Quantifying the Residence Time and Flushing Characteristics of a Shallow, Back-Barrier Estuary: Application of Hydrodynamic and Particle Tracking Models

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1719-1734

  Defne, Zafer ^a   Ganju, Neil K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back barrier estuaries; Eutrophication; Hydrodynamic modeling; Particle tracking; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGOON; METEOROLOGY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DECLINE; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY;

BARNEGAT BAY; LITTLE EGG INLET; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938414226     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9885-3     Document Type: Article

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