Nitrogen input from residential lawn care practices in suburban watersheds in Baltimore county, MD

Law, Neely; Band, Lawrence E.; Grove, J. Morgan

doi:10.1080/0964056042000274452

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“…Fertilization of residential and recreational lawns contributes to increased soil nitrogen concentrations and runoff levels (King and Balogh 2001;Valiela and Bowen 2002;Law et al 2004;Hope et al 2005;Toran and Grandstaff 2007). Pet waste has also been suggested to be a significant component in urban nitrogen budgets (Baker et al 2001a).…”

Section: State: Altered Biogeochemistry and Hydrologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such an expanded compilation of information and syntheses is thus strongly recommended Syntheses examining biogeochemical impacts of residential, commercial and industrial development in the Salish Sea appear to be limited, particularly in the peer-reviewed journal literature. Much of the existing research on shifts in nutrient fluxes in developed landscapes such as changes in absorption and discharge rates associated with vegetation loss and increased imperviousness have come from studies in Baltimore (e.g., Groffman et al 2002Groffman et al , 2003Groffman et al , 2004Groffman et al , 2005Law et al 2004;Pickett et al 2008) and Phoenix (e.g., Baker et al 2001a;Hope et al 2005), the two urban ecosystem sites in the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research network. Similar comprehensive investigations remain to be compiled for the Salish Sea ecosystem.…”

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“…Higher N inputs (e.g., from atmospheric pollution and lawn fertilizer) may also contribute to greater rates of NPP, C and N turnover and net N losses in urbanized ecosystems as compared to surrounding native ones (Baker et al 2001;Groffman et al 2004;Law et al 2004;Hope et al 2005). Yet, urbanized ecosystems have also been observed to retain large amounts of their N inputs (possibly in soils), upwards of 75% as observed in Baltimore, MD (Groffman et al 2004).…”

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Habitat structure: A fundamental concept and framework for urban soil ecology

Byrne

2007

Urban Ecosyst

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Habitat structure is defined as the composition and arrangement of physical matter at a location. Although habitat structure is the physical template underlying ecological patterns and processes, the concept is relatively unappreciated and underdeveloped in ecology. However, it provides a fundamental concept for urban ecology because human activities in urban ecosystems are often targeted toward management of habitat structure. In addition, the concept emphasizes the fine-scale, on-the-ground perspective needed in the study of urban soil ecology. To illustrate this, urban soil ecology research is summarized from the perspective of habitat structure effects. Among the key conclusions emerging from the literature review are: (1) habitat structure provides a unifying theme for multivariate research about urban soil ecology; (2) heterogeneous urban habitat structures influence soil ecological variables in different ways; (3) more research is needed to understand relationships among sociological variables, habitat structure patterns and urban soil ecology. To stimulate urban soil ecology research, a conceptual framework is presented to show the direct and indirect relationships among habitat structure and ecological variables. Because habitat structure serves as a physical link between sociocultural and ecological systems, it can be used as a focus for interdisciplinary and applied research (e.g., pest management) about the multiple, interactive effects of urbanization on the ecology of soils.

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“…However, urban ecosystems are less studied and relatively poorly understood compared to natural ecosystems. Urban lawns, which are usually heavily fertilized (Law et al 2004), are an important component of urban landscapes and are estimated to occupy 1.9 % of the total area of the U.S and 40-60 % of the area estimated to be under urban development (Milesi et al 2005). Management practices can strongly affect plant and soil N dynamics in urban lawns.…”

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Nitrogen budgets of urban lawns under three different management regimes in southern California

Wang

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Pataki

2013

Biogeochemistry

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We constructed nitrogen (N) budgets for the lawns of three simulated residences built to test the environmental impacts of three different residential landscape designs in southern California. The three designs included: a ''Typical'' lawn planted with cool season tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix), fertilized at the recommended rate for this species (192 kg -1 ha -1 year -1 ) and irrigated with an automatic timer; a design intended to lower N and water requirements (''Low Input'') with the warm season seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) fertilized at 123 kg -1 ha -1 year -1 and irrigated with a soil moisture-based system; and a design incorporating local best practices (''Low Impact'' lawn) that included the native sedge species Carex, fertilized at 48 kg -1 ha -1 year -1 and irrigated by a weather station-based system. Plant N uptake accounted for 33.2 ± 0.5 (tall fescue), 53.7 ± 0.7 (seashore paspalum), and 12.2 ± 1.3 % (Carex) of annual N inputs, while estimated N retention in soil was relatively large and similar in the three lawns (41-46 %). At lower N and water inputs than Typical, Low Input showed the highest annual clipping yield and N uptake, although it also had higher denitrification rates. Leaching inorganic N losses remained low even from the Typical lawn (2 %), while gaseous N losses were highly variable. The Low Input lawn was most efficient in retaining N with relatively low water and N costs, although its fertilization rates could be further reduced to lower gaseous N losses. Our results suggest that the choice of a warm-season, C 4 turf species with reduced rates of irrigation and fertilization is effective in this semi-arid region to maintain high productivity and N retention in plants and soils at low N and water inputs.

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Nitrogen input from residential lawn care practices in suburban watersheds in Baltimore county, MD

Cited by 201 publications

References 21 publications

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A Model Approach for Estimating Colony Size, Trends, and Habitat Associations of Burrow-Nesting Seabirds

Habitat structure: A fundamental concept and framework for urban soil ecology

Nitrogen budgets of urban lawns under three different management regimes in southern California

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