Emissions of N2O from tropical forest soils: Response to fertilization with NH4+, NO3−, and PO43−

Autor: José M. da Costa, Michael Keller, Warren A. Kaplan, S. C. Wofsy
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Journal of Geophysical Research. 93:1600
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/jd093id02p01600
Popis: Undisturbed oxisols in a central Amazon tropical forest were fertilized with ammonium, nitrate, or phosphate. Enhanced emissions of N2O were observed for all treatments within one day of fertilization, with the response NO3(-) much greater than NH4(+) much greater than PO4(3-). Approximately, 0.5 percent of applied NO3(-) was converted to N2O within two weeks after application, with less than 0.1 percent of the NH4(+) converted to N2O. These experiments reveal a potentially large source of N2O from microbial reduction of NO3(-) in the clay soils of Amazonia.
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