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Atmospheric N and P deposition in the Ganges Basin


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1 Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
2 Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Kashividyapith, Varanasi 221 002, India
3 Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Humanity, Science and Technology, Sitapur 261 203, India
 

The atmosphere-land-water connectivity of nutrients is not altogether accounted for in the Ganges Basin despite recent studies highlighting its importance. Together with surface inputs, rivers receive N and P through atmospheric deposition (AD), directly on water surfaces, and through lateral transport. Globally, anthropogenic- input of reactive nitrogen (Nr) has increased from ˜15 Tg in 1860 to 187 Tg by 2005 (ref. 1) and is predicted to be doubled by 2050 (ref. 2).
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J. Pandey
Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
U. Pandey
Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Kashividyapith, Varanasi 221 002, India
A. V. Singh
Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
S. Tripathi
Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
V. Mishra
Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Humanity, Science and Technology, Sitapur 261 203, India

Abstract


The atmosphere-land-water connectivity of nutrients is not altogether accounted for in the Ganges Basin despite recent studies highlighting its importance. Together with surface inputs, rivers receive N and P through atmospheric deposition (AD), directly on water surfaces, and through lateral transport. Globally, anthropogenic- input of reactive nitrogen (Nr) has increased from ˜15 Tg in 1860 to 187 Tg by 2005 (ref. 1) and is predicted to be doubled by 2050 (ref. 2).


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi6%2F974-976