Modeling hydrology and eutrophication in a Louisiana swamp forest ecosystem |
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Authors: | Charles S Hopkinson Jr John W Day Jr |
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Institution: | (1) Coastal Ecology Laboratory Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, 70803 Baton Rouge, LA;(2) Present address: University of Georgia Marine Institute, 31327 Sapelo Island, GA |
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Abstract: | The EPA Storm Water Management Model (1971) was used to model hydrodynamics, nutrient dynamics, and eutrophication in a Louisiana swamp forest ecosystem. The present system of canals and spoil banks in the swamp causes impoundment of swamp areas and does not optimize discharge from the swamp forest. Simulations showed that hydraulics could be managed to increase discharge rates to the lower estuary (22 percent), to increase productivity of the swamp forest (100 percent), and to decrease lake eutrophication (43 percent). This could be done by removing spoil banks in the swamp and allowing upland runoff to pass through the backswamp. |
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Keywords: | Fresh water swamp Hydrology Nutrient dynamics Eutrophication Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) |
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