Turbidity hysteresis in an estuary and tidal river following an extreme discharge event

A practical method of determining reaeration coefficients would greatly aid design engineers in determining the degree of wastewater treatment required for a proposed effluent discharge. Many previous tidal river and estuary studies emphasized mainly the effects of flow conditions (such as velocity, water depth, turbulent intensity, hydraulic gradient, etc.) and temperature on stream aeration, and the effect of salts was not seriously considered. In this research a new mathematical model of reaeration coefficient considering the effect of salts has been developed for water quality analysis in tidal rivers and estuaries. The reaeration coefficient in saline water, k2s(day−1, base e) at any chloride concentration C(g/l) and at 20°C, can be expressed byin which k2f is the reaeration coefficient in fresh water at 20°C. The correlation coefficient of k2s/k2f and C is 0.88.

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Comparison of Cell Culture and a Poliovirus Gene Probe Assay for the Detection of Enteroviruses in Environmental Water Samples

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1993.0366 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 27 (3-4) ◽

pp. 311-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Aaron B. Margolin ◽

Charles P. Gerba ◽

Kenneth J. Richardson ◽

Jaime E. Naranjo

Keyword(s):

Cell Culture ◽

Activated Sludge ◽

Water Samples ◽

Cdna Probe ◽

Culture Method ◽

Tidal River ◽

Nucleic Acid Hybridization ◽

Treated Wastewater ◽

Gene Probe ◽

Naturally Occurring

Nucleic acid hybridization provides a rapid non-cell culture method for the detection of enteric viruses in water. The purpose of this work was to compare the detection of naturally occurring enteroviruses by cell culture with their detection by a poliovirus gene probe in various types of water samples. Samples of activated sludge effluent, tertiary treated wastewater (activated sludge, filtration and passage through reverse osmosis), ground water, surface water and tidal river water were processed through 1 MDS Virozorb filters to concentrate any naturally occurring virus. Viruses were eluted from the filters with pH 9.5 beef extract and reduced in volume by flocculation to 20-30 ml. These concentrates were then assayed in the BGM cell line by the cytopathogenic effects (CPE) method and by a poliovirus cDNA probe (base pairs 115-7440) labeled with 32P. A total of 233 samples were assayed in this manner. In slightly more than 93% of the samples gene probe and cell culture yielded the same results. Of these samples 36 were positive by gene probe and 28 by cell culture assay. Positive samples for gene probe were confirmed by treatment with NaOH or RNAse and then reprobed. Samples demonstrating CPE upon primary passage were confirmed positive by subsequent passage of cell lysate on a new monolayer of BGM cells. Ten samples were positive by gene probe and negative by cell culture, and 4 samples were negative by gene probe and positive by cell culture.

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Physical and bacterial processes affecting suspended particulate matter in a tidal river

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1998.0268 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 38 (6) ◽

pp. 327-335

Author(s):

Yasunori Kozuki ◽

Yoshihiko Hosoi ◽

Hitoshi Murakami ◽

Katuhiro Kawamoto

Keyword(s):

Particle Size ◽

Particulate Matter ◽

Suspended Particulate Matter ◽

River Mouth ◽

Tidal River ◽

Natural Soil ◽

Size Change ◽

Run Off ◽

Suspended Particulate ◽

And Behavior

In order to clarify the origin and behavior of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in a tidal river, variation of SPM in a tidal river was investigated with regard to its size and constituents. SPM was separated into three groups according to size. Change of contents of titanium and organic substances of each group of SPM was examined. SPM which was discharged by run-off was transported with decomposition and sedimentation in a tidal river. Concentration of SPM with a particle size greater than 0.45 μm increased due to resuspension in a tidal river. Origin of SPM with a size of less than 0.45 μm at upstream areas was from natural soil and most of such SPM which had been transported settled near a river mouth. It was determined from examination of the CN ratio and the ratio of the number of attached bacteria to free bacteria that SPM with a size greater than 1.0 μm at upstream areas was decomposing intensively. At the downstream areas, SPM with a size of less than 0.45 μm came from the sea. SPM with particle size greater than 1.0 μm consisted of plankton and substances which were decomposed sufficiently while flowing.

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Crocodylus johnstoni and C. porosus Coexisting in a Tidal River

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr9830639 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 639 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

GJW Webb ◽

SC Manolis ◽

GC .Sack

Keyword(s):

Competitive Exclusion ◽

Dry Season ◽

Tidal River ◽

Main Stream ◽

Wet Season ◽

Seasonal Movements ◽

Crocodylus Johnstoni ◽

Seasonal Factors

A 52.5-km section of the Adelaide River, N.T. (12�13'S., 131�13'E.). was spotlight-surveyed 20 times between June 1979 and September 1981. C, johnstoni (15.3 � 9.2 sighted per survey) were less abundant than C. porosus (137.6 � 36.5 sighted per survey), and were mainly in the upstream 20 km of the survey route (96% of C. johnstoni sightings); here considered a zone of syntopy within the survey route. C. johnstoni congregate in the main stream during the dry season and disperse from it during the wet season, which parallels similar seasonal movements to and from dry-season refuges in non-tidal areas lacking C. porosus. As the dry season progresses, C. johnstoni are located further and further upstream, and this movement (or loss ofanimals) appears unrelated to changes in salinity. Numbers of C.johnstoni within the zone of syntopy are negatively correlated with numbers of C. porosus (r*2 = 0.50, P=0.005). and competitive exclusion may be occurring. Independent of seasonal factors, numbers of C. johnstoni within the zone of syntopy declined with consecutive month (1979-81: r*2=0.47, P= O.004), whereas numbers ofthe more recently protected C, porosus increased (r2 = 0.48, P= 0,006). The location of the syntopic zone was unchanged.

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Morphology and dynamics of the intertidal floodplain along the Amazon tidal river

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ◽

10.1002/esp.4545 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 204-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Aaron T. Fricke ◽

Charles A. Nittrouer ◽

Andrea S. Ogston ◽

Daniel J. Nowacki ◽

Nils E. Asp ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tidal River

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Simulated discharge of treated landfill leachates reveals a fueled development of antibiotic resistance in receiving tidal river

Environment International ◽

10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.049 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 114 ◽

pp. 143-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Dong Wu ◽

Ruoqi Ma ◽

Huawei Wei ◽

Kai Yang ◽

Bing Xie

Keyword(s):

Antibiotic Resistance ◽

Tidal River ◽

Landfill Leachates

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Inverse calculation of biochemical oxygen demand models based on time domain for the tidal Foshan River

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2014.177 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 15-23

Author(s):

Li Er ◽

Zeng Xiangying

Keyword(s):

Time Domain ◽

Biochemical Oxygen Demand ◽

Dispersion Coefficient ◽

Oxygen Demand ◽

Tidal River ◽

Data Sets ◽

Longitudinal Dispersion Coefficient ◽

Demand Models ◽

Flow Directions ◽

Derivatives Of

To simulate the variation of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in the tidal Foshan River, inverse calculations based on time domain are applied to the longitudinal dispersion coefficient (E(x)) and BOD decay rate (K(x)) in the BOD model for the tidal Foshan River. The derivatives of the inverse calculation have been respectively established on the basis of different flow directions in the tidal river. The results of this paper indicate that the calculated values of BOD based on the inverse calculation developed for the tidal Foshan River match the measured ones well. According to the calibration and verification of the inversely calculated BOD models, K(x) is more sensitive to the models than E(x) and different data sets of E(x) and K(x) hardly affect the precision of the models.

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Salinity tolerances and preferences of fry of two species of sympatric sticklebacks: possible mechanisms of habitat segregation

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z84-150 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 62 (6) ◽

pp. 1048-1051 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Suzanne Campeau ◽

Helga Guderley ◽

Gerard Fitzgerald

Keyword(s):

Salt Marshes ◽

Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽

Reproductive Activity ◽

Tidal River ◽

Differential Distribution ◽

Lawrence Estuary ◽

Parental Stock ◽

Salinity Preference ◽

Tolerance Field ◽

St Lawrence Estuary

During their period of reproductive activity, the sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus (trachurus) and Gasterosteus wheatlandi show differences in their use of available microhabitats in the salt marshes of the St. Lawrence estuary. Gasterosteus aculeatus is found at all stations along a tidal river, Rivière des Vases, while G. wheatlandi is absent from the sites exposed to freshwater. To determine whether the juveniles of these species have different sensitivities to low salinities which could account for their differential distribution, we examined the salinity tolerances of laboratory-reared fry. Adult G. aculeatus (form trachurus) and G. wheatlandi collected at the mouth of the Rivière des Vases were used as the parental stock. For 1-week-old fry of both species, freshwater represented a marginal environment. Following exposure to freshwater for 96 h, G. aculeatus fry showed a 22% mortality while G. wheatlandi showed a significant decrease in growth. By 5 weeks of age, both species were euryhaline. Despite a wide salinity tolerance, field-collected G. wheatlandi significantly preferred a salinity of 7–14‰ while field-collected G. aculeatus fry showed no significant salinity preference.

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