Abstract
The suspended and dissolved waste in the incoming storm water of wetlands largely depends on the adjacent land use which can influence the quality of the water body. The micro- and macro-floral population of a wetland can absorb, convert, transform and release different organic or inorganic elements, which can also change or impact the overall quality of the wetland water. The present study investigates the influence of the land use and the plant species in the waterbed on the water quality of a high-altitude, sub-tropical wetland in India. The estimation capabilities of neuro-genetic models were utilized to identify the inherent relationships between the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), chlorine (Cl) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) with the land use and wetland zoology. A thematic map of the quality parameters was also generated based on the identified relationship to observe the influence that the morphological and biological diversity in and around the study area has on the quality parameters of the wetland. According to the results, the BOD, COD and Cl were found to vary with differences in land use and the presence of different plant species, whereas the DO was found to be largely invariant with changes in these parameters. The reasons may be contributed to the impact of uncontrolled eco-tourism activities around the wetland.
Highlights
Nowadays, maintaining the water quality of freshwater wetlands has become a significant issue because, for this kind of wetland, municipal and industrial wastewater discharge constitutes a constant polluting source, whereas surface run-off is a seasonal phenomenon [1]
The present study investigates the relationship between water quality parameters and adjacent land use and the aquatic plants of the wetland with the help of neuro-genetic models
The model results showed that the submerged shrubs along with road and hills within the 500 m of the lake have a quantifiable relationship with the water quality of the lake
Summary
Nowadays, maintaining the water quality of freshwater wetlands has become a significant issue because, for this kind of wetland, municipal and industrial wastewater discharge constitutes a constant polluting source, whereas surface run-off is a seasonal phenomenon [1]. For this reason, the water environment quality issue is a subject of ongoing concerned for the development of an economy in any country [2]. The principal component analysis applied [6] 16 water-quality parameters that had been collected monthly over a 6-year period in an effort to describe the spatial dependence and inherent variations of water quality patterns in the Flor-
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