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dc.contributor.authorCardenas, LMen
dc.contributor.authorBol, Ren
dc.contributor.authorLewicka-Szczebak, Den
dc.contributor.authorGregory, ASen
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, GPen
dc.contributor.authorWhalley, WRen
dc.contributor.authorMisselbrook, THen
dc.contributor.authorScholefield, Den
dc.contributor.authorWell, Ren
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-22T13:45:38Z
dc.date.available2017-11-22T13:45:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-23en
dc.identifier.issn1726-4170en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10257
dc.description.abstract

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is of major importance as a greenhouse gas and precursor of ozone (O3) destruction in the stratosphere mostly produced in soils. The soil-emitted N2O is generally predominantly derived from denitrification and, to a smaller extent, nitrification, both processes controlled by environmental factors and their interactions, and are influenced by agricultural management. Soil water content expressed as water-filled pore space (WFPS) is a major controlling factor of emissions and its interaction with compaction, has not been studied at the micropore scale. A laboratory incubation was carried out at different saturation levels for a grassland soil and emissions of N2O and N2 were measured as well as the isotopocules of N2O. We found that flux variability was larger in the less saturated soils probably due to nutrient distribution heterogeneity created from soil cracks and consequently nutrient hot spots. The results agreed with denitrification as the main source of fluxes at the highest saturations, but nitrification could have occurred at the lower saturation, even though moisture was still high (71% WFSP). The isotopocules data indicated isotopic similarities in the wettest treatments vs. the two drier ones. The results agreed with previous findings where it is clear there are two N pools with different dynamics: added N producing intense denitrification vs. soil N resulting in less isotopic fractionation.

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dc.format.extent4691 - 4710en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.titleEffect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soilen
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.issue20en
plymouth.volume14en
plymouth.publication-statusPublisheden
plymouth.journalBiogeosciencesen
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/bg-14-4691-2017en
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
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dc.identifier.eissn1726-4189en
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot knownen
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.5194/bg-14-4691-2017en
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen
plymouth.funderElucidating the importance of the pools of nitrate in soils on denitrification::BBSRCen


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