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Nutrient Removal Vis-à-Vis Change in Partial Pressure of CO2 During Post-Monsoon Season in a Tropical Lentic and Lotic Aquatic Body: A Comparative Study

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The rate of nutrient removal and changes in pCO2 (water) were compared between a lentic aquaculture pond [East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), India] and a lotic estuarine system [Diamond Harbor (DH) in Hugli Estuary, India] during the post‐monsoon season (experiencing a similar tropical climate) by means of ex situ microcosm experiment. Though the DH waters were found to be substantial source of CO2 towards atmosphere and EKW waters to be sink for CO2 (according to the initial concentration of CO2), the eight consecutive days microcosm experiment revealed that the nutrient removal and pCO2 reduction efficiency were significantly higher in DH (ΔpCO2—90%) compared to EKW (ΔpCO2—78%). Among the five nutrients studied [dissolved nitrate‐nitrogen (NO3–N), dissolved ammonium nitrogen (NH4–N), silicate, phosphate and iron], dissolved NO3–N followed by NH4–N was the most utilized in both EKW and DH. Except silicate, the other nutrients reduced to 78–91% in EKW and 84–99% in DH samples of their initial concentrations. Chlorophyll‐a concentration steadily depleted in EKW (~ 68–26 mg m−3) during the experiment indicating intense zooplankton grazing, whereas in DH it increased rapidly (~ 3.4–23 mg m−3) with decreasing pCO2 (water). The present observations further indicated that regular flushing of EKW aquaculture ponds is required to avoid stagnation of water column which would enhance the zooplankton grazing and hamper the primary production of an otherwise sink of CO2. In DH, controlled freshwater discharge from Farakka and reduction of untreated organic waste might allow the existing phytoplankton community to enhance their photosynthetic activity.

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The authors are grateful to National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space, Govt. of India for funding the present research work. Sourav Bhattacharyya is indebted to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing the CSIR‐NET fellowship. The authors are also grateful to Sudip Manna for helping us in the preparation of a study area map.

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  1. School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, 188 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700032, India

    Sourav Bhattacharyya, Abhra Chanda, Sourav Das & Sugata Hazra

  2. Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute, 3-1-1, Nagase, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-0826, Japan

    Anirban Akhand

  3. Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India

    Suchismita Pattanaik

  4. Department of Space, National Remote Sensing Centre, Government of India, Balanagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500042, India

    S. B. Choudhury & Dibyendu Dutta

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Bhattacharyya, S., Chanda, A., Das, S. et al. Nutrient Removal Vis-à-Vis Change in Partial Pressure of CO2 During Post-Monsoon Season in a Tropical Lentic and Lotic Aquatic Body: A Comparative Study. Earth Syst Environ 2, 233–245 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-018-0045-y

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