Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes-II (KEEP-II):
The Kuroshio-East China Sea Shelf Exchange Processes
The JGOFS Committee located in Taipei (China)

    The major contribution from Taiwan to the international JGOFS program at
present is the Kuroshio-East China Sea Shelf Exchange Processes study, which
is the second phase of the Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes program (KEEP-II).
KEEP-I (1989-1994) was originally developed out of the interest of Taiwanese
oceanographers in the water exchange across the Kuroshio frontal zone in the
East China Sea northeast of Taiwan and the concomitant biogeochemical fluxes.
As the significance of carbon fluxes at the continental margins was increas-
ingly recognized, KEEP had been included in the JGOFS implementation plan and
the second phase was developed and supported by the National Science Council
located in Taipei. The goals of KEEP-II are three fold:

 1. To observe and determine the water and material (especially, carbon)
    exchange fluxes between the Kuroshio and the East China Sea shelf;
 2. To assess the biological resources in the East China Sea;
 3. To trace the transport of sediments and anthropogenic materials in the
    East China Sea.

    There are 26 projects in this program, which is expected to continue until
1997. The third phase of the program, i.e., KEEP-III, is currently under plan-
ning. The titles and principal investigators of the KEEP-II projects are listed
below.

The Kuroshio-East China Sea Shelf Exchange Processes: the Service project
Kon-Kee Liu (kkliu@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

1. Current field on the southern boundary of East China Sea
   Tswen-Yung Tang (tyt@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

2. Satellite remotely sensing the sea surface dynamics of East China Sea and its relationship 
   with environment of fishing grounds
   Chen, Shih-Chin [Fax: 886-2-462-9388]
   Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute

3. A study of particle transport in the shelf of East China Sea by a moored transmissometer
   Cheng-Han Tsai (chtsai@ntou66.ntou.edu.tw)
   Department of Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University

4. Distributions of chemical hydrography, chlorophyll and primary productivity
   in the East China Sea
   Gwo-Ching Gong (gcgong@ntou66.ntou.edu.tw)
   Department of Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University

5. Particle dynamics and transport processes in the East China Sea
   Ching-Ling Wei (weic@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

6. Transport and Flux of Particulate in the KEEP II Area: Radiogeochemistry of particulates 
   and sediments(II)
   Yu-chia Chung (ycchung@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Geology National Sun Yat-sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan

7. Geochemical Fluxes of Particulate Matter in the East China Sea (II) Studies in the Southern 
   ECS
   Jia-Jang Hung (hungjj@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Geology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

8. Distribution of dissolved metals in the East China Sea
   Tong-Ming Hsiung (thsiung@ntou66.ntou.edu.tw)
   National Taiwan Ocean University

9. A biogeochemical study of new production, bacterial production, organic carbon and iodine 
   in the East China Sea
   Kon-Kee Liu (kkliu@ccms.ntu.edu.tw) and Frank Shiah (fkshiah@iodec1.oc.ntu.edu.tw)
   Global Change Research Center, National Taiwan University

10.Primary Production and New production in Waters off Northeast Taiwan.
   Yuh-ling Lee Chen (yll@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Department of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

11.The estimation of phytoplankton growth rate and its roles in the carbon cycle in southern 
   East China Sea using the dilution culture method 
   Jeng Chang (b0176@nout66.ntou.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Biology, Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202-24 Taiwan, ROC

12.Trophic dynamics of plankton in East China Sea shelf waters
   Houng-Yung Chen (hychen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Biology Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

13.Estimation of zooplankton biomass from shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler
   Shinn-Pyng Yeh [Fax: 886-8-774-0225]
   Dept of Aguaculture, National Pingtung Ploytechnigue Institute

14.Interaction of East China Sea Ichthyoplankton with the Kuroshio Current
   Tai-Sheng Chiu (tschiu@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
   Department of Zoology National Taiwan University

15.Hydroacoustic investigation of biomass distribution in the sea off northern Taiwan (2)
   Shean-Ya Yeh (sheanya@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

16.Oxic and anoxic organic carbon respiration rate in the East China Sea sediments (II)- 
   anoxic sulfate reduction rate and organic carbon deposition rate
   Sawlwood Lin (swlin@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

17.The partitioning of trace elements in seawater particulates and sediments from the East 
   China Sea(II)
   Fei-Jan Lin [Fax: 886-2-3626092]
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

18.Distribution of fatty alcohols and sterols in sediments off northeastern Taiwan
   Woei-Lih Jeng (WLJeng@iodec1.oc.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University 

19.The study of the benthic biological activities in the sediment Northeast of Taiwan.
   I-Jiunn Cheng (b0107@nout66.ntou.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University

20.KEEP II/WOCE/South China Sea-Carbon Flux Study(II)
   Chen-Tung Arthur Chen (ctchen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Geology Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

21.Study of the sea surrounding Taiwan using Synthetic Aperture Radar images
   Ming-Kuang Hsu (hsumk@ind.ntou.edu.tw)
   Dept. of Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University

22.d13C-POC and d13C-CO2aq of seawater in KEEP region 
   David D. Sheu (ddsheu@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Marine Geology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.

23.Fishing ground formation in the northeastern waters of Taiwan by the satellite and acoustic 
   method
   Ming-Anne Lee (xtuser@lee.fd.ntou.edu.tw)
   Department of Fishery Science , National Taiwan Ocean University

24.Studies on phytoplankton distribution in relation to oceanographic conditions in the East 
   China Sea.
   Kuo Ping Chiang (b0173@nout66.ntou.edu.tw)
   Department of Fishery Science, National Taiwan Ocean University.

25.Distribution, Post-Mortem Transportation and Sedimentary Flux of Calcareous 
   Nannoplankton in the Kuroshio Edge Exchange Area off Northern Taiwan(1995-1998)
   Kuo-Yen Wei (weik@cc.ntu.edu.tw)
   Dept of Geology, National Taiwan University

26.Study of the seafloor northeast of Taiwan using 3.5 KHz echo sounder
   Ho-Shing Yu (Yu@moon20.oc.ntu.edu.tw)
   Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University