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Journal of Pollution Effects & Control

Journal of Pollution Effects & Control
Open Access

ISSN: 2375-4397

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Lei Yu

Lei Yu

Tanzania

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  • Research Article
    Modeling Total Ammonia Nitrogen Concentration: A Case Study in Houston Ship Channel and Upper & Lower Galveston Bay
    Author(s): Qing Li, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei YuQing Li, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei Yu

    Nitrogen is an essential nutrient to form amino acids for fauna and flora. Its compound ammonia, however, is also one of the most important contaminants in an aquatic environment for its highly toxic nature and ubiquity in the surface water. Monitoring and controlling the total ammonia nitrogen are vital for human health and sustainable economic development. This paper attempts to develop an optimal model to monitor and predict the development of total ammonia nitrogen in a water body. A case study was carried out in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay in Texas, which aquatic environment is a nursery and spawning ground for diverse types of marine life. Meanwhile, the Bay also assimilates ammonia pollutants from Texas’s municipal and industrial wastewater. The toxic threat of total ammonia nitrogen in the bay was assessed, based on observed samples and forecasted values. .. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2375-4397.1000149

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