ISSN:
1432-0789
Keywords:
Denitrification rates
;
Carbon substrate
;
N2O production
;
Water-extractable carbon
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Geosciences
,
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Soil was amended with a variety of carbon sources, including four soluble compounds (glucose, sucrose, glycerol and mannitol) and two plant residues (straw and alfalfa).. Potential denitrification rates, measured both as N2O accumulation and NO3 − disappearance, were compared, and the predicted values of available C, measured as CO2 production and water-extractable C, were assessed. The two measures of denitrification agreed well although N2O accumulation was, found to be most sensitive. Soil treated with the four soluble C compounds resulted in the same rate of denitrification although glycerol was not as rapidly oxidized. Alfalfa-amended soil produced a significantly higher rate of denitrification than the same amount of added straw. CO2 evolution was found to be a good predictor of denitrification over the first 2 days of sampling, but neither measure of available substrate C correlated well with denitrification rate beyond 4 days, when NO3 − was depleted in most treatments. The data with alfalfa-amended soil suggested that denitrifiers used water-extractable C. materials produced by other organisms under anaerobic conditions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00257635
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