Model Archive and Results for Steady Simulations of Egg and Larval Drift in the Maumee River, Ohio

This page contains model inputs and results from 390 Fluvial Egg Drift Simulator (FluEgg) (version 4.1.1) simulations of invasive carp eggs and larvae in the Maumee River, Ohio, under steady flow conditions. FluEgg models the drift and dispersion of eggs and larvae in fluvial environments. The eggs develop, changing in size and density, and eventually hatch into larvae. The simulations end when the larvae reach the gas bladder inflation stage.
FluEgg requires the user to provide hydraulic data to drive the drift model. The hydraulic inputs for these FluEgg simulations were generated using a one-dimensional steady hydraulic model of the Maumee River (see the other child items of this data release for more information about the hydraulic model) for 10 steady flow conditions: 500 cubic feet per second (cfs), 1,000 cfs, 5,000 cfs, 10,000 cfs, 15,000 cfs, 20,000 cfs, 25,000 cfs, 35,000 cfs, 65,000 cfs, and 100,000 cfs at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgage 04192500 Maumee River near Defiance, Ohio. The upstream end of the model domain (0.0 river kilometers) is located 280 meters downstream from Independence Dam near Defiance, Ohio, and the downstream end of the model domain is the mouth of the Maumee River at Lake Erie near the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tidal gage 9063085 (95.6 river kilometers). In FluEgg, the hydraulic conditions at the downstream end of the model domain extend infinitely downstream to allow eggs and larvae to drift beyond the model domain. Therefore, any drift distances greater than 95.6 kilometers should be excluded from further analysis of these data.
FluEgg simulations were run for all combinations of the 10 steady flow conditions, six water temperatures, and three spawning locations. For 2 of the 10 flows (10,000 and 20,000 cfs), FluEgg simulations were run for a single invasive carp species (grass carp). For the remaining eight flows, simulations were run for three invasive carp species (bighead, silver, and grass carp). The six water temperatures were 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 28 degrees Celsius. The streamwise coordinates of the three spawning locations were 0.0 (280 meters downstream from Independence Dam; "loc01"), 45.0 (near Grand Rapids/Providence Dams; "loc04"), and 72.5 river kilometers downstream from the upstream end of the FluEgg model domain ("loc10"). Each simulation included 5,000 invasive carp eggs, which were assumed to have been spawned at the water surface and at the midpoint of the channel.
This page includes:
MaumeeRiver_steady_fluegg_sim_list.csv: comma-separated values (csv) file listing the simulation parameters used for 390 steady FluEgg simulations.
MaumeeRiver_steady_fluegg_inputs.zip: zipped folder containing csv files used as the hydraulic inputs for FluEgg simulations.
MaumeeRiver_centerline.KML:  KML file of the Maumee River centerline that represents the model domain.
78 zipped folders containing FluEgg results files. The folder names follow the convention maumee_LOC_FLOW_SPECIES_5000eggs.zip, where LOC refers to the spawning location (loc01, loc04, or loc10), FLOW refers to the discharge at USGS streamgage 04192500 - Maumee River near Defiance, Ohio, in cfs (500cfs, 1000cfs, 5000cfs, 10000cfs, 15000cfs, 20000cfs, 25000cfs, 35000cfs, 65000cfs, or 100000cfs),  SPECIES refers to the invasive carp species (bighead carp, grass carp, or silver carp), and 5000eggs refers to the use of 5000 invasive carp eggs in the simulations.

Tags: biota, invasive-species, lake-erie, mathematical-modeling, maumee, ohio, streamflow, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-618c348ed34ec04fc9c86382
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