Seasonal variations in physico-chemical parametres of shalabugh wetland, kashmir

The present investigation was carried out to monitor the Physico-chemical characteristics of Shalabugh wetland. Physico-chemical parameters like water temperature, Transparency, pH, Dissolved oxygen, Free carbon dioxide, Total alkalinity, Conductivity, total Hardness, Chloride, Ammonical nitrogen, Nitrate nitrogen, Nitrite nitrogen, Total phosphorus were analyzed on monthly basis for a period of one year from January 2013 to December 2013 .Among various parameters recorded the water temperature ranged from 4.6 0c to 29 0c ,transparency from 0.22 m to 0.82 m, pH from 7.25 to 8.57, dissolved oxygen 4.0 mg/l to10.3mg/l, free carbon dioxide from 3.1mg/l to15.7mg/l, total alkalinity 119.5mg/l to 272.7 mg/l, conductivity from 300.7µs/cm to 412.5 µs/cm, total hardness from 241.7 mg/l to346mg/l, chloride from 23.5mg/l to44.7 mg/l, Ammonical nitrogen from 117µg/l to363.5µg/l, Nitrate nitrogen from 165µg/l to 500µg/l, total phosphorus from 147µg/l to341.7µg/l. The high values of physico-chemical parameters obtained during the present study indicate the eutrophic nature of the wetland.