Data Sources for Parameter Values

One of the more challenging aspects of calibrating and applying AQUATOX to new waterbodies is finding appropriate values for the many biotic and chemical parameters contained in the model. The following are some of the data sources we have commonly used in the development of AQUATOX.

Collins, Carol Desormeau, and Joseph H. Wlosinski. 1983. Coefficients for Use in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reservoir Model, CE-QUAL-R1. Vicksburg, Miss.: Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station.

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• Part 1: Introduction and Phytoplankton parameters (PDF) (48 pp, 1.46MB)
• Part 2: Animal parameters (PDF) (44 pp, 1.29MB)
• Part 3: References (PDF) (33 pp, 1.01MB)

Leidy, G.R., and R.M. Jenkins. 1977. The Development of Fishery Compartments and Population Rate Coefficients for Use in Reservoir Ecosystem Modeling. Contract Rept. CR-Y-77-1, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg Mississippi, 134 pp.

• Introductory material (PDF) (11 pp, 99MB)
• Parts 1- 3 (PDF) (63 pp, 1.12MB)
• Appendix A- F (PDF) (63 pp, 6.20MB)
• Appendix G-M (PDF) (37 pp, 2.35MB)
• Appendix N (PDF) (17 pp, 227KB)
• Appendix O – end (PDF) (45 pp, 502KB)

Leidy, G. R., and G. R. Ploskey. 1980. Simulation Modeling of Zooplankton and Benthos in Reservoirs: Documentation and Development of Model Constructs. Technical Report E-80-4 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss.

• Introductory material, Parts 1-2 (PDF) (28 pp, 5.13MB)
• Part 3 (PDF) (79 pp, 20.3MB)
• Part 4 (PDF) (22 pp, 3.41MB)
• Part 5 (PDF) (34 pp, 5.09MB)
• Part 6 (PDF) (22 pp, 3.22MB)
• Appendix A – C (PDF) (44 pp, 6.72MB)
• Appendix D – E (PDF) (43 pp, 3.69MB)
• References (PDF) (38 pp, 6.79MB)

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