a diatom bloom in the Yatsushiro Sea, Japan Goh OnitsukaTomoyuki ShikataHitoshi Matsuo Original Article 10 February 2016 Pages: 617 - 627
A monitoring result of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in deep-sea organisms and sediments off Tohoku during 2012–2014: temporal variation and the relationship with the trophic position Naohiko OhkouchiH. ShibataH. Kitazato Original Article 13 February 2016 Pages: 629 - 639
Statistical characteristics and formation mechanism of the Lanyu cold eddy Ruili SunYanzhen GuGuoping Gao Original Article 26 February 2016 Pages: 641 - 649
Quantifying air–sea re-equilibration-implied ocean surface CO2 accumulation against recent atmospheric CO2 rise Wei-dong ZhaiHua- de Zhao Short Contribution 23 January 2016 Pages: 651 - 659
Discussion/comments regarding “Trends in pCO2 and sea–air CO2 flux over the global open oceans for the last two decades” by Y. Iida, A. Kojima, Y. Takatani, T. Nakano, H. Sugimoto, T. Midorikawa, M. Ishii Dag Myrhaug Comment 24 March 2016 Pages: 661 - 662