Mechanisms driving estuarine water quality: A 3D biogeochemical model forinformed management

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-45

  Wild Allen, Karen ^a   Skerratt, Jenny ^a   Whitehead, Jason ^b   Rizwi, Farhan ^a   Parslow, John ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Derwent Estuary Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Derwent Estuary; Dissolved oxygen; Estuarine circulation; Nutrient budget; Nutrient cycling; Phytoplankton; Temperate salt wedge estuary

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONITORING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; DERWENT ESTUARY; TASMANIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84888856312     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Abell G.C., Ross D.J., Keane J.P., Oakes J.M., Eyre B.D., Robert S.S., Volkman J.K. Nitrifying and denitrifying microbial communities and their relationship to nutrient fluxes and sediment geochemistry in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 2013, (in revision).
2. ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality. The Guidelines 2000, vol. 1. Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council.
3. Arndt S., Regnier P., Vanderborght J.P. Seasonally-resolved nutrient filtering, capacities and export fluxes in a macrotidal estuary. Journal of Marine Systems 2009, 78:42-58.
4. Arndt S., Lacroix G., Gypens N., Regnier P., Lancelot C. Nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton development along an estuary-coastal zone continuum: a model study. Journal of Marine Systems 2010.
5. Azevedo I.C., Duarte P.M., Bordalo A.A. Understanding spatial and temporal dynamics of key environmental characteristics in a mesotidal Atlantic estuary (Douro, NW Portugal). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 76:620-633.
6. Banks J., Ross D.J., Keough M.J. Short-term (24h) effects of mild and severe hypoxia (20% and 5% dissolved oxygen) on metal partitioning in highly contaminated estuarine sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2012, 99:121-131.
7. Banks J.L., Ross D.J., Keough M.J., Eyre B.D., Macleod C.K. Measuring hypoxia induced metal release from highly contaminated estuarine sediments during a 40 day laboratory incubation experiment. Science of The Total Environment 2012, 420:229-237.
8. Blanckaert K., Graf W.H. Mean flow and turbulence in open-channel bend. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ASCE 2001, 127(10):835-847.
9. Bloom H., Ayling G. Heavy metals in the Derwent Estuary. Environmental Geology 1977, 2:3-22.
10. Butler E.C.V. The tail of two rivers in Tasmania: the Derwent and Huon estuaries. Environmental Chemistry 2006, 5(H):1-49. 10.1007/698_5_022.
11. Byun D.S., Wang X.H., Zavatarelli M., Cho Y.K. Effects of mixing and resuspended sediments on phytoplankton spring bloom dynamics in a tidal estuary embayment. Journal of Marine Systems 2007, 67:102-118.
12. Cloern J. Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 210:223-253.
13. Davies P.E., Kalish S.R. Influence of river Hydrology on the dynamics and, water quality of the upper Derwent Estuary, Tasmania. Australian Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 1994, 45:109-130.
14. Davis J.R., Koop K. Eutrophication in Australian rivers, reservoirs and estuaries - a southern hemisphere perspective on the science and its implications. Hydrobiologia 2006, 559:23-76. 10.1007/s10750-005-4429-2.
15. Diaz R.J., Rosenberg R. Marine benthic hypoxia: a review of its ecological effects and the behavioural responses of benthic macrofauna. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 1995, 33:245-303.
16. Edgar G.J., Barrett N.S., Graddon D.J., Last P.R. The conservation significance of estuaries: a classification of Tasmanian estuaries using ecological, physical and demographic attributes as a case study. Biological Conservation 2000, 92:383-397.
17. Fisher T.R., Harding L.W., Stanley D.W., Ward L.G. Phytoplankton, nutrients, and Turbidity in the Chesapeake, Delaware, and Hudson estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf & Science 1988, 27:61-93.
18. Glibert P. Ecological stoichiometry and its implications for aquatic ecosystem sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2012, 4(3):272-277.
19. Green G., Coughanowr C. State of the Derwent Estuary 2003: a Review of Pollution Sources, Loads and Environmental Quality Data from 1997-2003 2003, Derwent Estuary Program Report, DPIWE, Tasmania.
20. Griffin S.L., Herzfeld M., Hamilton D.P. Modelling the impact of zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton biomass during a dinoflagellate bloom in the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Ecological Engineering 2001, 16:373-394.
21. Hallegraeff G., Westwood K. Identification of Key Environmental Factors Leading to Nuisance Algal Blooms in the Derwent River 1994, Draft consultancy report prepared for DELM, Hobart.
22. Haralambidou K., Sylaios G., Tsihrintzis V.A. Salt-wedge propagation in a Mediterranean micro-tidal river mouth. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science 2010.
23. Heggie D.T., Skyring G.W., Orchardo J., Longmore A.R., Nicholson G.L., Berelson W.M. Denitrification and denitrifying efficiencies in sediments of Port Phillip Bay: direct determinations of biogenic N2 and N-metabolite fluxes with implications for water quality. Marine and Freshwater Research 1999, 50(6):589-596.
24. Herzfeld M. Improving stability of regional numerical ocean models. Ocean Dynamics 2008, 59:21-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-008-0158-1.
25. Herzfeld M. An alternative coordinate system for solving finite difference ocean models. Ocean Modelling 2006, 14:174-196.
26. Herzfeld M., Parslow J., Margvelashvili N., Andrewartha J.R., Sakov P. Numerical Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Derwent Estuary 2005, 91. CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research Report, prepared for the Derwent Estuary Program WQIP, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart. http://www.emg.cmar.csiro.au/www/en/emg/projects/Derwent.html.
27. Jones B.G., Chenhall B.E., Debretsion F., Hutton A.C. Geochemical comparisons between estuaries with non-industrialised and industrialised catchments: the Huon and Derwent River estuaries, Tasmania. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2003, 50:653-667.
28. Lee S.B., Birch G.F. Utilising monitoring and modelling of estuarine environments to investigate catchment conditions responsible for stratification events in a typically well-mixed urbanised estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2012, 111:1-16.
29. Leeming R., Nichols P.D. Determination of the sources and distribution of sewage and pulp-fibrederived pollution in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania, using sterol biomarkers. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 1998, 49:7-17. 10.1071/MF95140 1323-1650/98/010007$05.00.
30. Mann K.H., Lazier J.R.N. Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-physical Interactions in the Oceans 2006, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 10:1-4051-1118-6.
31. Margvelashvili N. Stretched Eulerian coordinate model of coastal sediment transport. Computers and Geosciences 2008, 35:1167-1176.
32. Margvelashvili N., Herzfeld M., Parslow J. Numerical Modelling of Fine Sediment and Zinc Transport in the Derwent Estuary 2005, CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research Report, Hobart. http://www.emg.cmar.csiro.au/www/en/emg/projects/Derwent.html.
33. Murray A.G., Parslow J.S. Modelling of nutrient impacts in Port Phillip Bay - a semi enclosed marine Australian ecosystem. Marine and Freshwater Research 1999, 50:597-611.
34. Nicholls J.C., Trimmer M. Widespread occurrence of the anammox reaction in estuarine sediments. Aauatic Microbial Ecology 2009, 55(2):105-113. 10.3354/ame01285.
35. Oakes J.M., Eyre B.D., Ross D.J., Turner S.D. Stable isotopes trace estuarine transformations of carbon and nitrogen from primary- and secondary-treatedpaper and pulp mill effluent. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:7411-7417.
36. Parslow J., Herzfeld M., Hunter J.R., Andrewartha J.R., Sakov P., Waring J. Mathematical Modelling of the Dispersal and Fate of CES Discharge from theBoyer Mill in the Upper Derwent Estuary 2001, Final Report, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart. http://www.emg.cmar.csiro.au/www/en/emg/projects/Derwent.html.
37. Pirzl H. Distributions and Changes of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Sediments of the Derwent Estuary 1996, BSc (Hons) thesis, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
38. Robson B.J., Bukaveckas P.A., Hamilton D.P. Modelling and mass balance assessments of nutrient retention in a seasonally-flowing estuary (Swan River Estuary, Western Australia). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 76(2):282-292. 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.009.
39. Rykiel E.J. Testing ecological models: the meaning of validation. Ecological Modelling 1996, 90:229-244.
40. Shao X., Wang H., Chen Z. Numerical modeling of turbulent flow in curvedchannels of compound cross-section. Advances in Water Resources 2003, 26(5):525-539.
41. Skerratt J., Wild-Allen K., Rizwi F., Whitehead J., Coughanowr C. Use of a high resolution 3D fully coupled hydrodynamic, sediment and biogeochemical model to understand nutrient and estuarine dynamics under various water quality scenarios. Ocean & Coastal Management Special Issue SI: ECSA50 2013, submitted for publication.
42. Smith V.H. Cultural eutrophication of inland, estuarine and coastal waters. Successes, Limitation and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science 1998, 7-49. Springer-Verlag, New York. M.L. Pace, P.M. Groffman (Eds.).
43. Tappin A.D. An examination of the fluxes of nitrogen and phosphorus in temperate and tropical estuaries: current estimates and uncertainties. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2002, 55:885-901. 10.1006/ecss.2002.1034.
44. Thomson J.D., Godfrey J.S. Circulation dynamics in the Derwent Estuary. Australian Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 1985, 36:765-772.
45. Timmermann K., Markager S., Gustafsson K.E. Streams or open sea? Tracing sources and effects of nutrient loadings in a shallow estuary with a 3D hydrodynamic-ecological model. Journal of Marine Systems 2010, 82:111-121.
46. Whitehead J., Coughanowr C., Ahius J., Chrispijn J., Taylor U., Wells F. State of the Derwent Estuary 2009: a Review of Pollution Sources, Loads and Environmental Quality Data from 2003-2009 2010, Derwent Estuary Program, DPIPWE, Tasmania. http://www.derwentestuary.org.au/state-of-the-derwent-report/.
47. Wild-Allen K., Skerratt J., Rizwi F., Parslow J. Derwent Estuary Biogeochemical Model: Technical Report 2009, 95. CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric ResearchReport, Hobart. http://www.emg.cmar.csiro.au/www/en/emg/projects/Derwent.html.
48. Wild-Allen K., Herzfeld M., Thompson P.A., Rosebrock U., Parslow J., Volkman J.K. Applied coastal biogeochemical modelling to quantify the environmental impact of fish farm nutrients and inform managers. Journal of Marine Systems 2010, 81:134-147.
49. Wollanski E. Estuarine Ecohydrology 2007, 157. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
50. Yin K., Harrison P.J., Pond S., Beamish R.J. Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser river estuary and its biological implications. I. Effects of the salt wedge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 1995, 40:505-528.
51. Yin K., Harrison P.J., Pond S., Beamish R.J. Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser river estuary and its biological implications. Ii. effects of spring vs. neap tides and river discharge. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 1995, 40:529-544.