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Title: Method for estimating materials fluxes from coastal wetlands into the Great Lakes, with an example from lake Erie. Technical bulletin

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6334467

A method is presented in detail for the quantitative estimation of the flux of water and dissolved or suspended materials through coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes where the juncture of the wetland and lake is constricted by a narrow opening. Application of the method requires frequent (e.g., hourly or daily) data on atmospheric deposition, precipitation, evaporation, upstream discharges from tributaries, wetland water level changes, and water chemistry data at upstream and downstream locations, as well as a detailed knowledge of wetland depth-area and depth-volume relationships. Data collected during October 1989 are used to demonstrate the method.

Research Organization:
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Sea Grant Program
OSTI ID:
6334467
Report Number(s):
PB-93-189876/XAB; OHSU-TB-025-93; CNN: NA89AA-D-SG132
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English