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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, S.O.
dc.contributor.authorLokaBharathi, P.A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-14T10:42:01Z
dc.date.available2011-01-14T10:42:01Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol.173(1-4); 2011; 117-125
dc.identifier.otherno
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3778
dc.description.abstractA study to examine the short-term effect of nitrate and organic carbon addition on denitrification activity was carried out on sediments from a mangrove ecosystem prone to anthropogenic activities (Divar, Goa, India). Laboratory microcosms were prepared using sediment sectioned at every 2-cm-depth interval from the surface to 10 cm. The incubations were subjected to varying nitrate amendments at concentrations ranging from 0, 5, 10, 20, 40 to 60 mu mol l sup(-1) (up to three times more than measured in field). Nitrous oxide production rates increased significantly (n=15; p less than 0.001) on addition of the nutrient at all depths investigated indicating that denitrification in mangrove sediments was NO sup(-) sub (3) limited. Incubations amended with organic carbon were prepared using glucose as a substrate with concentrations ranging from 0%, 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.75% to 1%. No significant increase in N2O production was observed on organic C addition. When both the substrates were in excess (1 mmol KNO sub(3) +1 mmol glucose), potential denitrification rates decreased with depth and were up to 38 times higher than the in situ denitrification activity varying from 81.26 to 304.09 mu mol N sub(2) O-N m sup(-2) h sup(-1). These results reveal that mangrove sediments could act as a sink for nitrate and microbially mediated denitrification could effectively reduce N load controlling any adverse environmental impact in the adjoining estuarine system
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D pupose and Copyright [2011] Springer.
dc.subjectDenitrification
dc.subjectMangrove
dc.subjectdenitrification activity
dc.subjectorganic carbon
dc.titleNitrate levels modulate denitrification activity in tropical mangrove sediments (Goa, India)
dc.typeJournal Article


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