Nitrogen isotope fractionation and origin of ammonia nitrogen volatilized from cattle manure in simulated storage

Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-270

  Lee, Chanhee ^a   Hristov, Alexander N ^a   Cassidy, Terri ^a   Heyler, Kyle ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cattle manure; Isotope fractionation; Urinary urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DAIRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; UREA;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA NITROGEN; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; AMMONIA-N; CATTLE MANURES; CURRENT EMISSIONS; DINITROGEN GAS; FIELD CONDITIONS; IN-FIELD; INITIAL STAGES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MANURE STORAGES; MOST LIKELY; N ISOTOPES; N LOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; VOLATILIZATION LOSS;

MANURES;

AMMONIA; CATTLE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANURE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

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EID: 84858979007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos2030256     Document Type: Article

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