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Aquaculture practices are steadily increasing to meet the fish demand, especially in tropical countries like India. However, efforts to characterize the contribution of these aquaculture ponds towards greenhouse gas emission like CH4 are still very few. CH4 concentration in water [pCH4(water)] and air–water CH4 fluxes were estimated (during the summer months) in two sewage-fed ponds having different depths situated in the East Kolkata Wetlands, India (a Ramsar site). pCH4(water) in both of these ponds showed significant positive correlation with water temperature (R2 = 0.68 and 0.71, p < 0.05). Daily mean chlorophyll-a, turbidity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and gross primary productivity (GPP) also showed positive correlation with pCH4(water). This indicated that higher primary production and presence of turbid materials acted as substrates for methanogenesis, which favoured air–water CH4 effluxes towards atmosphere. Mean air–water CH4 fluxes in the ponds having depth of 1.1 m and 0.6 m were observed to be 24.79 ± 12.02 mg m−2 h−1 and 6.05 ± 3.14 mg m−2 h−1 respectively. Higher depth facilitated net heterotrophic conditions, which led to lower dissolved oxygen levels, which, in turn, led to lower rate of CH4 oxidation. Moreover, under reduced photosynthetically active radiation (in the pond having greater depth), the pH values were comparatively lower (~7.7), which further facilitated a favourable condition for the methanogens to grow. On the whole, it was inferred that apart from pre-established physicochemical factors, depth was also found to play a decisive role in regulating the air–water CH4 fluxes from these aquaculture ponds. In future, continuous sampling should be carried out (by chamber method) to take into account the ebullition CH4 fluxes, and more number of ponds should be sampled throughout a complete annual cycle to have a more holistic understanding about this cluster of sewage-fed aquaculture ponds.
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The first author is grateful to University Grants Commission (UGC), India, for funding the UGC National Fellowship. The authors also take this opportunity to thank the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority, Govt. of West Bengal, and the local fishermen for their help and support during the sampling.
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Shaher, S., Chanda, A., Das, S. et al. Summer methane emissions from sewage water–fed tropical shallow aquaculture ponds characterized by different water depths. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 18182–18195 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08296-0
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