Accumulation, transformation and transport of microplastics in estuarine fronts

T Wang, S Zhao, L Zhu, JC McWilliams… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Millions of tons of riverine plastic waste enter the ocean via estuaries annually. The plastics
accumulate, fragment, mix and interact with organisms in these dynamic systems, but such …

The future of coastal and estuarine modeling: Findings from a workshop

OB Fringer, CN Dawson, R He, DK Ralston, YJ Zhang - Ocean modelling, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the findings of a workshop convened in the United States in 2018 to
discuss methods in coastal and estuarine modeling and to propose key areas of research …

Turbulent and numerical mixing in a salt wedge estuary: Dependence on grid resolution, bottom roughness, and turbulence closure

DK Ralston, GW Cowles, WR Geyer… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Connecticut River is a tidal salt wedge estuary, where advection of sharp
salinity gradients through channel constrictions and over steeply slo** bathymetry leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Interconnection between the southern south China Sea and the Java Sea through the karimata strait

PH Kok, S Wijeratne, MF Akhir, C Pattiaratchi… - Journal of Marine …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
This study aims to investigate the interconnection between the southern South China Sea
(SSCS) and Java Sea (JS) by simulating seasonal circulations and associated transports …

The evolution of plume fronts in the Rhine region of freshwater influence

S Rijnsburger, RP Flores, JD Pietrzak… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Rhine region of freshwater influence (ROFI) is strongly stratified, rotational, relatively
shallow and has large tides, resulting in a dynamic field of fronts that are formed by multiple …

Impact of the depth-to-width ratio of periodically stratified tidal channels on the estuarine circulation

E Schulz, HM Schuttelaars, U Gräwe… - Journal of Physical …, 2015‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The dependency of the estuarine circulation on the depth-to-width ratio of a periodically,
weakly stratified tidal estuary is systematically investigated here for the first time. Currents …

Dynamics and processes influencing recruitment of the invasive mussel Xenostrobus securis and the coexisting indigenous Mytilus galloprovincialis in north-western …

A Montes, E Vázquez, LG Peteiro, C Olabarria - 2021‏ - digital.csic.es
The local extent of populations of invasive species is dependent on coupled dispersal–
recruitment dynamics and subsequent interactions with the recipient community and the …

Observations of the near‐field Yellow River plume, multiple fronts and their biogeochemical effects

Z Chen, T Wang, D Xu, W Jiang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
River plumes transport fresh water into the ocean, and exhibit intense convergent and
turbulent processes in the frontal regions, ultimately influencing coastal ecosystems …

Small-scale early aggregation of green tide macroalgae observed on the Subei Bank, Yellow Sea

S Hu, H Yang, J Zhang, C Chen, P He - Marine pollution bulletin, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Massive green algae blooms became an environmental disaster in the Yellow Sea from
2008 to 2013. Recent studies suggested that recurrences of early aggregates of macroalgae …

Numerical investigation of baroclinic channel‐Shoal interaction in partially stratified estuaries

J Zhou, MT Stacey, RC Holleman… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The internal, density‐driven channel‐shoal interaction in partially stratified estuaries is
numerically investigated. Idealized General Estuarine Transport Model (GETM) simulations …