『Abstract
Although nitrous oxide emission from agricultural leaching and
runoff is thought to constitute a globally important source of
this greenhouse gas, water dissolved N2O
in paddy ecosystem is poorly understood and scarcely reported
where large amounts of fertilizer nitrogen are applied. This paper
gives the results of a study assessing variability of the relationships
between N2O and NO3-
concentration in leachates from packed soil mesocosms, monolith
lysimeters, and in wells, rivers, and lakes in a region of China
where land use is dominated by rice agriculture. Mesocosm and
monolith experiments involved different application rates and
types of fertilizer. From repetitive observations for each treatment
in laboratory and field experiments and the results of the field
surveys, we found that the average N2O/NO3- ratios in groundwater varied across
space and were much lower than the current IPCC default value.
Riparian zones may be hotspots of N2O production
in the Taihu Valley and significant loss of NO3-
occurs in riparian and surface water habitats. These findings
are useful for calculating N2O emissions
from aquatic ecosystems and lowland paddy agroecosystems.
Keywords: Dissolved nitrous oxide; Greenhouse gases; Groundwater;
Nitrate leaching; Paddy field; Surface water』
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Soil mesocosms with year-round flooded-drainage irrigation
regime
2.2. Monolith lysimeter experiment with lowland rice-winter barley
annual rotations
2.3. Measurements in aquatic system of Taihu Valley: multi-site
and year-round observations of dissolved N2O
and NO3- in well, lake and river
water
2.4. Measurement of N2O dissolved in water
and analysis of NO3- and NH4+
2.5. Data analysis
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Lower EF5-g with large spatial variations in the leachates
and groundwater
3.2. Large difference in EF5-r between the surface lake and river
waters indicating hotspots of N2O production
in Taihu riparian zone
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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