Two numerical runs were conducted: 1) a case using the terrestrial runoff into the bay as the control run (CR) and 2) a case without the total runoff and SGDs (NF) during spring to summer (March to July).
For example, many lake, estuarine, and coastal marine systems receive too much nitrogen from atmospheric deposition and terrestrial runoff.
GBR has been subject to severe disturbances, including COTS outbreaks, mass coral bleaching and declining growth rates of coral due to increasing seawater temperatures, terrestrial runoff, tropical cyclones, and coral diseases.
The comparison between observed and simulated runoffs indicated that the model accurately reproduced the terrestrial runoff, allowing for estimates of the terrestrial nutrient flux because variations in terrestrial volume fluxes controlled variations in the terrestrial DIN fluxes.
In shallow seas salinity changes owing to various factors (e.g. tidal currents, terrestrial runoff, rain).
In conclusion, pulsed terrestrial runoff can cause rapid, low quality (high carbon: nutrient) diatom blooms.
Each distribution of the terrestrial runoff was calculated by multiplying the runoffs by the stream orders at each grid, normalized to the maximum orders in each watershed.
The researchers suspect that terrestrial runoff, particularly around urbanized areas, may transport the potentially deadly organism into the ocean (ScienceNOW, 15 July 2002).
Climate change predictions indicate that coastal and estuarine environments will receive increased terrestrial runoff via increased river discharge.
The fourth section discusses the relationships between the terrestrial runoff and oceanic environment, in terms of nutrient supply and larval transport related to scallop production.
