Based on a 2-D hydrodynamic model,a vertically integrated eutrophication model was developed.The physical sub-model can be used for calculation of water density at different depths,and the water quality sub-model was used for calculation of algal growth.The cohesive and non-cohesive sediments were simulated separately with different methods.The light extinction coeffcient used in the underwater light regime sub-model was linearly related to the sum of sediment and phytoplankton biomass.Some components less important to the model were simplified to improve practicability and calculation effciency.Using field data from Fuchunjiang Reservoir,we calculated the sensitivity of ecological parameters included in this model and validated the model.The results of sensitivity analysis showed that the parameters strongly inffuenced the phytoplankton biomass,including phytoplankton maximum growth rate,respiration rate,non-predatory mortality rate,settling rate,zooplankton maximum filtration rate,specific extinction coeffcient for suspended solids and sediment oxygen demand rate.The model was calibrated by adjusting these parameters.Total chlorophyll a(chl-a) concentrations at different layers in the water column were reproduced very well by the model simulations.The simulated chl-a values were positively correlated to the measured values with Pearson correlation coeffcient of 0.92.The mean difference between measured and simulated chl-a concentrations was 12% of the measured chl-a concentration.Measured and simulated DO concentrations were also positively correlated(r = 0.74) and the mean difference was 4% of measured DO concentrations.The successful validation of model indicated that it would be very useful in water quality management and algal bloom prediction in Fuchunjiang Reservoir and a good tool for water quality regulation of other river-style reservoirs.
It was indicated in this study that there were negative relations between the concentrations of suspended solid (SS) and transparency according to the analysis of measured data of Lake Taihu. Their relations in pervious studies were reviewed, which showed that the changes of transparency in Lake Taihu could be reflected by simulating suspended solid concentration (SSC). Measured data showed that the changes of SSC with wind speed were similar at different water depths.SSC increased with the increasing of wind speed. Both wave and lake current of Lake Taihu had positive relations with SSC. However, wave was the main factor affecting sediment suspension, while flow took the second place. In this study, a numerical model coupling lake current, wave and SSC of Lake Taihu was developed. In the SS model, the combined effects of wave and current were included.The amounts of suspended and deposited sediments near the lake bed surface layer were treated separately. The stochastic characteristics of turbulent flow pulsation near lake beds were also considered, and the start-up conditions of sediment suspension were introduced to the model. The model elucidated the mutual exchange processes between sediment particles in SS and active sediments within and on the bed surface layer. Simulated results showed that lake current had relatively significant effects on the SSC at littoral areas of Lake Taihu, while SSC at the central area of the lake was mainly influenced by wave. The changes of transparency with SSC were simulated for Lake Taihu using this model. Calculated results were validated by measured data with good fitness, which indicated that the model is basically suitable for the simulation and prediction of transparency of Lake Taihu.
PANG Yong, LI Yiping & LUO Liancong College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
A wave flume experiment was conducted to study nutrient fluxes at water-sediment interface of Meiliang Bay under different hydrodynamic conditions. The results reveal that hydrodynamics has remarkable effects on nutrient fluxes in this area. With a bottom wave stress of 0.019 N m-2 (equivalent to disturbance caused by wind SE 5-7 m s-1 at the sediment sample site of Meiliang Bay), the fluxes of TN, TDN and NH4+-N were separately 1.92× 10-3, -1.81 × 10-4 and 5.28× 10-4 mg m-2 s-1(positive for upward and negative for downward), but for TP, TDP and SRP, the fluxes were 5.69 × 10-4, 1.68 × 10-4 and -1.29 × 10-4 mgm-2 s-1. In order to calculate the released amount of nutrients based on these results, statistic analysis on the long-term meteorological data was conducted.The result shows that the maximum lasting time for wind SE 5-7 m s-1 in this area is about 15 h in summer. Further calculation shows that 111 t TN, 32 t NH4+-N, 34 t TP and 10 t TDP can be released into water (the sediment area was 47.45% of the whole surface area), resulting in concentration increase of 0.025, 0.007, 0.007 and 0.002 mg L-1 separately. With stronger disturbance (bottom wave stress is 0.217 N m-2 which is equivalent to disturbance caused by wind SE 10-11 m s-1 at the same site), there has been significant increase of nutrient fluxes (1.16× 10-2, 6.76×10-3, 1.14× 10-2 and 2.14× 10-3 mgm-2 s-1 for TN, DTN and NH4+-N and TP). The exceptions were TDP with flux having a decrease (measured to be 9.54× 10-5 mgm-2 s-1 ) and SRP with flux having a small increase (measured to be 5.42 × 10-5 mgm-2 s-1). The same statistic analysis on meteorological data reveal that the maximum lasting time for wind SE 10-11 m s-1 is no more than 5 h. Based on the nutrient fluxes and the wind lasting-time, similar calculations were also made suggesting that 232 t TN, 134.9 t TDN, 228 t NH4+-N, 42.7 t TP, 2.0 t TDP and 1.1 t SRP will be released from sediment at this hydrodynamic condition resulting in the concentration increases of 0.050, 0.029, 0.049, 0
LUO Liancong, QIN Boqiang, ZHU Guangwei, SUN Xiaojing, HONG Dalin, GAO Yajun & XIE Rui Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
