Using a 3D hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model to compare estuarine nitrogen assimilation efficiency under anoxic and oxic conditions

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3691-3697

  Bruce, L C ^a   Cook, P L M ^b   Hipsey, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Denitrification efficiency; Estuary; Hydrodynamics; Hydrology; Nitrogen cycle; Numerical models; Yarra River Estuary

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOTTOM WATER; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC SHIFT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER/SALTWATER; HIGH FLOW; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS (GENERAL); MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MINERALISATION; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL RESULTS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ASSIMILATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; POTENTIAL CHANGE; RIVERINE DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACES; SIMULATED DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; TRANSIENT PATTERNS; WARM AIR; WATER COLUMNS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OXIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84858842211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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