Nitrogen budget and gaseous nitrogen loss in a tropical agricultural watershed
Nitrogen budget and gaseous nitrogen loss in a tropical agricultural watershed
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DOI:
10.1007/s10533-007-9164-5
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发表时间:
2008
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4
通讯作者:
N. Yoshikawa;S. Shiozawa;Ardiansyah
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作者:
N. Yoshikawa;S. Shiozawa;Ardiansyah
Although agricultural systems in tropical monsoon Asia play a central role in the global nitrogen (N) cycle, details of the N cycle in this region on a watershed scale remain unclear. This study quantified the N budget in a tropical watershed of 221 km2on Java Island, where paddy fields cover 28% of the land, by conducting field surveys. The amount of net biochemical gaseous N loss to the atmosphere (XGB), which is generally difficult to determine, was calculated as the residual of the N balance. Assuming that NH3volatilization balances deposition, and hence subtracting NH4–N from the N import with atmospheric deposition, the average total import and export of N per year was found to be 46.5 kg ha−1year−1over the watershed. Of this, 71% was imported as fertilizer (MF) and 29% with atmospheric deposition (MAD). On the export side, 42% was lost asXGB, 37% with incineration of rice residues and wood fuel (XGI), 13% with river discharge (XD) and 9% with rice surplus export (XR). A large portion ofXGB, and consequently, a small portion ofXDcould be explained by the high rate of denitrification resulting from the high temperature and humid climate, and are thought to be common features of tropical watersheds where paddy fields are found.