Evaluation of the Role of Self-cleaning Capacity on Marine Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case of Ganh Rai Bay, Vietnam.

Economic activities are constantly increasing in the southern key economic region (SKER), especially in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), which leads to the influx of large amounts of wastewater from this region into Ganh Rai Bay (GRB). The problem of assessing the marine environmental carrying capacity (MECC) of coastal areas is urgent, and the role of self-cleaning must be elucidated. Four typical pollution parameters were selected: ammonium (NH), biological oxygen demand (BOD), phosphate (PO), and coliforms.

Assessing marine environmental carrying capacity in semi-enclosed coastal areas - Models and related databases.

Faced with the degradation of the marine environment, the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESEMP) first presented the concept of marine environmental carrying capacity (MECC) in 1986, which confirmed that there is a need to pay attention to physical, chemical, biological, and biochemical processes, thereby indirectly suggesting the need for a modelling approach. Although studies on MECC have been published, further research is necessary and must be complemented by a new approach. In this study, an integrated system called SECAMECC (Marine Environmental Carrying Capacity Semi Enclosed for Coastal Areas) for semi-enclosed bays is proposed.