Nitrate-nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios for identification of nitrate sources and dominant nitrogen cycle processes in a tile-drained dryland agricultural field

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 731-738

  Kelley, Christopher J ^a   Keller, C Kent ^a   Evans, R D ^a   Orr, C H ^a   Smith, Jeffrey L ^a   Harlow, Benjamin A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrate fluxes; Nitrate leaching; Nitrate nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; DRYLAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITRATE SOURCES; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN CYCLING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SOIL NITROGEN; WATER DISCHARGES; WEIGHTED MEAN;

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DRYLAND FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 84870981415     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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