“…The model is capable of simulating hydrodynamics, solute transport and water quality in relatively shallow estuarine and coastal waterbodies (e.g. Falconer, 1984;Lin and Falconer, 1997, Hartnett and Nash, 2004, Gao et al 2011). The model simulates ten different water quality parameters: temperature, salinity, BOD, organic, ammonia and nitrate nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton, organic phosphorus and orthophosphate.…”