简介：TheperformanceofalinearresuspensionmodeldevelopedintheBalticSeawasstudiedintheconditionsofaeutrophicLakeKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi(southernFinland).Themodelpredictssedimentresuspensionrateusingdataonvegetationcover,windandsedimentqualityasaninput.Whentheoriginalmodelcoefficientswereused,themodelresultedonaverage1.8foldoverestimationoftheresuspensionrateinKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi.Thiswasduetolowerfetchandwaterdepth,andlessconsolidatedsedimentofKirkkoj(a|¨)rvicomparedwiththeBalticSeastudysite.WhencoefficientswereadjustedforKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi,themodelpredictionswere1.1timesthemeasuredvalues.Duetothecontinuousresuspension,theeffectofthewindterminthemodelwassolowthatitcouldbeexcludedwithoutaffectingtheaccuracyofmodelpredictions.Thestudydemonstratedthatinashalloweutrophiclakeaccuratepredictionsonresuspensionratecanbemadeusingonlydataonsedimentqualityandonfactorsinhibitingresuspension(macrophytes).Themodelresidualsincreasedwithincreasingresuspensionrateandhighratesofresuspensionwereunderestimatedbythemodel.DuetothefluffysedimentinKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi,erosionofsedimentincreasesmorethanlinearwithincreasingshearstress.Thusinsuchconditions,evenbetterpredictionscouldbeachievedbyanon-linearresuspensionmodel.