Predicting organic floc transport dynamics in shallow aquatic ecosystems: Insights from the field, the laboratory, and numerical modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Larsen, Laurel G ^a,b   Harvey, Judson W ^b   Noe, Gregory B ^b   Crimaldi, John P ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

AGGREGATION DYNAMICS; ANNULAR FLUMES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIO-TURBATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS; DISAGGREGATION; EMERGENT VEGETATIONS; FIELD TRANSPORTS; FLOC DYNAMICS; FLOC TRANSPORTS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; HIGH FLOWS; IN-SITU; MEAN FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; ORGANIC AGGREGATES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIALS; RE ENTRAINMENTS; WATER COLUMNS;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENTRAINMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PREDICTION; SHALLOW WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61349136944     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007221     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Alldredge, A. L., and C. Gotschalk (1988), In situ settling behavior of marine snow, Limnol. Oceanogr., 33, 339-351.
2. Battin, T. J., L. A. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C. S. Hopkinson, E. Marti, A. I. Packman, J. D. Newbold, and F. Sabater (2008), Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks, Nat. Geosci., I, 95-100, doi:10.1038/ngeol01.
3. Bernhardt, C. E., D. A. Willard, M. Marot, and C. W. Holmes (2004), Anthropogenic and natural variation in ridge and slough pollen assemblages, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rep., 2004-1448, 41 pp.
4. Burban, P. Y., W. Lick, and J. Lick (1989), The flocculation of fine-grained sediments in estuarine waters, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 8323-8330, doi:10.1029/JC094iC06p08323.
5. Chen, S., and D. Eisma (1995), Fractal geometry of in situ flocs in the estuarine and coastal environments, Neth. J. Sea Res., 33, 173-182, doi:10.1016/0077-7579(95)90004-7.
6. Christiansen, T., P. L. Wiberg, and T. G. Milligan (2000), Flow and sediment transport on a tidal salt marsh surface, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 50, 315-331, doi:10.1006/ecss.2000.0548.
7. Cushing, C. E., G. W. Minshall, and J. D. Newbold (1993), Transport dynamics of fine particulate organic matter in two Idaho streams, Limnol. Oceanogr, 38, 1101-1115.
8. D'Alpaos, A., S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, and A. Rinaldo (2007), Landscape evolution in tidal embayments: Modeling the interplay of erosion, sedimentation, and vegetation dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 112, F01008, doi: 10.1029/2006JF000537.
9. de Boer, D. H. (1997), An evaluation of fractal dimensions to quantify changes in the morphology of fluvial suspended sediment particles during baseflow conditions, Hydrol. Processes, II, 415-426, doi:10.1002/(SICI) 1099-1085(19970330)11:4<415::AID-HYP450>3.0.CO;2-W.
10. Droppo, I. G. (2003), A new definition of suspended sediment: Implications for the measurement and prediction of sediment transport, in Erosion and Sediment Transport Measurement in Rivers: Technological and Methodological Advances, edited by J. Bogen, T. Fergus, and D. E. Walling, 1AHS Publ.,283, 3-12.
11. Droppo, I. G. (2004), Structural controls on floc strength and transport, Can. J. Civ. Eng., 31, 569-578, doi: 10.1139/104-015.
12. Droppo, I. G., Y. L. Lau, and C. Mitchell (2001), The effect of depositional history on contaminated bed sediment stability, Sci. Total Environ., 266, 1- 13, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00748-8.
13. Dyer, K. R., and A. J. Manning (1999), Observation of the size, settling velocity and effective density of flocs, and their fractal dimensions, J. Sea Res., 41, 87-95, doi:10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00036-7.
14. Eisma, D., T. Schuhmacher, H. Boekel, J. VanHeerwaarden, H. Franken, M. Laan, A. Vaars, F. Eijgenraam, and J. Kalf (1990), A camera and image-analysis system for in situ observation of flocs in natural waters, Neth. J. Sea Res., 27, 43-56, doi:10.1016/0077-7579(90)90033-D.
15. Furukawa, K., E. Wolanski, and H. Mueller (1997), Currents and sediment transport in mangrove forests, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 44, 301-310, doi:10.1006/ecss.l996.0120.
16. Grant, J., and G. Gust (1987), Prediction of coastal sediment stability from photopigment content of mats of purple sulphur bacteria, Nature, 330, 244-246, doi:10.1038/330244a0.
17. Gunderson, L. H. (1994), Vegetation of the Everglades: Determinants of community composition, in Everglades: The Ecosystem and Its Restoration, edited by S. M. Davis and J. C. Ogden, pp. 323-340, St. Lucie, Delray Beach, Fla.
18. Gunderson, L. H., and W. F. Loftus (1993), The Everglades, in Biodiversity of the Southeastern United Slates: Terrestrial Communities, edited by W. H. Martin, S. G. Boyce, and A. C. Echternacht, chap. 6, pp. 199-256, John Wiley, New York.
19. Harvey, J. W., J. E. Saiers, and J. T. Newlin (2005), Solute transport and storage mechanisms in wetlands of the Everglades, south Florida, Water Resour. Res., 41, W05009, doi:10.1029/2004WR003507.
20. Harvey, J. W., R. W. Schaffranek, L. G. Larsen, D. Nowacki, G. B. Noe, and B. L. O'Connor (2008), Controls on flow velocity and flow resistance in the patterned floodplain landscape of the Everglades, paper presented at Ocean Sciences Meeting, Am. Soc. of Limnol. and Oceangr., Orlando, Fla., 2-7 March.
21. Hill, P. S., G. Voulgaris, and J. H. Trowbridge (2001), Controls on floc size in a continental shelf bottom boundary layer, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 9543-9549, doi:10.1029/2000JC900102.
22. Huang, H. (1994), Fractal properties of flocs formed by fluid shear and differential settling, Phys. Fluids, 6, 3229-3234, doi:10.1063/1.868055.
23. Huang, Y. H., J. E. Saiers, J. W. Harvey, G. B. Noe, and S. Mylon (2008), Advection, dispersion, and filtration of fine particles within emergent vegetation of the Florida Everglades, Water Resour. Res., 44, W04408, doi:10.1029/2007WR006290.
24. Kadlec, R. H. (1990), Overland flow in wetlands-vegetation resistance, J. Hydraul. Eng., 116, 691-706, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1990) 116:5(691).
25. Krishnappan, B. G. (1991), A rotating flume for cohesive sediment transport research, Contrib. 91-82, Natl. Water Res. Inst., Burlington, Ont., Canada.
26. Krishnappan, B. G. (1993), Rotating circular flume, J. Hydraul. Eng., 119, 758-767, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1993)l 19:6(758).
27. Larsen, L. G. (2008), Hydroecological feedback processes governing self- organization of the Everglades ridge and slough landscape, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Colo., Boulder.
28. Larsen, L. G., J. W. Harvey, and J. P. Crimaldi (2007), A delicate balance: Ecohydrological feedbacks governing landscape morphology in a lotic peatland, Ecol. Monogr, 77, 591-614, doi:10.1890/06-1267.1.
29. Larsen, L. G., J. W. Harvey, and J. P. Crimaldi (2009), Morphologic, settling, and entrainment characteristics of organic wetland floc, Everglades, Florida, doi:10:1029/2008WR006990, in press.
30. Lau, Y. L., I. G. Droppo, and B. G. Krishnappan (2001), Sequential erosion/deposition experiments-Demonstrating the effects of depositional history on sediment erosion, Water Res., 35, 2767-2773, doi:10.1016/S0043- 1354(00)00559-5.
31. Leonard, L. A., and M. E. Luther (1995), Flow hydrodynamics in tidal marsh canopies, Limnol. Oceanogr., 40, 1474-1484.
32. Leonard, L. A., and D. J. Reed (2002), Hydrodynamics and sediment transport through tidal marsh canopies, J. Coastal Res., 36, 459-469.
33. Lick, W., J. Lick, and K. Ziegler (1992), Flocculation and its effect on the vertical transport of fine-grained sediments, Hydrobiologia, 235-236, 1-16, doi:10.1007/BF00026196.
34. Lodge, T. (1994), The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, St. Lucie, Delray Beach, Fla.
35. Logan, B. E., and D. B. Wilkinson (1990), Fractal geometry of marine snow and other biological aggregates, Limnol. Oceanogr, 35, 130-136.
36. Masson, S., B. Pinel-Alloul, and P. Dutilleul (2004), Spatial heterogeneity of zooplankton biomass and size structure in southern Quebec lakes: Variation among lakes and within lake among epi-, meta- and hypolimnion strata, J Plankton Res., 26, 1441-1458, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbhl38.
37. Mayer, L. M., L. L. Schick, K. Skorko, and E. Boss (2006), Photodissolution of particulate organic matter from sediments, Limnol. Oceanogr., 51, 1064-1071.
38. Mehta, A. J., and E. Partheniades (1975), An investigation of the depositional properties of flocculated fine sediments, J. Hydraul. Res., 13, 361-381.
39. Middleton, G. V., and J. B. Southard (1984), Mechanics of Sediment Movement. SEPM Short Course 3, Soc. for Sediment. Geol., Tulsa, Okla.
40. National Research Council (2003), Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?, 41 pp., Natl. Acad., Washington, D. C.
41. Nepf, H. M. (1999), Drag, turbulence, and diffusion in flow through emergent vegetation, Water Resour. Res., 35, 479-489, doi:10.1029/.1998WR900069.
42. Neto, R. R., R. N. Mead, J. W. Louda, and R. Jaffe (2006), Organic biogeochemistry of detrital flocculent material (floc) in a subtropical, coastal wetland, Biogeochemistiy, 77, 283-304, doi:l0.1007/s10533-005-5042-1.
43. Newbold, J. D., S. A. Thomas, G. W. Minshall, C. E. Cushing, and T. Georgian (2005), Deposition, benthic residence, and resuspension of fine organic particles in a mountain stream, Limnol. Oceanogr., 50, 1571-1580.
44. Nezu, 1., and H. Nakagawa (1993), Turbulence in Open-Channel Flows, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
45. Nicholas, A. P., and D. E. Walling (1996), The significance of particle aggregation in the overbank deposition of suspended sediment on river floodplains, J. Hydrol., 186, 275-293, doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03023-5.
46. Noe, G. B., L. J. Scinto, J. Taylor, D. L. Childers, and R. D Jones (2003), Phosphorus cycling and partitioning in an oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem: A radioisotope tracing study, Freshwater Biol., 48, 1993-2008, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01143.x.
47. Noe, G. B., J. Harvey, and J. Saiers (2007), Characterization of suspended particles in Everglades wetlands, Limnol. Oceanogr., 52, 1166-1178.
48. Noe, G. B., J. W. Harvey, and L. G. Larsen (2008), Biogeochemical transformations and transport related to flow in the ridge and slough land-scape, paper presented at Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, U.S. Geol. Surv., Naples, Fla., 28 July to 1 Aug.
49. Ogden, J. C. (2005), Everglades ridge and slough conceptual ecological model, Wetlands, 25, 810-820, doi: 1 0.1672/0277-5212(2005) 025[0810:ERASCE]2.0.CO;2.
50. Palmer, M. R., H. M. Nepf, T. J. R. Pettersson, and J. D. Ackerman (2004), Observations of particle capture on a cylindrical collector: Implications for particle accumulation and removal in aquatic systems.Limnol. Oceanogr., 49, 76-85.
51. Partheniades, E. (1977), Unified view of wash load and bed material load, J. Hydraul. Div. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 103, 1037-1057.
52. Pasternack, G. B., and G. S. Brush (2002), Biogeomorphic controls on sedimentation and substrate on a vegetated tidal freshwater delta in upper Chesapeake Bay, Geomorphology, 43, 293-311, doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(01) 00139-8.
53. Petersen, O., and B. G. Krishnappan (1994), Measurement and analysis of flow characteristics in a rotating circular flume, J. Hydraul. Res., 32, 483-494.
54. Saiers, J. E., J. W. Harvey, and S. E. Mylon (2003), Surface-water transport of suspended matter through wetland vegetation of the Florida everglades, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(19), 1987, doi:10.1029/2003GL018132.
55. Schaffranek, R. W., and H. L. Jenter (2001), Observations of daily temperature patterns in the southern Florida Everglades, paper presented at Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference, Am. Soc. of Civ. Eng., Reno, Nev., 27-31 Aug.
56. Spicer, P. T., and S. E. Pratsinis (1996), Shear-induced flocculation: The evolution of floc structure and the shape of the size distribution at steady state, Water Res., 30, 1049-1056, doi:10.1016/0043-1354(95)00253-7.
57. Sterling, M. C, Jr., J. S. Bonner, A. N. S. Ernest, C. A. Page, and R. L. Autenrieth (2005), Application of fractal flocculation and vertical transport model to aquatic soil-sediment systems, Water Res., 39, 1818-1830, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2005.02.007.
58. Stone, M., and B. G. Krishnappan (2003), floc morphology and size distributions of cohesive sediment in steady-state flow, Water Res., 37, 2739-2747, doi:l0.1016/S0043-1354(03)00082-4.
59. Thomas, D. N., S. J. Judd, and N. Fawcett (1999), Flocculation modelling: A review, Water Res., 33, 1579-1592, doi:10.1016/S0043-1354(98) 00392-3.
60. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1999), Central and southern Florida project, Comprehensive review study, final integrated feasibility report and programmatic environmental impact statement, Washington, D. C.
61. Walling, D. E., and P. W. Moorehead (1989), The particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment: An overview, Hydrobiologia, 176-179, 125-149, doi:10.1007/BF00026549.
62. Willard, D. A., L. M. Weimer, and W. L. Riegel (2001), Pollen assemblages as paleoenvironmental proxies in the Florida Everglades, Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol, 113, 213-235, doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(00)00042-7.
63. Winterwerp, J. C, and W. G. M. van Kesteren (2004), Introduction to the Physics of Cohesive Sediment in the Marine Environment, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
64. Wotton, R. S. (2007), Do benthic biologists pay enough attention to aggregates formed in the water column of streams and rivers?, J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc, 26, 1-11, doi:10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[l:DBBPEA]2.0.CO;2.
65. Wu, Y., N. Wang, and K. Rutchey (2006), An analysis of spatial complexity of ridge and slough patterns in the Everglades ecosystem, Ecol. Complexity, 3, 183-192, doi:10.1016/j.ecocorn.2005.12.002.