Using monitoring and mechanistic modeling to improve understanding of eutrophication in a shallow New England estuary.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic nutrient loading has resulted in eutrophication and habitat degradation within estuaries. Study of eutrophication in estuaries has often focused on larger systems, while there has been increasing interest in understanding the governing processes in smaller systems. In this study, we incorporate both monitoring data and mechanistic modeling to improve our understanding of eutrophication in a small, shallow New England estuary. High-frequency continuous and discrete water quality samples were collected from 2018 to 2020 along a salinity gradient and at varying depth to provide temporal and spatial resolution of the system. Conditions of this estuary were simulated using the Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF) and the Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP)

SUBMITTER: Cashel FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11091823 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature