Prediction of Nutrient Fixation Effect of an Artificial Lagoon in Kobe Airport Island

Author

Otsuka, K. ; Nakatani, N. ; Sawada, T.

Author_Institution

Osaka Prefecture Univ., Osaka

fYear

2007

fDate

16-19 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this paper, nutrient fixation effects of an artificial lagoon in Kobe airport island (reclamation island) in Osaka Bay are predicted using an ecosystem model. The ecosystem model consists of pelagic, benthic, sessile and sedimentary ecosystem sub-models. The predicted results suggest that the nutrient fixation effect is significantly affected by the activity of primary production of benthic algae and seaweed. The suspension feeding of bivalves is not so large for total nutrient fixation, but has an important function to enhance the activity of primary production by improvement of transparency.

Keywords

ecology; environmental factors; oceanography; Kobe airport island; Osaka bay; artificial lagoon; benthic algae; benthic ecosystem submodel; benthic seaweed; ecosystem model; nutrient fixation effect; pelagic ecosystem submodel; primary production activity; reclamation island; sedimentary ecosystem submodel; sessile ecosystem submodel; Airports; Algae; Ecosystems; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Industrial pollution; Marine pollution; Predictive models; Production; Purification; Sediments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0138-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0138-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393908

Filename

4393908