Three dimensional water quality modeling of a shallow subtropical estuary

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-86

  Wan, Yongshan ^a   Ji, Zhen Gang ^b   Shen, Jian ^c   Hu, Guangdou ^a   Sun, Detong ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Estuarine circulation; Eutrophication; St. Lucie Estuary; Three dimensional model; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BOTTOM WATER; CALIBRATED MODEL; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DO CONCENTRATION; EAST COAST; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER INFLOW; MODELING RESULTS; NUTRIENT LOADING; PAPER DOCUMENTS; SHALLOW ESTUARY; SOUTH FLORIDA; ST. LUCIE ESTUARY; SUB-TROPICAL ESTUARY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY MODELING; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATERBODIES;

ALGAE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENTS; WATER QUALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTION MONITORING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADING; STRATIFICATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SAINT LUCIE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84868669810     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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