AQUATOX: Modeling Environmental Risk and Damage Assessment

AQUATOX: Modeling Environmental Risk and Damage Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems is a new volume in the series: Developments in Environmental Modelling. This volume provide one single source for all AQUATOX applications with basic equations, applications and examples of how the model has been implemented in various aquatic habitats (riverine, lacustrine and estuarine). This will address the needs of the model practitioner and the book will provide a comprehensive reference source for AQUATOX model applications. It also can be used as the basis of an ecological modelling course at the graduate level and used to teach various levels of modelling concepts. Throughout the text, chapter headings are organized so users can understand the model building process, the included state variables and components, and this is then followed up using case studies as examples for additional applications for a similar problem. The actual study files will be available to accompany the case studies, so readers can assemble and calibrate their own AQUATOX applications. Includes a detailed description of AQUATOX equations for researchers and practitioners (including regulatory agencies)Highlights study files and description of implementation and data to use as a starting point for new study applicationsExplores case studies of various sample applications and how specific problems are approached, including eutrophication issues in lakes and streams and natural resource damages in Estuarine Areas INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Simulation Modeling Concepts 3. Physical Characteristics 4. Data Sources and Forcing Functions 5. Biota 6. Remineralization 7. Inorganic Sediments 8. Sediment Diagenesis 9. Toxic Organic Chemicals 10. Ecotoxicology 11. Estuarine Submodel 12. Case Studies Appendix A. Glossary of Terms B. User-Supplied Par

• ISBN: 978-0-12-820289-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés