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- Title
Physical processes affecting water quality in Hamilton Harbour.
- Authors
Yerubandi, Ram R.; Boegman, Leon; Bolkhari, Hadiseh; Hiriart-Baer, Veronique
- Abstract
This article presents an overview of selected physical processes and their effects on water quality in Hamilton Harbour. An understanding of circulation and mixing processes are essential to assess the fate and transport of water quality constituents in Hamilton Harbour. Water level measurements showed that in addition to harbour and lake seiches, the Helholtz mode, due to pumping action from Lake Ontario, is important in generating harbour water movements while the circulation patterns in the open waters of the harbour are influenced by prevailing winds. In general, the mean summer circulation consists of two counter-rotating gyres occupying the harbour. Hamilton Harbour physical processes are further characterized by substantial water exchanges with Lake Ontario. These exchange flows play a major role in determining the retention time of the harbour, thereby exerting a large influence on water quality, including hypolimnetic dissolved oxygen concentrations.
- Subjects
HAMILTON Harbour (Ont.); ONTARIO; WATER quality; WATER pollution; WATER levels -- Environmental aspects; WATER conservation
- Publication
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 2, p114
- ISSN
1463-4988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/14634988.2016.1165035