Vertical water renewal in a large estuary and implications for water quality

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 710; p. 135593
• Main Authors: Sun, Jian, Liu, Leyang, Lin, Jie, Lin, Binliang, Zhao, Haiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 25.03.2020
• Subjects: dissolved oxygen; Dissolved oxygen (DO); dry season; ecological footprint; environmental impact; environmental management; estuaries; Estuary; eutrophication; hydrologic models; hypoxia; liquid-air interface; Pearl River Estuary (PRE); rivers; seasonal variation; Vertical renewal; Water age; water pollution; water quality; wet season; Water age; Pearl River Estuary (PRE); Estuary; Dissolved oxygen (DO); Vertical renewal
• ISSN: 0048-9697; 1879-1026; 1879-1026
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135593

Estuaries are a special transition zone subject to both riverine and marine processes, where environmental issues, e.g. water pollution, eutrophication and hypoxia, have become an increasing cause of concern in recent decades. The vertical transport of water and material is an intrinsic process in e...