Depth distribution of simulated urine in a range of soils soon after deposition
Depth distribution of simulated urine in a range of soils soon after deposition
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沉积后不久模拟尿液在一系列土壤中的深度分布
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1999
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B. Addison
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R. Monaghan;P. Carey;A. Metherell;P. Singleton;J. Drewry;B. Addison
Abstract The distribution of a solution simulating cow urine in soil was measured within 6 hours of deposition, by applying 2 litres of KBr‐pyranine dye solution to the soil surface at a rate of 0.2 litres s−1, followed by excavation and sub‐sampling of the area affected by urine in 10‐cm depth increments until no further pyranine dye could be detected under UV fluorescence. Preferential flow of simulated cow urine to below 20 cm soil depth occurred in 9 of the 10 soils examined. Up to 68% of applied solution moved below 20 cm, at an average of 17% over all soils examined. Two soils exhibited a high degree of preferential flow and excluding these from the data reduced the average loss to 11%. Although this preferential flow was significant, much of the urine nutrients moving via preferential flow would still be available for uptake by plant roots at depth, and therefore cannot be considered a loss to pasture. The movement of urine to below 20 or 30 cm soil depth was best predicted by saturated hydraulic c...