ABSTRACT
The processes impacting physical transport in lakes and reservoirs largely impact their quality, so an understanding of those physical transport processes is fundamental to identifying the causes of variations in the water quality and in the management of lakes and reservoirs. Transport processes in lakes and reservoirs are controlled by natural variations in inflows, outflows, and meteorological forcings (see e.g., Figure 13.1) as they are impacted by reservoir bathymetry, heat exchange, and other factors. In man-made reservoirs, the transport and mixing processes are also controlled, to a large degree, by the manner in which they are regulated by the dam(s) that formed them.
