Simple mass balance model for aquaculture area, based on the Vollenweider equation:  dMw/dt = Min - sMw - Mout   The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs for eutrophication assessment.     Direct loading replaces input concentration   Th
Simple mass balance model for aquaculture area, based on the Vollenweider equation:

dMw/dt = Min - sMw - Mout

The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs for eutrophication assessment.

Direct loading replaces input concentration

The key uncertainty in these models is s, the loss of phosphorus to the sediment. Calculation of s, and the retention coefficient R used in the Dillon & Rigler model, was extensively analysed on the basis of existing literature, and the final equation used was from Canfield & Bachmann, 1981, for natural lakes.
Simple mass balance model for aquaculture area, based on the Vollenweider equation:  dMw/dt = Min - sMw - Mout   The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs for eutrophication assessment.     Direct loading replaces input concentration   Th
Simple mass balance model for aquaculture area, based on the Vollenweider equation:

dMw/dt = Min - sMw - Mout

The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs for eutrophication assessment.

Direct loading replaces input concentration

The key uncertainty in these models is s, the loss of phosphorus to the sediment. Calculation of s, and the retention coefficient R used in the Dillon & Rigler model, was extensively analysed on the basis of existing literature, and the final equation used was from Canfield & Bachmann, 1981, for natural lakes.
This stock and flow diagram provides a broad description of the key nutrient pathways (N and P) that exist in a dune-lake system subject to external loadings emanating from intensive agriculture.
This stock and flow diagram provides a broad description of the key nutrient pathways (N and P) that exist in a dune-lake system subject to external loadings emanating from intensive agriculture.
Simple mass balance model for fish grown in a tank (reactor):  dO2/dt = O2in - sN - O2out   The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs, for eutrophication assessment.  In this adaptation, s (sigma) is the oxygen consumption of 1 fish in g
Simple mass balance model for fish grown in a tank (reactor):

dO2/dt = O2in - sN - O2out

The model was first used in the 1960s to determine the phosphorus concentration in lakes and reservoirs, for eutrophication assessment.
In this adaptation, s (sigma) is the oxygen consumption of 1 fish in g ind-1 d-1 and N is the number of fish.

Aerator functionality was added to the model, oxygen input can be adjusted by changing the aerator power rating. This would be an extra term in the equation. The aerator model is taken from Boyd - in the real world, if DO in a pond or tank is above saturation, there would be no aeration to save mony.