NDLI: Study of hydro-chemical characteristics of Lake Nainital in response of human interventions, and impact of twentieth century climate change

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Author	Singh, Dharmaveer Rai, Shive Prakash Kumar, Bhishm Jain, Sanjay K. Kumar, Sudhir
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	In the recent past, lake water is greatly deteriorated due to the global climate change and anthropogenic activities because they affect both quantity and quality of the available water. Lakes in mountainous regions are generally small, and therefore more sensitive to natural/human-induced perturbations. In this study, the effect of twentieth century global climate change and human interventions was analysed for Lake Nainital, located in a densely populated valley of Kumaun Himalaya. For this purpose, gridded (0.5$^{0}$ × 0.5$^{0}$ and 0.25$^{0}$ × 0.25$^{0}$) climatic (T $_{Mean}$, T $_{Max}$, T $_{Min}$, DTR and rainfall) data of period 1901–2000 available on monthly time steps were employed for detecting an annual and seasonal pattern of change in the climatic variables in the lake region. The samples of water collected between February 1994 and July 1996 for different months from the lake were used for determining the physical and chemical characteristics of the lake water. The samples were analysed for: field parameters (temperature, pH, EC), major ions (Ca$^{2+}$, Mg$^{2+}$, Na$^{+}$, K$^{+}$, HCO$_{3}$ $^{−}$, SO$_{4}$ $^{2−}$ and Cl$^{−}$), and nutrients (NO$_{3}$ $^{−}$ and PO$_{4}$ $^{−}$). Results derived from the chemical analysis of water reveal that anthropogenic activities, increased in recent past, have accelerated the deterioration and eutrophication processes of the lake. However, decrease in mean annual and monsoonal rainfall will affect the various components of water balance and may cause reduction in the lake volume in the future.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	15
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	75
Issue Number	20
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-10-21
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Climate change Anthropogenic activities Lake Ions Nutrients Geology Hydrology/Water Resources Geochemistry Environmental Science and Engineering Terrestrial Pollution Biogeosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

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