Adopted

Minimum

Maximum

Parameter

values

Units

values

values

Carbon.

40

gC

40

40

Nitrogen.

7.2

gN

7.2

7.2

Phosphorus.

1

gP

1

1

Detritus dry weight.

100

gD

100

100

Chlorophyll-a.

1

gA

1

1

Slow CBOD hydrolysis rate.

3.83

/day

0

5

Slow CBOD oxidation rate.

2.48

/day

0.04

4.2

Fast CBOD oxidation rate.

3.2

/day

0.02

4.2

Organic N hydrolysis.

0.4

/day

0.02

0.4

Organic N settling velocity.

0.1

m/day

0.001

0.1

Ammonium nitrification.

9.53

/day

0

10

Nitrate de-nitrification.

1.48

/day

0

2

Sediment de-nitrification transfer coefficient.

0.94

m/day

0

1

Organic P hydrolysis.

0.7

/day

0.01

0.7

Organic P settling velocity.

0.003

m/day

0.001

0.1

Inorganic P settling velocity.

0.13

m/day

0

2

Sediment P oxygen attenuation half saturation constant.

1.88

mgO₂/L

0

2

Bottom Algae:

Max growth rate.

106.1

mgA/m2/day or /day

0

500

Respiration rate.

0.31

/day

0.05

0.5

Excretion rate.

0.43

/day

0

0.5

Death rate.

0.008

/day

0

0.5

External nitrogen half sat constant.

33.83

μgN/L

10

300

External phosphorus half sat constant.

30.12

μgP/L

1

50

Light constant.

40.76

langleys/day

1

100

Ammonia preference.

71.81

μgN/L

1

100

Subsistence quota for nitrogen.

6.06

mgN/mgA

0.0072

7.2

Subsistence quota for phosphorus.

0.3

mgP/mgA

0.001

1

Maximum uptake rate for nitrogen.

80.59

mgN/mgA/day

1

500

Maximum uptake rate for phosphorus.

490.42

mgP/mgA/day

1

500

Internal nitrogen half sat ratio.

2.06

Dimensionless

1.05

5

Internal phosphorus half sat ratio.

1.88

Dimensionless

1.05

5