A biogeochemical study of a coastal lagoon - tests of a mechanistic model

间歇性封闭开放泻湖（ICOL），占主导地位的新南威尔士州海岸的水质和海草生物量下降，在响应开发和低冲洗率。 结合现场采样，地球化学分析和生态模拟将被用来提高我们的定量理解和预测的生态过程中的小河口。 一个新的，营养物-浮游植物-海草-浮游动物的机械模型将通过对新南威尔士州中部海岸史密斯湖的详细采样来改进。 模拟表明未来的发展，鱼类放养或管理方案将表明河口生态系统的成本效益。

The water quality and seagrass biomass of intermittently closed-open lagoons (ICOLs), which dominate the NSW coast, are declining in response to development and their low flushing rates. A combination of field sampling, biogeochemical analysis and ecological modelling will be used to improve our quantitative understanding and prediction of ecological processes in small estuaries. A novel, mechanistic model of nutrients-phytoplankton-seagrass-zooplankton will be improved with detailed sampling of Smiths Lake on the central NSW coast. Simulations indicative of future development, fish re-stocking or management options will indicate the cost-benefit on estuarine ecosystems.