1Department of Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India
2Department of Biotechnology, MITS School of Biotechnology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, Environmental Laboratory, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India
4Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
5Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, Biju Pattnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
American Journal of Marine Science.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 1, 19-24
DOI: 10.12691/marine-2-1-3
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: B.C. Behera, R.R. Mishra, J.K. Patra, S.K. Dutta, H.N Thatoi. Physico Chemical Properties of Water Sample Collected From Mangrove Ecosystem of Mahanadi River Delta, Odisha, India.
American Journal of Marine Science. 2014; 2(1):19-24. doi: 10.12691/marine-2-1-3.
Correspondence to: H.N Thatoi, Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, Biju Pattnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Email:
hn_thatoi@rediffmail.comAbstract
In the present study, physico-chemical parameters of water samples were compared with the water quality standard of Bureau of Indian standard and the state pollution control board. Variations of different parameters investigated were as follows: Temperature (24.2-30.9°C), dissolved oxygen (2.9-10.9 mg/L), pH (6.05-8.6), electrical conductivity (5.16–17.33 mS/cm), TDS (4510–11900 mg/L), chloride content (4389-12575 mg/l), nitrate (13.03-24.01 mg/l), phosphate (0.55-2.59 mg/l), calcium (125.4-400.8 mg/l), magnesium (153.16-474.13 mg/l) and total hardness (800-2090 mg/l). The significant variations of p among different study sites with high load of calcium, chloride, nitrate and phosphate in most of the study sites indicating the pollution status of the estuarine water.
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