In this article, we describe the use of diagnostic timescales as simple tools for illuminating
how aquatic ecosystems work, with a focus on coastal systems such as estuaries, lagoons …

The age of a particle of a seawater constituent is defined to be the time elapsed since the
particle under consideration left the region, in which its age is prescribed to be zero. An …

After the impoundment of Three Gorges Reservoir, algal blooms frequently occurred in the
tributaries of the reservoir, which has posed a great challenge for the local aquatic …

The residence time measures the time spent by a water parcel or a pollutant in a given water
body and is therefore a widely used concept in environmental studies. While many previous …

Amestoy, PR, IS Duff, J. Koster, and JY. L'Excellent, 2001: A fully asynchronous multifrontal
solver using distributed dynamic scheduling. SIAM, 23, 1,. 15–41.[An early version appeared …

As an important indicator of pollutant transport and dispersion conditions in lakes, the water
exchange capacity of large shallow lakes has always been a focus in research on lake …

Assessing the coastal water export rate is important for better solving the coastal
environmental problems and developing environmental management strategies. To …

Within the framework of tidally flushed, semi-enclosed basins with negligible freshwater
inflow, and under steady periodic flow conditions, three frequently used local transport time …

Abstract The Bohai Sea is a large, semi-enclosed bay of China with a transport timescale of
more than 1 year. Residence time (RT) is an important indicator used to determine the water …

Marine biogenic materials such as corals, shells, or seaweed have long been recognized as
recorders of environmental conditions. Here, the bivalve Cerastoderma edule is used for the …