Place COmplexity And STressors in Estuarine Systems (COASTES)
Model
Name
Watershed
Model
River Water
Quality
Integrative
Ecological Models
Individual-Based
Fish Models
Model Type "D,Sp,Sim,E,GIS" "D,Sp,Sim" "Sim" "DS"
Spatial Extent Pax Watershed Pax River Pax Estuary Pax Estuary
Area (km2) w/water 2400      
Spatial
Resolution
# cells/ segmts 200      
cell size (km2) var      
volume (km3)        
cells in Pax        
Temporal
Resolution
Extent        
Time step 1 day      
#Vars/cell        
Calibration #Data sites        
Model
Components

(•=
calculated
in model)
Surface Water      
Ground Water      
Stream Flow      
Sed.(in runoff)      
Nutrients  
Trace Elements      
Wat.Qual.,e.g.BOD      
SAV        
Benthos        
Plankton  

Chl-a

   
Fish    
Terrest.Producers        
Other
Variables
   

"prodn, species
comp, C cycling"

"bioenergetics,
predatn, recruitment"

UMD COASTES MDE MOP SERC CBP/W CBP/E CBP/A