Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Pages: 981-985

Journal: Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volume number: 48

Issue number: 8

ISSN: 0178-2762

eISSN: 1432-0789

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-012-0714-1

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Methane (CH4) emissions following surface application of liquid digestate were measured on agricultural grassland. The total extent of emissions was estimated by curve fitting and integration. The temporal pattern of the CH4 efflux was well described by fitting double-phase decay curves (). Total emissions were found to be small in all cases (7.3-11.5 mg CH4 L-1). From a greenhouse gas perspective, this level of CH4 emissions represents only a few per cent of the global warming potential of the nitrous oxide emissions which may occur following application of the digestate.

Harvard Citation style: Dieterich, B., Finnan, J., Frost, P., Gilkinson, S. and Müller, C. (2012) The extent of methane (CH4) emissions after fertilisation of grassland with digestate, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48(8), pp. 981-985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-012-0714-1

APA Citation style: Dieterich, B., Finnan, J., Frost, P., Gilkinson, S., & Müller, C. (2012). The extent of methane (CH4) emissions after fertilisation of grassland with digestate. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 48(8), 981-985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-012-0714-1