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Characteristics of N 2 and N 2 O Fluxes from a Cultivated Black Soil: A Case Study through In Situ Measurement Using the 15 N Gas Flux Method

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  • Zhanlei Pan

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)

  • Rui Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Yan Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Lin Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Xunhua Zheng

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)

  • Zhisheng Yao

    (State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Hongbo He

    (Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environment Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China)

  • Xiaochen Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environment Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China)

Abstract

The magnitudes and source partitioning of soil dinitrogen (N 2 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions are not well documented, yet. To address both issues for black soil subject to a typical cool temperate climate, soil N 2 O and N 2 fluxes following the basal application event of an ammonium-based fertilizer (labeled by 15 N) for maize were simultaneously measured in situ by using the 15 N gas flux ( 15 NFG) method. During the two-month field experiment, the measured N 2 and N 2 O fluxes cumulated to 1.61 ± 0.47 and 0.12 ± 0.01 kg N ha −1 , respectively, showing N 2 O to N 2 O plus N 2 ratios ( R N 2 O ) of 0.02–0.31 (0.15 on average). Temperature was identified as a key factor regulating the total soil N 2 fluxes ( r 2 = 0.27, p < 0.01), despite the N 2 fluxes originated from nitrate denitrification related to dissolved organic carbon concentrations ( r 2 = 0.39, p < 0.01). Differently, both temperature and soil moisture jointly accounted for 85% and 74% of the variances in the N 2 O fluxes and the R N 2 O values, respectively ( p < 0.01). Moreover, the process(es) other than autotrophic nitrification and heterotrophic denitrification could be of substantial importance for the soil N 2 O emissions. Our findings emphasized the importance of temperature in regulating N 2 emissions from black soil and the possible site- and/or time specificity of a soil factors-based parametrization of R N 2 O . In addition, this study implicates that labeling a nitrogen substrate of nitrification while using the 15 N enrichment of N 2 O is necessary to more accurately quantify total soil N 2 fluxes in situ by using the 15 NFG approach even though further confirmation in future studies is still needed.

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  • Zhanlei Pan & Rui Wang & Yan Liu & Lin Wang & Xunhua Zheng & Zhisheng Yao & Hongbo He & Xiaochen Zhang, 2022. "Characteristics of N 2 and N 2 O Fluxes from a Cultivated Black Soil: A Case Study through In Situ Measurement Using the 15 N Gas Flux Method," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-23, October.
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