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Nitrogen dynamics in the sediments of a wetland coastal ecosystem of southern India
Authors:L. Mathews   N. Chandramohanakumar  R. Geetha
Affiliation: a Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
Abstract:The study area, Kuttanad Waters is a part of the Cochin estuarine system on the west coast of India. Kuttanad is well known for its agricultural activity and so the major contribution to the inorganic ions of nitrogen will be from fertilisers applied in agriculture. Based on observed salinity the stations have been divided into three zones. The fresh water zones had higher quantities of silt and clay whereas the estuarine zone was more sandy. The chemical speciation scheme applied here distinguishes three forms of ammoniacal nitrogen species: exchangeable, fixed, and organic ammoniacal nitrogen. No significant trends were observed in the seasonal distribution of total, exchangeable, fixed and organic nitrogen. A significant concentration of exchangeable ammonia was observed in the sediment due to their predominantly reducing environment, which restricts nitrification. High NH4-N concentrations in the pore waters, along with the sedimentary composition leads to a significantly high quantity of fixed NH4-N. The low values for N org is due to high mineralisation or deamination of organic nitrogen
Keywords:Sediment  Nitrogen  Chemical speciation  Seasonal variations  Monsoon
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