Journal article

Publication year: 1998

Pages: 51-55

Journal: Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volume number: 28

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0178-2762

eISSN: 1432-0789

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050462

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions via the nitrification (I-nit) and denitrification (I-den) pathways were successfully measured with in-field incubation of soil cores in preserving jars at 0 Pa and 5-10 Pa acetylene. From the incubations, fractions of nitrification - N2O over total N2O (I-nit/I-tot)- and denitrification - N2O over total N2O (I-den/I-tot) - were obtained. Actual field emissions of N2O via nitrification (F-nit) and denitrification (F-den) were calculated by multiplying the fractions from the incubation technique with the daily N2O emission (F-day) determined with a direct soil cover method. The approach presented here was successful for a whole range of soil moisture conditions in intensive grassland. F-nit and F-den followed the trends of soil ammonium and soil nitrate.

Harvard Citation style: Müller, C., Sherlock, R. and Williams, P. (1998) Field method to determine N2O emission from nitrification and denitrification, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 28(1), pp. 51-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050462

APA Citation style: Müller, C., Sherlock, R., & Williams, P. (1998). Field method to determine N2O emission from nitrification and denitrification. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 28(1), 51-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050462