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Variation in Sediment Organic Carbon Stock in Bhitarkanika Wetlands, India


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1 Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021, India

Wetlands are known to sequester atmospheric CO2 in biomass and sediments, often referred to as ―blue carbon‖ of the ocean. The present research has tried to focus on depth-wise (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40 and 40-50 cm) profile of sediment organic carbon (OC) along with temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and bulk density (BD) seasonally in Bhitarkanika wetlands at five different locations for two years 2016-17 and 2017-18, respectively. Variation of sediment temperature with depth ranged from 21.32±0.76 to 34.13±0.58 °C, pH ranged from 4.8±0.28 to 6.6±±0.75, EC ranged from 0.167±0.08 to 1.814±1.89 Sm-1;, BD ranged from 740±0.06 to 125±0.17 kg m-3 and OC ranged from 0.24±0.14 to 3.57±0.80 %, respectively. Variation of OC between season, depth and stations has been proved through ANOVA analysis. The study revealed approximately 22.45±11.24 to 63.51± 37.84 t ha-1 CO2 equivalent is being absorbed by the sediment compartment in this mangrove ecosystem, confirming the potentiality of mangrove sediment as a sink of carbon dioxide.
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K. Banerjee
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021, India
G. Bal
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021, India
K. Mallik
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021, India
R. Paul
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021, India

Abstract


Wetlands are known to sequester atmospheric CO2 in biomass and sediments, often referred to as ―blue carbon‖ of the ocean. The present research has tried to focus on depth-wise (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40 and 40-50 cm) profile of sediment organic carbon (OC) along with temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and bulk density (BD) seasonally in Bhitarkanika wetlands at five different locations for two years 2016-17 and 2017-18, respectively. Variation of sediment temperature with depth ranged from 21.32±0.76 to 34.13±0.58 °C, pH ranged from 4.8±0.28 to 6.6±±0.75, EC ranged from 0.167±0.08 to 1.814±1.89 Sm-1;, BD ranged from 740±0.06 to 125±0.17 kg m-3 and OC ranged from 0.24±0.14 to 3.57±0.80 %, respectively. Variation of OC between season, depth and stations has been proved through ANOVA analysis. The study revealed approximately 22.45±11.24 to 63.51± 37.84 t ha-1 CO2 equivalent is being absorbed by the sediment compartment in this mangrove ecosystem, confirming the potentiality of mangrove sediment as a sink of carbon dioxide.