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dc.contributor.authorBardhan, P.
dc.contributor.authorNaqvi, S.W.A.
dc.contributor.authorKarapurkar, S.G.
dc.contributor.authorShenoy, D.M.
dc.contributor.authorKurian, S.
dc.contributor.authorNaik, H.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-22T09:26:31Z
dc.date.available2017-09-22T09:26:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationBiogeosciences, vol.14(4); 2017; 767-779
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5117
dc.description.abstractIsotopic composition of nitrate (&#948;<sup>15</sup>N and &#948;<sup>18</sup>O) and particulate organic matter (POM; &#948;<sup>15</sup>N and &#948;<sup>13</sup>C) were measured in the Tillari Reservoir, located at the foothills of the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, western India. The reservoir, which is stratified during spring-summer and autumn seasons but gets vertically mixed during the southwest monsoon (SWM) and winter, is characterized by diverse redox nitrogen transformations in space and time. The &#948;<sup>15</sup>N and &#948;<sup>18</sup>O values of nitrate were low (&#948;<sup>15</sup>N = 2-10‰, &#948;<sup>18</sup>O = 5-8‰) during normoxic conditions but increased gradually (the highest at &#948;<sup>15</sup>N = 27‰, &#948;<sup>18</sup>O = 29‰) when anoxic conditions facilitated denitrification in the hypolimnion during spring-early summer. Once nitrate was fully utilized and sulfidic conditions set in, NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> became the dominant inorganic N species, with &#948;<sup>15</sup>N ranging from 1.3 to 2.6‰. Low &#948;<sup>15</sup>N (&#8764;5-‰) and &#948;<sup>13</sup>C (-37 to -32‰) of POM co-occurring with high NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> and CH<sub>4</sub> in sulfidic bottom waters were probably the consequence of microbial chemosynthesis. Assimilation of nitrate in the epilimnion was the major controlling process on the N isotopic composition of POM (&#948;<sup>15</sup>N = 2–6‰). Episodic low &#948;<sup>15</sup>N values of POM (-2 to 0‰) during early summer, coinciding with the absence of nitrate, might arise from N fixation, although further work is required to confirm the hypothesis. &#948;<sup>13</sup>C POM in the photic zone ranged between -29 and -27‰ for most parts of the year. The periods of mixing were characterized by uniform &#948;<sup>15</sup>N-NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>and &#948;<sup>18</sup>O-NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> at all depths. Higher POM (particulate organic carbon, POC, as well as particulate organic nitrogen, PON) contents and C/N values with lower &#948;<sup>13</sup>C POM during the SWM point to allochthonous inputs. Overall, this study, the first of its kind in the Indian subcontinent, provides an insight into biogeochemistry of Indian reservoirs, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes as a tool, where the monsoons play an important role in controlling vertical mixing and dynamics of carbon and nutrients
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dc.publisherEuropean Geosciences Union
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dc.subjectChemistry and biogeochemistry
dc.subjectChemistry and biogeochemistry
dc.subjectChemistry and biogeochemistry
dc.titleIsotopic composition of nitrate and particulate organic matter in a pristine dam reservoir of western India: Implications for biogeochemical processes
dc.typeJournal Article


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