Residence time

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Definition of Residence time:
(1) The length of time that a substance remains in an organism or tissue, or in a particular compartment of an ecosystem.[1]
(2) The average time that a (water) particle, after entering a coastal basin from an inland source, spends in this basin before eventually leaving for the open sea.[2]
This is the common definition for Residence time, other definitions can be discussed in the article


See: Seawater intrusion and mixing in estuaries


References

  1. Lincoln R., Boxshall G. and Clark P. (1998). A Dictonary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2nd Ed), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 361pp.
  2. Dronkers J. and Zimmerman J.T.F. (1982). Some principles of mixing in tidal lagoons. Oceanologica Acta. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Coastal Lagoons 107-117.