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TABLE 4.25
CBOD Decay Rate Constants (day − 1 )

Avg. Location Reference As Cited in Explanation

0.2 San Francisco Bay Estuary Chen, 1970 Bowie

et al. 93

0.31 Delaware River Estuary Hydroscience,

1972

Bowie
et al. 93

0.31 Wappinger Creek Estuary Hydroscience,

1972

Bowie
et al. 93

0.1 New York Bight O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Given as organic carbon

mineralization rate

0.2 James River O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Given as organic carbon

mineralization rate

0.2 Patuxent River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Given as organic carbon

mineralization rate

0.2 Patuxent River Estuary Lung, 1992 Lung 80 At 20°C

0.2 Venice Lagoon Melaku Canu et al.,

2001

Melaku
Canu
et al. 88

0.01 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole,

1994

Cerco and
Cole 91

Given as DOC
mineralization rate

0.007 Maryland coastal waters Lung and Hwang,

1994

Lung and
Hwang 81

At 20°C

Rate constants for carbonaceous BOD decay, related temperature correction
factors, half-saturation concentrations for dissolved oxygen, and transformation rate
constant of POC to DOC obtained from various coastal waters are given in
Tables 4.25 - 4.28, respectively.

TABLE 4.26
CBOD Decay Temperature Correction Factor ( θ )

Value Location Reference As Cited in Explanation

1.047 Chen, 1970 Bowie et al. 93

1.047 Genet et al., 1974 Bowie et al. 93

1.047 Thomann and

Fitzpatrick, 1982

Bowie et al. 93

1.045 O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Given as organic carbon

mineralization rate
temperature correction

1.047 Venice Lagoon Melaku Canu,

et al., 2001

Melaku Canu
et al. 88

1.05 Maryland

coastal waters

Lung and Hwang,
1994

Lung and Hwang 81