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Assessment of the spatio-temporal distribution of soil properties in East Kolkata wetland ecosystem (A Ramsar site: 1208) |
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| Authors: | S Pal S Manna A Aich B Chattopadhyay S K Mukhopadhyay |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College, Durgapur, 713 214, West Bengal, India 3. Government College of Engineering & Leather Technology, Salt Lake, LB-III, Kolkata, 700 098, West Bengal, India 2. School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, West Bengal, India 4. Hooghly Mohsin College, Hooghly, Chinsurah, 712 101, West Bengal, India |
| Abstract: | The present investigation was made to characterize spatial and temporal variations in soil properties and to evaluate possible differences that could be dependent on the tannery effluent discharges, municipal sewage discharges, vegetation cover, soil settlement rate, crop rotation, etc. Soil total organic matter (TOM), cations like, Sodium (Na), Ammonium (NH4), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) contents in the bank soils and bottom sediments were recorded from seven different characteristic sites in East Kolkata wetland ecosystem, a Ramsar site (Ramsar site No. 1208). The profile maps were constructed by geostatistical methods to describe the spatial distribution as well as temporal variations of all the factors to identify the influences of composite wastewaters. The work was initiated to identify causes and consequences of the waste dumping in the concerned region for the past hundred years and thereby to suggest necessary precautionary measures to prevent further loss of soil quality. |
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