Pollution Research Paper

SIMULATION MODELING ON NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATION IN A TROPICAL WETLAND

GAJENDRA KUMAR SINGH

Abstract

Simulation studies on seasonal variation of nutrient transformation among macrophytes, biota, soil and water by developing a correlation matrix were done. Results reveal that major source of nutrients in this wetland is through surface run off and river discharge and Carbon and Nitrogen fixation. Nutrient dynamic modeling on simulation curves revealed ecosystem resilience through biogeochemical cycling among soil, water and biota. The wetland is biogeochemically open as there if significant movement of nutrient across the ecosystem boundary and it acts as sink having lake permanence index 1.5m. Interrelated physical chemical and biological processes involved in nutrient transformation have been dealt in the text.