Estuarine Water Quality Management: Monitoring, Modelling and Research [Paperback]

All over the world, the awareness of the increasing pollution of rivers, estuaries and the sea with its associated impact on these ecosystems, its effect on organisms, food-chains, water supply and finally on man himself is growing. Estuaries form a link between the limnetic and marine environments, characterized by a variety of complex processes. Most of these phenomena are not yet sufficiently understood, making efficient water quality management a difficult task. The volume has two main objectives: to present the latest information on current estuarine research and to elaborate fundamentals and criteria for planners and decision-makers in water quality management.All over the world, the awareness of the increasing pollution of rivers, estuaries and the sea with its associated impact on these ecosystems, its effect on organisms, food-chains, water supply and finally on man himself is growing. Estuaries form a link between the limnetic and marine environments, characterized by a variety of complex processes. Most of these phenomena are not yet sufficiently understood, making efficient water quality management a difficult task. The volume has two main objectives: to present the latest information on current estuarine research and to elaborate fundamentals and criteria for planners and decision-makers in water quality management.I Review on Estuarine Water Quality Management.- Estuarine Water Quality Management: Planning, Organizing, Monitoring and Modelling.- II Estuarine Modelling.- Progress in Estuarine Water Quality Modelling.- Strategy of Current and Transport Modelling in Different Estuaries.- Mathematical Modelling of Hydrodynamics in the Elbe Estuary.- Modeling Wind-Induced Mixing and Transport in Estuaries and Lakes.- Development of a Water Quality Model for the Patuxent Estuary.- Numerical Modeling of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in the Weser Estuary.- Analysis of the Distribution of Suspended Particulate Matter, Bacteria, Chlorophyll a and PO4 in the Upper lS4