Physico-Chemical Properties of Sediments and their Role in the Production Process of Some Wetlands in Nadia District, West Bengal

Abstract

Floodplain wetlands in Nadia district, West Bengal are very complex and unique biotopes due to several geo-morphological factors. Heavy infestation of hydrophytes aggravates the situation to its worst extent in these shallow nutritionally enriched water bodies, pushing them further to the dying situation silently. The overall nutrient status of all the six wetlands in the district is not balanced because the overall production process is being disturbed. So, a holistic and concerted management approach is the immediate need to revitalize the potentialities of such ecosystem by slowing down their process of extinction in order to conserve the rich pool of biodiversity thriving therein.