Biogeochemical float observations in the Kuroshio recirculation gyre during the spring transition

Ryuichiro Inoue1, Chiho Sukigara2, Takeyoshi Nagai3, Andrea J Fassbender4, Yuichiro Takeshita4, Stuart Bishop5 and Eitarou Oka6, (1)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Tokyo Univ.Mar.Science&Tech., Tokyo, Japan, (4)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (5)North Carolina State University, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States, (6)The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan