Tidal stirring and its impact on water column stability and property distributions in a semi-enclosed shelf sea (Seto Inland Sea, Japan)

• Published in: Continental shelf research Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1295 - 1306
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Shiho, Simpson, John H., Fujiwara, Tateki, Horsburgh, Kevin J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2006
• Subjects: Energy dissipation; Seto Inland Sea; Strait–basin system; Stratification; Tidal energy flux; Tidal front; INW, Japan, Seto Naikai Sea; Seto Inland Sea; Strait–basin system; Tidal energy flux; Stratification; Energy dissipation; Tidal front

The Seto Inland Sea is a partially enclosed shallow sea with a complex bathymetry involving several basins, separated by narrow straits, and numerous islands. The influence of tidal stirring on density stratification and on the distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in this region has been invest...