Contribution of Heterotrophic Nitrification to Nitrous Oxide Production in a Long-Term N-Fertilized Arable Black Soil

To understand the contribution of key microbial processes to nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission in intensively cultivated black soil, laboratory incubation were conducted at 70% water-holding capacity (WHC) and 25 °C, using different gases (air, oxygen, or argon) within the headspace of the incubation chambers to evaluate gas inhibition effects. Arable black soil was sampled from an experimental field that has received urea since October 1979. Nitrification contributed to 57% of total N₂O emission, of which as much as 67% resulted from heterotrophic nitrification. These data strongly suggest that high soil organic carbon concentrations and low pH values are more favorable to N₂O production through heterotrophic, rather than autotrophic, nitrification. Nitrous oxide produced by denitrification accounted for 28% of the total N₂O emission, and the nitrifier denitrification accounted for 15% of the N₂O emitted from the tested soil. These findings indicate that heterotrophic nitrification was the primary N₂O production process in the tested soil.     

自搅拌厌氧折流板反应器连续处理猪场废水的效果

该研究以猪场废水为处理对象,采用自搅拌厌氧折流板反应器（self-agitation anaerobic baffled reactor,SaABR）开展200 d的连续中温厌氧消化试验,考察在水力停留时间（hydraulic retention time,HRT）3、2、1和0.5 d梯度缩短的过程中,SaABR截留微生物的效果以及反应器的产气性能、稳定性和污泥比产甲烷活性（specific methanogenic activity,SMA）。同时,该研究还开展了全混式反应器（completely stirred tank reactor,CSTR）78 d的连续对比试验。试验发现,SaABR具有良好的截留微生物的作用,在HRT 3 d时SaABR第1至第4取样口污泥挥发性固体（volatile solid,VS）浓度分别为10.2、4.1、44.2和2.5 g/L,而CSTR污泥VS质量浓度仅为2.6 g/L。较高的微生物量显著提高了有机物的降解率并降低了出水的有机酸浓度。随着HRT的缩短,SaABR的降解率也呈现下降。在HRT 1 d时,SaABR的单位VS产甲烷率为0.43 L/g,即使在HRT 缩短到0.5 d时,仍然可实现稳定的发酵产气（单位VS产甲烷率为0.24 L/g）,而CSTR反应器由于微生物洗出不能在HRT 1 d时连续产气。该研究的结果显示,SaABR反应器所具有截留微生物的良好特性,为养殖粪水的处理提供参考。     

Effects of Maize-Soybean Intercropping on Nitrous Oxide Emissions from a Silt Loam Soil in the North China Plain

Maize(Zea mays L.), a staple crop in the North China Plain, contributing substantially to agricultural nitrous oxide(N_2O)emissions in this region. Many studies have focused on various agricultural management measures to reduce N_2O emissions. However, few have investigated soil N_2O emissions in intercropping systems. In the current study, we investigate whether maize-soybean intercropping treatments could reduce N_2O emission rates. Two differently configured maize-soybean intercropping treatments, 2:2 intercropping(two rows of maize and two rows of soybean, 2M2S) and 2:1 intercropping(two rows of maize and one row of soybean,2M1S), and monocultured maize(M) and soybean(S) treatments were performed using a static chamber method. The results showed no distinct yield advantage for the intercropping systems. The total N_2O production from the various treatments was 0.15 ± 0.04–113.85 ± 12.75 μg m~(-2) min~(-1). The cumulative N_2O emission from the M treatment was 16.9 ± 2.3 kg ha~(-1) over the entire growing season(three and a half months), which was significantly higher(P 0.05) than that of the 2M2S and 2M1S treatments by 36.6% and 32.2%, respectively. Two applications of nitrogen(N) fertilizer(as urea) at 240 kg N ha~(-1) each induced considerable soil N_2O fluxes. Short-term N_2O emissions(within one week after each of the two N applications) accounted for 74.4%–83.3% of the total emissions. Soil moisture, temperature, and inorganic N were significantly correlated with soil N_2O emissions(R~2= 0.246–0.365, n =192, P 0.001). Soil nitrate(NO_3~-) and moisture decreased in the intercropping treatments during the growing season. These results indicate that maize-soybean intercropping can reduce soil N_2O emissions relative to monocultured maize.     

Nitrous Oxide Production and Consumption Potential in an Agricultural and a Forest Soil

Both a laboratory incubation experiment using soils from an agricultural field and a forest and field measurements at the same locations were conducted to determine nitrous oxide (N₂O) production and consumption (reduction) potentials using the acetylene (C₂H₂) inhibition technique. Results from the laboratory experiment show that the agricultural soil had a stronger N₂O reduction potential than the forest soil, as indicated by the N₂O/N₂ ratio in denitrification products. Without C₂H₂ inhibition, N₂O could reach a maximum concentration of 51 and 296 ppmv in headspace of the agricultural and forest soil slurries, respectively. Addition of glucose decreased the maximum N₂O concentration to 22 ppmv in headspace of the agricultural soil slurries, but increased to 520 ppmv in the forest soil slurries. Addition of exogenous N₂O did not change such N₂O accumulation maxima during the incubations. The field measurements show that average N₂O emission rates were 0.56 and 0.59 kg N ha^?1 in the agricultural field and forest, respectively. When C₂H₂ was provided in the field measurements, N₂O emission rates from the agricultural field and forest increased by 38 and 51%, respectively. Nitrous oxide consumption under elevated N₂O condition (about 300 ppmv) was found in all five agricultural field measurements, but only in three of the six forest measurements under the same conditions. Field measurements agreed with the laboratory experiment that N₂O reduction activity, which plays a critical role in abating N₂O emissions from soils, largely depended on soil characteristics associated with land use.     

集约化猪场废水强化生化处理工艺试验研究

该文采用新型厌氧反应器技术和强化生物脱氮及硝化技术处理猪场废水。试验结果表明：新型厌氧反应器容积COD_Cr负荷可达8 kg/(m³·d)以上,稳定运行COD_Cr平均去除率为75％;生物脱氮及硝化采用一体式A/O反应器,缺氧段水力停留时间为1 h,好氧段水力停留时间为3 d,氨氮浓度可控制在10 mg/L以下。总出水COD_Cr平均550 mg/L,BOD₅平均53.0 mg/L,NH₃-N平均8.8 mg/L,总COD_Cr去除率87%,总BOD₅去除率96%,NH₃-N总去除率在98％以上;采用原水碳源优化分配强化生物脱氮,TN去除率为77.11%左右。总出水BOD₅/COD_Cr约0.10,出水COD_Cr中难生物降解成分占绝大多数,需经过后续物化处理才能达到广东省水污染物控制标准(DB44/26-2001)。     

Nitrous oxide emission derived from soil organic matter decomposition from tropical agricultural peat soil in central Kalimantan,Indonesia

Our previous research showed large amounts of nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission (>200?kg?N?ha^?1?year^?1) from agricultural peat soil. In this study, we investigated the factors influencing relatively large N₂O fluxes and the source of nitrogen (N) substrate for N₂O in a tropical peatland in central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Using a static chamber method, N₂O and carbon dioxide (CO₂) fluxes were measured in three conventionally cultivated croplands (conventional), an unplanted and unfertilized bare treatment (bare) in each cropland, and unfertilized grassland over a three-year period. Based on the difference in N₂O emission from two treatments, contribution of the N source for N₂O was calculated. Nitrous oxide concentrations at five depths (5–80?cm) were also measured for calculating net N₂O production in soil. Annual N fertilizer application rates in the croplands ranged from 472 to 1607?kg?N?ha^?1?year^?1. There were no significant differences in between N₂O fluxes in the two treatments at each site. Annual N₂O emission in conventional and bare treatments varied from 10.9 to 698 and 6.55 to 858?kg?N?ha^?1?year^?1, respectively. However, there was also no significant difference between annual N₂O emissions in the two treatments at each site. This suggests most of the emitted N₂O was derived from the decomposition of peat. There were significant positive correlations between N₂O and CO₂ fluxes in bare treatment in two croplands where N₂O flux was higher than at another cropland. Nitrous oxide concentration distribution in soil measured in the conventional treatment showed that N₂O was mainly produced in the surface soil down to 15?cm in the soil. The logarithmic value of the ratio of N₂O flux and nitrate concentration was positively correlated with water filled pore space (WEPS). These results suggest that large N₂O emission in agricultural tropical peatland was caused by denitrification with high decomposition of peat. In addition, N₂O was mainly produced by denitrification at high range of WFPS in surface soil.     

Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide fluxes from cornfield,grassland, pasture and forest in a watershed in Southern Hokkaido,Japan

Abstract

To develop an advanced method for estimating nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission from an agricultural watershed, we used a closed-chamber technique to measure seasonal N₂O and nitric oxide (NO) fluxes in cornfields, grassland, pastures and forests at the Shizunai Experimental Livestock Farm (467 ha) in southern Hokkaido, Japan. From 2000 to 2004, N₂O and NO fluxes ranged from –137 to 8,920 µg N m^?2 h^?1 and from –12.1 to 185 µg N m^?2 h^?1, respectively. Most N₂O/NO ratios calculated on the basis of these N₂O and NO fluxes ranged between 1 and 100, and the log-normal N₂O/NO ratio was positively correlated with the log-normal N₂O fluxes (r ² = 0.346, P < 0.01). These high N₂O fluxes, therefore, resulted from increased denitrification activity. Annual N₂O emission rates ranged from –1.0 to 81 kg N ha^?1 year^?1 (average = 6.6 kg N ha^?1). As these emission values varied greatly and included extremely high values, we divided them into two groups: normal values (i.e. values lower than the overall average) and high values (i.e. values higher than average). The normal data were significantly positively correlated with N input (r ² = 0.61, P < 0.01) and the “higher” data from ungrazed fields were significantly positively correlated with N surplus (r ² = 0.96, P < 0.05). The calculated probability that a high N₂O flux would occur was weakly and positively correlated with precipitation from May to August. This probability can be used to represent annual variation in N₂O emission rates and to reduce the uncertainty in N₂O estimation.     

Nitrous oxide production in grassland soils: assessing the contribution of nitrifier denitrification

Nitrifier denitrification is the reduction of NO₂⁻ to N₂ by nitrifiers. It leads to the production of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O) as an intermediate and possible end product. It is not known how important nitrifier denitrification is for the production of N₂O in soils. We explored N₂O production by nitrifier denitrification in relation to other N₂O producing processes such as nitrification and denitrification under different soil conditions. The influence of aeration of the soil, different N sources, and pH were tested in four experiments. To differentiate between sources of N₂O, an incubation method with inhibitors was used [Biol. Fertil. Soils 22 (1996) 331]. Sets of four incubations included controls without addition of inhibitors, incubations with addition of small concentrations of C₂H₂ (0.01-0.1 kPa), large concentrations of O₂ (100 kPa), or a combination of C₂H₂ and O₂. The results indicate that the availability of NO₂⁻ stimulated the apparent N₂O production by nitrifier denitrification. A decreasing O₂ content increased the total N₂O production, but decreased N₂O production by nitrifier denitrification. No significant effect of pH could be found. The study revealed problems concerning the use of the inhibitors C₂H₂ and O₂. Almost one-third of all incubations with inhibitors produced more N₂O than the controls. Possible reasons for the problems are discussed. The inhibitors C₂H₂ and O₂ need to be tested thoroughly for their effects on different N₂O producing processes before further application.     

用溶质运移理论评价污水土地处理系统长期运行的处理效果

美国农业部自然资源保护局所推荐的田间水管理模型(DRAINMOD)在模拟分析污水土地处理系统水力负荷时,只从水力角度出发,根据土壤的入渗、蒸发和排水情况来计算污水灌溉量,对污水的处理效果未加考虑。该文利用溶质运移理论对DRAINMOD模型所模拟的水力过程进行排水出流浓度计算。以西安地区为例的模拟结果表明：随着排水间距减小,水力负荷逐渐增大,处理效果明显变差;该方法还可以用来确定污水土地处理系统达到不同水质标准所要求的污水预处理程度。     

Contribution of nitrification and denitrification to the emission of N2O in a freeze‐thaw event in an agricultural soil

The amounts of N₂O released in freeze‐thaw events depend on site and freezing conditions and contribute considerably to the annual N₂O emissions. However, quantitative information on the N transformation rates in freeze‐thaw events is scarce. Our objectives were (1) to quantify gross nitrification in a Luvisol during a freeze‐thaw event, (2) to analyze the dynamics of the emissions of N₂O and N₂, (3) to quantify the contribution of nitrification and denitrification to the emission of N₂O, and (4) to determine whether the length of freezing and of thawing affects the C availability for the denitrification. ¹⁵NO was added to undisturbed soil columns, and the columns were subjected to 7 d of freezing and 5 d of thawing. N₂O emissions were determined in 3 h intervals, and the concentrations of ¹⁵N₂O and ¹⁵N₂ were determined at different times during thawing. During the 12 d experiment, 5.67 mg NO ‐N (kg soil)^–1 was produced, and 2.67 mg NO ‐N (kg soil)^–1 was lost. By assuming as a first approximation that production and loss occurred exclusively during thawing, the average nitrate‐production rate, denitrification rate, and immobilization rate were 1.13, 0.05, and 0.48 mg NO ‐N (kg soil)^–1 d^–1, respectively. Immediately after the beginning of the thawing, denitrification contributed by 83% to the N₂O production. The ratios of ¹⁵N₂ to ¹⁵N₂O during thawing were narrow and ranged from 1.5 to 0.6. For objective (4), homogenized soil samples were incubated under anaerobic conditions after different periods of freezing and thawing. The different periods did not affect the amounts of N₂ and N₂O produced in the incubation experiments. Further, addition of labile substrates gave either increases in the amounts of N₂O and N₂ produced or no changes which suggested that changes in nutrient availability due to freezing and thawing are only small.     

Nitrous oxide emissions in a winter wheat – summer maize double cropping system under different tillage and fertilizer management

An accurate estimation of nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission from 110 million ha of upland in China is essential for the adoption of effective mitigation strategies. In this study, the effects of different tillage practices combined with nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications on N₂O emission in soils were considered for a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) – summer maize (Zea mays L.) double cropping system. Treatments included conventional tillage plus urea in split application (CTF1), conventional tillage with urea in a single application (CTF2), no‐tillage with straw retained plus reduced urea in a split application (NTSF1) and no‐tillage with manure plus reduced urea in a split application (NTMF1). The amounts of N input in each treatment were 285 and 225 kg N/ha for wheat and maize, respectively. Both NTSF1 and NTMF1 were found to reduce chemical N fertilizer rates by 33.3% (wheat) and 20% (maize), respectively, compared to CTF1 and CTF2. N₂O emissions varied between 3.2 (NTSF1) and 9.9 (CTF2) kg N₂O‐N/ha during the wheat season and between 7.6 (NTFS1) and 14.0 (NTMF1) kg N₂O‐N/ha during the maize season. The yield‐based emission factors ranged from 21.9 (NTSF1) to 60.9 (CTF2) g N₂O‐N/kg N for wheat and 92.5 (NTSF1) to 157.4 (NTMF1) g N₂O‐N/kg N for maize. No significant effect of the treatments on crop yield was found. In addition to reducing production costs involved in land preparation, NTSF1 was shown to decrease chemical fertilizer input and mitigate N₂O emissions while sustaining crop yield.     

Nitrous oxide emissions under a four-year crop rotation system in northern Japan: impacts of reduced tillage,composted cattle manure application and increased plant residue input

In the context of their role in global warming, nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from agricultural soil under different management practices were studied in Hokkaido, northern Japan. To assess the impacts of reduced tillage, composted cattle manure-based fertilization and amendments with crop residues and green manure on N₂O emissions from soil, a field experiment was conducted under a four-year crop rotation on a well-drained Andisol. The crop rotation included potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) or sweet corn (Zea mays L.), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). The cumulative N₂O emissions for the four-year study period differed widely (0.33 to 4.90?kg?N?ha^?1), depending on the treatments imposed, being the greatest for a combination of conventional moldboard plow tillage, composted cattle manure-based fertilization and increased plant residue input, and the lowest for a combination of conventional tillage, chemical fertilizer-based fertilization and normal plant residue input treatments. The cumulative N₂O emissions under reduced tillage were all small, irrespective of fertilization and plant residue input treatments. Composted cattle manure-based fertilization (P?≤?0.01) and increased plant residue input (P?≤?0.01) significantly increased cumulative N₂O emissions. Tillage showed a significant interaction with fertilization and plant residue input, indicating that N₂O emissions were enhanced when composted cattle manure, crop residues and green manure were incorporated by conventional tillage. In the present study, the N₂O emission factors for chemical fertilizer, composted cattle manure and crop residues were 0.26?±?0.44, 0.11?±?0.16 and ?0.03?±?0.52%, respectively, all much lower than the country-specific emission factor for Japan's well-drained soils (0.62%) and the default emission factor used in the IPCC guideline (1%).     

污水灌溉与污水土地处理系统试验及模拟仿真研究

为解决大面积不加控制的污水灌溉和未经处理的污水自由排放造成的地表水体污染问题,提出了由作物生长季节污水灌溉、低温季节污水储水入渗和地下水管理3个子系统构成的污水灌溉与污水土地处理系统.对污水灌溉子系统污染物去除效果和污水储水入渗子系统冬季工作状况进行了试验研究,利用MODFLOW模型对地下水管理子系统运行效果进行了模拟,探讨了污水灌溉与污水土地处理系统的运行性能及其对地下水的影响.结果表明:在作物生长季节内,污水灌溉子系统可有效提高系统水力负荷、污染物去除效果良好、对地下水水质无显著影响;在无作物生长的冬季,污水储水入渗子系统可保持冰层下污水持续入渗,确保低温下污水土地处理系统的正常运行;通过采用适当的地下水管理调控措施,可避免高定额污水灌溉和储水入渗对地下水产生的潜在不利影响,达到地下水管理子系统控制范围内地下水水量平衡.     

生物絮凝反应器对中试循环水养殖系统中污水的处理效果

试验设计了一种生物絮凝反应器,用作中试规模循环水养殖系统(recirculating aquaculture system,RAS)的唯一水处理装置,研究其在不同水力停留时间(hydraulic retention time,HRT,12、6、4.5、3 h)条件下的运行效果。试验结果表明,反应器可耐受最小HRT为4.5 h,当HRT降低至3 h,反应器发生不可逆的洗出现象而使试验不能继续进行。反应器絮体沉降性能一般,随着HRT的减小(12、6和4.5 h HRT),絮体体积指数(SVI-30)逐渐降低,但是始终大于150 m L/g,为丝状菌膨胀,主要的丝状细菌由TM7 genera incertae sedis逐渐演变为Haliscomenobacter和Meganema菌属,相对丰度逐渐降低。12 h HRT反应器污染物去除率最高。反应器亚硝氮(NO_2~--N)、硝氮(NO_3~--N)在4.5 h HRT出水质量浓度最低,分别为(0.02±0.01)、(1.70±0.06)mg/L;氨氮(total ammonium nitrogen,TAN)、总氮(total nitrogen,TN)、悬浮颗粒物(suspended solids,SS)出水质量浓度在12 h HRT时最低,分别为(0.48±0.05)、(4.47±1.00)、(14.20±8.14)mg/L,同时未造成有机污染。4.5 h HRT对RAS养殖区污染物的控制效果最佳,TAN、NO_2~--N、NO_3~--N、SS质量浓度分别被控制在0.76、0.10、2.95、60.00 mg/L以下。反应器在不同HRT条件下均以异养细菌为主,主要通过同化作用去除TAN,好氧反硝化细菌和厌氧反硝化细菌同时是反应器的优势菌属。反应器可获得较长的稳定运行状态和良好的水处理效果,具有用作RAS核心水处理装置的可行性,该研究可为其在RAS的进一步研究和应用提供参考。     

Emissions of nitrous oxide from a constructed wetland using a groundfilter and macrophytes in waste-water purification of a dairy farm

 In less populated rural areas constructed wetlands with a groundfilter made out of the local soil mixed with peat and planted with common reed (Phragmites australis) are increasingly used to purify waste water. Particularly in the rhizosphere of the reed, nitrification and denitrification processes take place varying locally and temporally, and the question arises to what extent this type of waste-water treatment plant may contribute to the release of N₂O. In situ N₂O measurements were carried out in the two reed beds of the Friedelhausen dairy farm, Hesse, Germany, irrigated with the waste water from a cheese dairy and 70 local inhabitants (12 m³ waste water or 6 kg BOD₅ or 11 kg chemical O₂ demand (COD_Mn) day^–1). During November 1995 to March 1996, the release of N₂O was measured weekly at 1 m distances using eight open chambers and molecular-sieve traps to collect and absorb the emitted N₂O. Simultanously, the N₂O trapped in the soil, the soil temperature, as well as the concentrations of NH₄ ⁺-N, NO₃ ^–-N, NO₂ ^–-N, water-soluble C and the pH were determined at depths of 0–20, 20–40 and 40–60 cm. In the waste water from the in- and outflow the concentrations of COD_Mn, BOD₅, NH₄ ⁺-N, NO₃ ^–-N, NO₂ ^–-N, as well as the pH, were determined weekly. Highly varying amounts of N₂O were emitted at all measuring dates during the winter. Even at soil temperatures of –1.5  °C in 10 cm depth of soil or 2  °C at a depth of 50 cm, N₂O was released. The highest organic matter and N transformation rates were recorded in the upper 20 cm of soil and in the region closest to the outflow of the constructed wetland. Not until a freezing period of several weeks did the N₂O emissions drop drastically. During the period of decreasing temperatures less NO₃ ^–-N was formed in the soil, but the NH₄ ⁺-N concentrations increased. On average the constructed wetlands of Friedelhausen emitted about 15 mg N₂O-N inhabitant equivalent^–1 day^–1 during the winter period. Nitrification-denitrification processes rather than heterotrophic denitrification are assumed to be responsible for the N₂O production. Received: 28 October 1998