Protecting an estuary from floods: A policy analysis of the Oosterschelde. Vol 4: Assessment of algae blooms, a potential ecological disturbance

Bigelow, J.H.; Bolten, J.G.; De Haven, J.C.

Protecting an estuary from floods: A policy analysis of the Oosterschelde. Vol 4: Assessment of algae blooms, a potential ecological disturbance

Title

Protecting an estuary from floods: A policy analysis of the Oosterschelde. Vol 4: Assessment of algae blooms, a potential ecological disturbance

Author

Bigelow, J.H.
Bolten, J.G.
De Haven, J.C.

Corporate name

Rijkswaterstaat

Project

Polano

Date

1977-04-01

Abstract

The fourth volume in a series of reports describing the methodology and results of a joint research venture between RAND and the Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat. The POLANO project was founded to help the Dutch government analyze the different alternatives (open, closed, and storm-surge barrier cases) for protecting the Oosterschelde region from North Sea floods. Volume IV describes a mathematical model that was developed to estimate the risk of algae blooms and presents the results by applying the model to the present Oosterschelde and the different alternatives. When conditions are favorable to algae, the resulting bloom may deplete the water of oxygen and poison the fish and plants or clog filters in water systems. The model uses linear programming techniques to predict the maximum algae biomass that could occur, subject to various constraints on growth, such as the availability of nutrients.

Subject

Oosterschelde
policy analysis

Classification

TPN400100

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Publisher

Rand corporation

Source

R-2121/4-Neth for Rijkswaterstaat

Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports