Nitrous oxide and dinitrogen emissions from urine-affected soil under controlled conditions |
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Authors: | R M Monaghan D Barraclough |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Soil Science, University of Reading, London Road, RG15AQ Reading, Berks, UK |
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Abstract: | A 15N labelling technique was used to measure N2O and N2 emissions from an undisturbed grassland soil treated with cow urine and held at 30 cm water tension and 20°C in a laboratory.
Large emissions of dinitrogen were detected immediately following urine application to pasture. These coincided with a rapid
and large increase in soil water-soluble carbon levels, some of this increase being attributed to solubilization of soil organic
matter by high pH and ammonia concentrations. Emissions of nitrous oxide generally increased with time in contrast to dinitrogen
fluxes which decreased as time progressed. Estimated losses of N2O and N2 over a 30 day period were between 1 to 5% and 30 to 65% of the urine N applied plus N mineralized from soil organic matter,
respectively. Most of the N2 and N2O originated from denitrification with nitrification-denitrification being of minor significance as a source of N2O. Comparisons of the 15N enrichments in the soil mineral N pools and the evolved N2O suggested that much of the N2O was produced in the 5–8 cm zone of the soil. It is concluded that established grassland soils contain large amounts of readily-oxidizable
organic carbon which may be used by soil denitrifying organisms when nitrate is non-limiting and soil redox potential is lowered
due to high rates of biological activity and high soil moisture contents. ei]{gnR}{fnMerckx} |
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Keywords: | urine nitrous oxide dinitrogen nitrification denitrification carbon 15N nitrification inhibitor |
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