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Development of a pelagic biogeochemical model with enhanced computational performance by optimizing ecological complexity and spatial resolution

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  • Ertürk, Ali
  • Sakurova, Ilona
  • Zilius, Mindaugas
  • Zemlys, Petras
  • Umgiesser, Georg
  • Kaynaroglu, Burak
  • Pilkaitytė, Renata
  • Razinkovas-Baziukas, Artūras

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Introducing ESTAS-AQUABC, a new software tool designed for modelling nutrient cycles and eutrophication in highly-eutrophic estuaries. Our focus on replicating intense cyanobacteria blooms and N2-fixation sets us apart from other estuary models. We account for N2-fixation by cyanobacteria, the inorganic carbon cycle, non-conservative alkalinity, and pH calculations through CO2SYS integration. AQUABC also includes ammonia-stripping at high pH in its kinetic sub-model. ESTAS-AQUABC uses box modelling approach where the fluxes between boxes are calculated by a hydrodynamical model, in our case the SHYFEM model. This approach is robust, especially when field data for calibration is scarce, saving computational time. While our model accurately reproduced pelagic N2-fixation rates, inorganic nutrient dynamics were less precise, mainly due to the absence of bentho-pelagic exchange processes. ESTAS-AQUABC provides a useful tool to investigate nutrient retention from land to open sea, which could be important to mitigate eutrophication in estuarine systems and the adjacent coastal areas.

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  • Ertürk, Ali & Sakurova, Ilona & Zilius, Mindaugas & Zemlys, Petras & Umgiesser, Georg & Kaynaroglu, Burak & Pilkaitytė, Renata & Razinkovas-Baziukas, Artūras, 2023. "Development of a pelagic biogeochemical model with enhanced computational performance by optimizing ecological complexity and spatial resolution," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 486(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:486:y:2023:i:c:s0304380023002399
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110509
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