A lysimeter study to investigate the effect of dairy effluent and urea on cattle urine N losses, plant uptake and soil retention

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 57-78

  Silva, R G ^a   Cameron, K C ^b   Di, H J ^b   Jorgensen, E E ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy effluent; Denitrification; Nitrate leaching; Organic carbon; Pasture; Urine

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; NITRATES; SOILS;

DAIRY EFFLUENT (DE); GRAZING LAND; NITRATE LEACHING; PASTURE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; UREA;

CATTLE; NITROGEN; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRY CATTLE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ANALYSIS;

DENITRATION; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; GROUND WATER; LEACHING; SOIL; URINE; WATER POLLUTION;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 23944510423     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-2249-7     Document Type: Article

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