Abstract Uchalli Lake (Ramsar site), with a surface area of 14.3 km2, is the largest lake Uchhali Wetlands Complex. Heavy inorganic pollution (metals and nutrients) load in had been reported by other researchers, but sources its effects on surrounding groundwater have never investigated. In present study, stable isotopes δ18O δ2H were applied to find out recharge groundwater. Additionally, δ15N...

There is a major concern on current restoration and management programmes being applied over Doñana Ramsar Site. Historical inundation regime has been largely changed according to human transformations. On site measurements along short and recent periods have provided scant local information on inundation variability. Historical inundation patterns on a spatial basis are necessary to understand...

Skadar Lake is the largest shallow lake in southeastern Europe. It is located within a national park, and is included in the Ramsar List of international important wetlands, so its preservation and protection from pollution is very important. The aim of this study was to investigate bioaccumulation of the ecotoxic metals Cd, Pb and Cr from sediments of Skadar Lake in the aquatic macrophyte Trap...

OBJECTIVES The present study analyzes metal contamination in sediment of the East Kolkata Wetlands, a Ramsar site, which is receiving a huge amount of domestic and industrial wastewater from surrounding areas. The subsequent uptake and accumulation of metals in different macrophytes are also examined in regard to their phytoremediation potential. METHODS Metals like cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu),...

The traditional practice of utilizing wastewater into fish pond is a unique example of sustainable socio-economic development pertaining to resource recovery in the Eastern Kolkata wetlands, a Ramsar site in India. This paper revealed the stress of urban pollution and poor land use planning on the world’s largest natural wetland. This is the first time to critically evaluate dynamics of oxygen ...

Peng Gong ended up creating the only comprehensive wetlands map the country has. When Gong compared that map, described in an article published in Chinese last month, to another as-yet unpublished one, he found that nearly 30% of China’s natural wetlands vanished between 1990 and 2000. The Chinese government plans to create its own, even more comprehensive, maps as it pumps money into wetlands ...

The increasing population in the developing countries has rendered wetlands vulnerable to land use changes. Remote sensing offers a rapid and efficient means of data acquisition of ecosystems in time and space. The present study was undertaken to identify changes in the Harike wetland, a Ramsar site in the state of Punjab, India; and identify causal factors, as well as vulnerable areas threaten...