Three-dimensional Water Quality and SAV Modeling of a Large Shallow Lake

This study presents the Lake Okeechobee Environment Model (LOEM), a three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic, sediment, water quality, and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) model of Lake Okeechobee, Florida. The LOEM is developed under the framework of the EFDC model (Hamrick 1992). Lake Okeechobee is the largest subtropical lake in North America (1,730 km²), it is very shallow (mean depth 2.7 m), and it includes a littoral habitat that makes up 20% of its area. The LOEM is calibrated, verified, and validated to 3 years of water quality and SAV data. The water quality results are consistent with observed data from 25 locations in the lake. The model is capable of reproducing key water quality characteristics of the lake without having to resort to extensive, site-specific parameter manipulations. The SAV model is calibrated using measured SAV data in the lake. The SAV model is capable of representing the spatial and temporal variations of SAV variations in the lake well. The LOEM is applied to study water quality and SAV processes in the lake. The model results are consistent with observed data indicating that algal growth in the lake is primarily nitrogen limited in the summer and nitrogen and light co-limited in the winter. Lower water elevation generally leads to larger SAV area. SAV can have positive impact on the lake water quality by reducing algae concentration. The calibrated, verified, and validated LOEM model serves as a useful tool to support lake management.     

太湖波动特征分析

浅水湖泊中，富营养化程度除了依赖于外源输入外，内源释放亦是举足轻重，而底泥中的内源释放主要源于风强迫作用下形成的水面波动和底层湖流产生的剪切作用．并且波浪产生的切应力远大于底层湖流产生的切应力。此外．湖岸边界处的波浪作用够侵蚀岸堤，造成泥沙堆积而由此导致航道淤积．波浪作用引起的对水体中营养盐的水平和垂直输送会造成整个湖体中不同地区的水质差异．这也是太湖蓝藻水华爆发具有季节性和区域性的原因之一。本文基于在太湖北部、中部和南部利用波浪仪所观测的数次波浪数据．分别计算了平均波、有效波和1/10大波的周期、波高和波长及其由波浪产生的切应力，并利用验证后的浅水波浪模式．对太湖中冬、夏季盛行风作用下的易悬浮区域做了计算，发现夏季东南风作用下．西北沿岸带由其水浅和风的吹程较大而易引起的底泥悬浮．而冬季受西北风影响时易悬浮区域位于太湖东南部。     

太湖长兜港固体悬浮物再悬浮的室内模拟

定量研究浅水湖泊动力扰动与沉积物再悬浮的关系,目前仍是湖泊研究中的难点之一。实验利用再悬浮发生装置,对太湖长兜港沉积物风浪扰动进行室内模拟,建立扰动强度与有效波高之间的关系,定量分析风浪对太湖水体中悬浮物的影响及固体悬浮物在水体中的垂向分布,初步得出风浪对太湖沉积物扰动深度一般在毫米级的结论。     

Experiment study of the effects of hydrodynamic disturbance on the interaction between the cyanobacterial growth and the nutrients

The eutrophication of shallow lakes is sensitive to dynamic currents(i.e., disturbances) because of their shallow depths and high contents of nutrients in bed sediments. The relation between the sediment resuspension and the algae bloom is not well understood in the field scale because the interwoven influencing factors cannot be examined individually. By combining the laboratory experiment and the field observation, this paper proposes a sediment-water-algae concept to simulate the effects of hydrodynamic disturbances on the algae growth in the Taihu Lake located in east China. The sediments are sampled from the Taihu Lake while the Microcystis aeruginosa(M. aeruginosa) algae is cultured in the laboratory and then transplanted into the experiment cylinders. The temperature and the light intensity in the experiment are adjusted to be similar with the prevalent in situ conditions. The results indicate that the M. aeruginosa populations under the disturbance condition of the rotational speed ?300 rad/min in the experiment(corresponding to the bottom velocity flow ?0.059 m/s, the shear stress 2?0.069 N/m, or the wind speed ?4 m/s in the field) are higher than those under the disturbance condition of the rotational speed is 400 rad/min(corresponding to the bottom flow velocity 0.079 m/s, the shear stress 0.124 N/m2). It is suggested that a low to moderate disturbance prompts the release of the nitrogen as well as the phosphate nutrients from the bed sediments, amplifying the eutrophication of the Taihu Lake.     

风浪对浅水湖泊水质的影响机制

以太湖重要的浅水湖湾——东太湖为例,应用经典风浪经验公式,将风速转化为浪高,以直接体现风浪强度,在分析其与污染底泥卷起、水质指标相关关系的基础上,对风浪影响湖区水质的机制进行进一步探究。结果表明:随着风速、浪高的增加,水体浑浊度增加,偏北风作用下湖区浑浊度更高;DO的质量浓度呈降低趋势,全年浓度呈现冬季偏高而夏季偏低的规律;COD的质量浓度呈增加趋势,全年浓度呈现冬季偏高而夏季偏低的规律;TN的质量浓度与风速相关关系不明显,全年浓度呈现夏季偏高而冬季偏低的规律;浑浊度与COD存在较好的相关性。确定风浪对湖区水质的影响机制,旨在为针对性地制定湖泊水质改善措施提供技术支撑。     

The role of wind-wave related processes in redistributing river-derived terrigenous sediments in Lake Turkana: A modelling study

A complete annual cycle of the dynamics of fine-grained sediment supplied by the Omo and smaller rivers is simulated for Lake Turkana, one of the world’s large lakes, with the hydrodynamic, wave and sediment transport model Delft3D. The model is forced with river liquid and solid discharge and wind data in order to simulate cohesive sediment transport and resuspension. It simulates stratification due to salinity, wave generation and dissipation, and sediment advection and resuspension by waves and currents, with multiple cohesive sediment fractions. A comparison of the simulation results with remotely-sensed imagery and with available in-situ sediment deposition rates validates the model. By devising simulation scenarios in which certain processes were switched on or off, we investigated the contribution of waves, wind-induced surface and bottom currents, salinity-induced stratification and river jet, in resuspending and transporting fine sediments in the lake basin. With only the wind or river influence, most of the sediment deposition occurs in the first 10 km off the Omo River mouth and at a depth < 10 m. When waves are switched on, increased bed shear stresses resuspend most of the fine sediments, that are then deposited further and deeper in the first 30 km, in water depths > 30 m. This study sheds new light on sediment transport in Lake Turkana and in great lakes in general, favouring the view that wind-waves can be the main agent that transports sediment away from river mouths and to deeper areas, as opposed to river-plume or gravity-driven transport.     

Observations of Sediment Transport in Lake Erie during the Winter of 2004–2005

Time series measurements of current velocity, wave action, and water transparency were made at two sites—one in 24 m of water and the other in 53 m—in Lake Erie during the fall and winter of 2004–2005. The observations at the shallow site show that bottom resuspension occurred several times during the deployment. Although local resuspension did not occur at the deeper station, several advection episodes were observed. The storms during the observation period were not unusually large, so the processes observed are probably typical of those that occur on a yearly basis. The observations agree reasonably well with previous estimates for both the bottom shear stress during storms, and for the critical shear stress needed to resuspend bottom sediment, but previous estimates of the particle settling velocity are probably too low, while previous estimates of the sediment entrainment rate are too high. The results show that bottom material in the central basin is reworked numerous times before it is finally buried. Deposition in the eastern basin is a more continuous process, but the events observed were not sufficient to match the long-term accumulation rate, so deposition at this site is probably also due in part to larger, more infrequent storms.     

Sensitivity of a sediment transport model for Lake Michigan

A two-dimensional (vertical and cross-shore) sediment transport model was applied to several transects in southern Lake Michigan using observations of waves and currents recorded during the spring of 2000. Conditions during this period included several storms that are among the largest observed in the lake. The observations were used to examine the sensitivity of the model to variations in the input parameters (waves, currents, initial bottom sediment size distribution, settling velocity, and bottom stress required for erosion). The results show that changing the physical forcing (waves and currents) or the initial bottom sediment size distribution affected the results more than varying the particle properties (settling velocity and critical shear stress) or the size classes used to describe the size distribution. This indicates that for this model specification of input parameters are of first order importance and should be specified with some confidence before adding additional complexity by including processes such as flocculation and bed consolidation.     

Resuspension of bottom sediment by an internal wave in Lake Biwa

An internal wave‐induced resuspension of bottom sediment and resultant changes in water chemistry were investigated in the sublittoral area of Lake Biwa in the late stage of the stagnant period. The thermocline was measured at between depths of 15 and 20 m at the beginning of the observation and rapidly dropped by 5 m within 3 h. The downward movement of the thermocline resulted in markedly increased turbidity at the top of the thermocline (20 m in water depth). Concentrations of dissolved methane synchronistically increased with turbidity, especially in the top of the thermocline where there was the highest turbidity. Total dissolved phosphorus and particulate phosphorus also increased in the thermocline. In contrast, the soluble reactive phosphate concentration decreased with time. An increase in the concentrations of particulate metals (aluminium, iron and titanium), which probably originated from mineral particles, was more marked in the water sample collected at 1 m above the bottom than at the peak of turbidity. The results indicated that an internal wave caused resuspension of the bottom sediment and also affected the water chemistry.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION IN TAIHU LAKE UNDER DIFFERENT HYDRODYNAMIC DISTURBANCES

Contaminants resuspension in sediments induced by wind-wave could influence the water quality in shallow lakes. Resuspension of surface sediments from the Zhushan Bay, Taihu Lake was simulated under different wind forcing by using a pneumatic annular flume in this study. Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) was used to measure flow velocity at each wind speed, and the characteristics of sediment resuspension were studied with the layered sampling technology. The experimental results show that the flow velocity increases with wind speed obviously and 6m/s is a critical wind speed which affected hydrodynamic conditions significantly. The distribution of flow velocity and water depth is different from that in ordinary open channel. With the enhanced hydrodynamic factors, the Suspended Solids Concentration (SSC) in water increases accordingly, and the incipient velocity of sediment resuspension is about 0.21 m/s. Based on the analysis of wind speed and average SSC in water column, the quantitative relationship is obtained. The SSC of the bottom layer is higher than the content of surface layer under different hydrodynamic conditions, and there are similar distributions between SSC and flow velocity in different water layers.     

河口海岸潮流速分布研究进展

总结了在水流加减速作用、水流密度和悬沙浓度造成的水流分层、地形变化、风、波浪、底沙等因素影响下国内外河口海岸潮流速分布研究现状。分析了现有潮流速分布模式及修正模式存在的问题,指出潮汐水流垂向结构的研究关键是潮流剪切应力垂线分布公式的合理性;对潮流速分布模式进行了研究展望。     

Sediment Resuspension and Currents in Lake Manitoba

The physical resuspension of bottom sediment during periods of high winds is thought to be important for nutrient recycling in large shallow lakes. In order to study resuspension, prototype instrumentation designed to collect gram quantities of suspended sediment at 38.1-cm intervals in the water column was deployed in 4.2 m of water in the shallow southern basin of Lake Manitoba for 1-month periods in 1978 and 1981. At about 2.7 m depth a sharp discontinuity was observed in the vertical distribution of total mass of suspended sediment collected. The mean current speed varied linearly with depth above the discontinuity but was more uniform near bottom. Although the water column was not thermally stratified, drogues frequently displayed a two-layer structure in the currents with a high skew in direction between layers. The particle size distributions were similarly discontinuous in the vertical, with large quantities of sand in the upper layer samples and a high silt load in the lower. The unusual particle size distribution, which was explained in terms of the origin of resuspended sediments and subsequent transport by lake currents, suggests a decoupling of lake turbulence between the two layers during high winds.     

Phosphates in Lake Chapala, Mexico

Lake Chapala, the most important lake in Mexico, has suffered from cultural eutrophication problems for many years, manifested by the growth of aquatic vegetation and an increase in primary productivity. It was found that about 70% of the total phosphorus entering Lake Chapala is orthophosphate, thus increasing the biological availability of nutrients in the lake. In addition, the hydrologic imbalance in the lake, caused by the over‐use of water resources along the Lerma–Chapala basin, has significantly increased the hydraulic residence time of the inflow waters, thus increasing the effects of the added phosphorus, and creating conditions that increase the lake’s eutrophication status. The shallow characteristics of the lake and the action of the wind forces produce rapid changes in water quality, especially in the distribution of phosphate. The focus of this paper is on the development of a historical orthophosphate balance in Lake Chapala, quantifying the main point and non‐point sources that contribute to the enhancement of this nutrient in the lake. The estimation of the amount of phosphate in the lake can be used to determine appropriate management practices to reduce the phosphate loads on the lake.     

Wave Action and Bottom Shear Stresses in Lake Erie

For Lake Erie, the amplitudes and periods of wind-driven, surface gravity waves were calculated by means of the SMB hindcasting method. Bottom orbital velocities and bottom shear stresses were then calculated using linear wave theory and Kajiura's (1968) turbulent oscillating boundary layer analysis. These calculations were made for south-west and north wind directions and a steady wind speed of 40 km hr^?1. Calculated bottom shear stresses are related to the textural properties of surficial Lake Erie sediments as determined by Thomas et al. (1976). The bottom shear stresses, especially under prevailing southwest wind conditions, control the textural characteristics of surface sediments in Lake Erie. In particular, wave-induced bottom shear stresses are probably the most important energy source for sediment entrainment.     

Sources and scales of near-bottom turbulent mixing in large meromictic Lake Iseo

Mixing dynamics in the bottom boundary layer (BBL) of lakes is of primary importance for mediating mass and heat fluxes across the upper sediment. In lakes with depth of several hundred meters, the BBL mixing is often suggested to be low; however, quantitative information from these depths is extremely rare. We assessed the mixing conditions in the BBL of Lake Iseo, a 256 m deep, meromictic Italian lake, where anoxia and accumulation of phosphorus is a major issue. High-resolution temperature and currents measurements demonstrated regular development of turbulence at 220 m depth, with dissipation rates of the turbulent kinetic energy up to 10⁻⁷ W kg⁻¹, characteristic of a shear boundary layer. Analysis of temperature and oxygen dynamics revealed a direct link between the turbulence intensification in the BBL and the passage of a 90-h period basin-scale internal wave. This slow oscillatory motion was attributed to lake-wide internal waves of second vertical mode, whose effect in the upper part of the water column was much less profound. The wave passages were able to increase hypolimnetic velocities above 1 cm s⁻¹, to produce thermal instability across the BBL and to significantly enhance turbulent mixing in the deepest waters. During periods of high velocity bursts, the chemical stratification in the BBL was effectively eroded while direct sediment resuspension was unlikely. The new results reveal the turbulent character of the bottom boundary mixing in deep lakes, highlighting the direct link to wind-driven motions and important effects on the water–sediment exchange of solutes.     

Sediment dynamics in shallow Lake Markermeer, The Netherlands: field/laboratory surveys and first results for a 3-D suspended solids model

In 2007/08, a study was undertaken on sediment dynamics in shallow Lake Markermeer, The Netherlands. Firstly, the sediment characteristics median grain size, mud content and loss on ignition showed a spatial as well as water depth related pattern indicating wind-induced sediment transport. Sediment dynamics were investigated in a sediment trap field survey at two stations. Sediment yields, virtually all coming from sediment resuspension, were significantly correlated with wind speeds. Resuspension rates for Lake Markermeer were very high, viz. ca. 1,000 g/m(2)day as an annual average, leading to high suspended solids (SS) contents, due to the large lake area and its shallowness (high 'Dynamic Ratio'). Sediment resuspension behaviour was further investigated in preliminary laboratory experiments using a 'micro-flume', applying increasing water currents onto five Lake Markermeer sediments. Resuspension showed a clear exponential behaviour. Finally, a 3-D model was set up for water quality and SS contents in Lake Markermeer; first results showed a good agreement between modelled and actual SS contents. Construction of artificial islands and dams will reduce wind fetches and may be expected to cause a substantial decrease in lake water turbidity.     

Sediment resuspension in Saginaw Bay

An integrated hydrodynamic and sediment transport model was applied to Saginaw Bay for the ice-free portions of 2009 and 2010. Observations of surface waves and suspended sediment concentration made during the spring of both years were used to constrain the model and to validate the model output. The results show that sediment resuspension in both the inner and outer bay is due almost entirely to surface wave action, and that the bulk of the resuspension events occur during the fall of each year. Although the model accurately predicted the occurrence of resuspension events, it did not always accurately simulate the amount of material resuspended. Because resuspension mixes bottom sediment into the water column and makes it and associated nutrients available to the biota, the effects of sediment resuspension need to be accounted for in any water quality model of the bay. Better specification of both the surface waves and the initial specification of the bottom sediment would probably improve the performance of the model.     

壳聚糖改性黏土作用下湖泛致黑悬浮物的沉降特性研究

为了探讨湖泛致黑物质在壳聚糖改性黏土作用下的絮凝沉降以及再悬浮的规律,利用柱状水槽再悬浮发生模拟装置,选取壳聚糖改性黏土(1 g/L硅藻土+0.2 g/L壳聚糖)作为絮凝剂,进行了风浪扰动作用下太湖湖泛的絮凝及再悬浮过程的室内模拟试验。结果表明:当模拟流速产生的切应力超过0.042 N/m~2时,低浊度组中的黏土絮体产生了明显的再悬浮现象;当流速产生的切应力超过0.109 N/m~2时,高浊度组发生再悬浮。对比太湖不同风速所产生的切应力,发现4 m/s以下的太湖风情产生的湖流切应力不会使黏土絮体发生再悬浮。研究旨在为太湖湖泛的应急处置提供参考。     

Long-term effect of tourism on the recent upward trend of phosphorus in a shallow alpine lake, Japan

The trend of total phosphorus (TP) concentrations in May-October of the tourist season was analyzed to examine the effect of more than 30 years of tourism on a shallow oligo-mesotrophic lake, Lake Oze-Numa. Annual mean TP concentrations increased rapidly at the rate of 11.6%/yr, from 7.5mg/m³ to 14.4 mg/m³ in 1982-90, and a mesotrophic condition of 23.1 mg/m³ is predicted for the year 2000. TP concentrations at the end of the tourist season were higher than at the beginning due to autumn circulation of the bottom sediment, and correlated with the current year TP loadings from tourists. TP concentrations in May were the lowest for the season, and showed good correlation with previous year concentrations. The recent upward trend of phosphorus concentration was mainly brought about by long-term tourism because 10% of the TP loading by tourists was estimated to accumulate annually in the water column. Phosphorus reduction measures should be taken urgently in such a shallow lake which now shows an accelerated rate of eutrophication.     

Redox-related release of phosphorus from sediments in large and shallow Lake Peipsi: Evidence from sediment studies and long-term monitoring data

In large and shallow lakes, the role of the redox-related release of phosphorus (P) from sediments has remained in the shadow of sediment resuspension. In the current study, we concentrated on this knowledge gap regarding factors controlling lake water quality. We combined long-term monitoring data with the studies on sediment P mobility in August 2018 by measuring redox potential, pore water concentrations of soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), dissolved iron (Fe), sediment P fractions, and by calculating diffusive P flux. Using lake water total P (TP) concentrations for 21 years (1997–2018), we quantified internal P load based on water column summer increase of TP (IL_{in situ}). Significant positive correlations were found between the diffusive P flux and the Fe-bound P concentration in the sediment for conditions of well-oxidized sediment surfaces. The analysis of long-term data showed that P mobilized in sediments is likely to be released via sediment disturbances. Sediment resuspension is favoured by decreased water level during late summer-early autumn. Additionally, the release of P from anoxic sediment surfaces is also possible, as was indicated by significant positive correlations of IL_{in situ} with the anoxic factor (a measure of extent of anoxia) and August water temperature. The potential P release from anoxic sediment surfaces contributed about 80% to IL_{in situ} in the northern basin, and about 280% in the more productive southern basin. Hence, the redox-related P release seems to sustain the high productivity of these large and shallow lake basins and is supported by sediment resuspension as a transport mechanism.