METHANE OXIDATION IN TEMPERATE SOILS - EFFECTS OF LAND-USE AND THE CHEMICAL FORM OF NITROGEN-FERTILIZER

被引:104
作者
WILLISON, TW
WEBSTER, CP
GOULDING, KWT
POWLSON, DS
机构
[1] Department of Soil Science, Rothamsted Experimental Station., Harpenden
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10.1016/0045-6535(94)00416-R
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Results are presented from long-term experimental sites showing that land use and agricultural management practices play an important role in mediating the sink strength of aerobic soils for methane. At sites located within 1 km (2) at Rothamsted Experimental Station, U.K. the methane sink strength of soil follows the order woodland > grassland > arable. Comparison of grassland plots receiving nitrate-N fertilizer compared to ammonium-N fertilizer shows that the long-term (138 years) application of ammonium-N fertilizer caused a significant decrease in the soil sink strength for methane but that the application of nitrate-N for the same length of time did not. These results are discussed in relation to land use and microbial ecology.
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