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The extent of methane (CH4) emissions after fertilisation of grassland with digestate |
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| Authors: | B. Dieterich J. Finnan P. Frost S. Gilkinson C. Müller |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland 5. c/o Institut für Pflanzen?kologie, Heinrich Buff-Ring 26, 35392, Giessen, Germany 2. Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Republic of Ireland 3. AFBINI, Large Park, Hillsborough, Co. Down, Hillsborough, BT26 6DR, UK 4. Department of Plant Ecology, University of Gie?en, Heinrich Buff-Ring 26, 35392, Giessen, Germany |
| Abstract: | Methane (CH4) emissions following surface application of liquid digestate were measured on agricultural grassland. The total extent of emissions was estimated by curve fitting and integration. The temporal pattern of the CH4 efflux was well described by fitting double-phase decay curves ( $ J(T) = B times {text{EXP}}( - iT) + C times {text{EXP}}( - jT) $ ). Total emissions were found to be small in all cases (7.3–11.5?mg CH4?L?1). From a greenhouse gas perspective, this level of CH4 emissions represents only a few per cent of the global warming potential of the nitrous oxide emissions which may occur following application of the digestate. |
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