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TABLE 10-7 (Continued) 



Symbol 



Process 



Equation 



^40iv RP402 



^401 



Wind Re- 

 suspension 



•>^401 ^902 Wcur^ 

 C901 



^'soi 



^501 



RP501 

 Exchange 



-^SOl ^501 



^'soo,. RP503 



'«^^50i 



Photooxidation 



^502(^503 Wlight + Cs 04) 



TABLE 10-8 Parameters of the Plankton Model 



Symbol Description 



Value 



c I Mean, specific (per mg) V„ai for photosynthesis at reference 0.06 



temperature for algal species 1 (mg C (mg C hr) ' ') 

 c.i ^10 for photosynthesis and respiration for algal species 1 2.0 



C9 Half-saturation constant for light for algal photosynthesis 1 .5 



(cal cm "^ hr " ') 

 fi.i Specific (per mg) respiration rate for algal species 0.002 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 

 Ci.'i Fraction of algal photosynthetic rate excreted to U-DOC 0.25 



(mgC(mgC)') 

 c IK Specific (per mg) dark excretion rate for algal species 0.002 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 

 c 17 Specific (per mg) death rate for algal species 0.0025 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 

 Ci\ Half-saturation constant for photosynthesis as a function of size 0.0001 



of available phosphorus pool for algal species (mg P (mg C) ') 

 C25 Amplitude of variation in the K^a. for photosynthesis, algal 0.002 



species at reference temperature 

 C26 Period of rhythm in V„a, for photosynthesis, algal species (hr) 24.0 



C27 Phase shift parameter of rhythm in K^;, for photosynthesis, —3.1416 



algal species (radians) 

 Cii Fraction of dead algae transferred to sestonic detritus 0.6 



Cm ^10 for photosynthetic half-saturation constant 3.0 



C\ot Specific (per mg) K„„, for uptake of usable DOC by bacteria 0.014 



at reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) ') 

 Cio.) Half-saturation constant for usable DOC uptake (mg C m "^) 200.0 



Cio4 5 10 for bacterial heterotrophy and respiration 2.0 



CioT Specific (per mg) bacterial death rate (mg C (mg C hr) ') 0.00412 



CioH Bacterial respiration rate as a fraction of bacterial carbon uptake 0.35 



(mgC(mgC) ') 

 Cio9 Rate of bacterial hydrolysis of sestonic detritus per mg bacteria and 4x 10 "* 



per mg sestonic detritus (mg C (mg C) ' (mg C hr) ') 

 Clio Fraction of dead bacteria transferred to sestonic detritus 0.6 



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