Synthetic fertilizer and livestock manure differently affect δ15N in the agricultural landscape: A review

Choi, Woo‐Jung; Kwak, Jin‐Hyeob; Lim, Sang-Sun; Park, Hyun-Jin; Chang, Scott X.; Lee, Sang-Mo; Arshad, Muhammad; Yun, Seok-In; Kim, Han-Yong

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.020

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“…The δ 15 N values of synthetic N fertilizers (~0‰) are lower than that of organic N derived from the litters and microbes, due to negligible fractionation in chemical fixation of N 2 [21]. Choi et al [21] reported that various synthetic N fertilizer (mean δ 15 N: −0.3 ± 0.2‰) were significantly more 15 N-depleted than raw or composted livestock manure (mean δ 15 N: 7.8 ± 0.6‰). The synthetic N fertilizer in agroecosystem is the largest N source [47].…”

Section: Indication Of Agricultural Activity C and N Sources In Agrimentioning

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“…Synthetic N fertilizer can be fixed into SON through microbial immobilization and crop uptake, transformation and returning into soil as litter [20]. Therefore, the δ 15 N SON in cropland commonly decreases with the application of 15 N-depleted inorganic N fertilizers [21]. However, overuse of N fertilizer causes many forms of N loss, such us leaching of NO 3 − derived from nitrification, releasing of N 2 and nitrogen oxides (NO X ) after denitrification, and ammonia (NH 3 ) volatilization, and these N losses generally lead to 15 N enrichment in the remaining SON [21].…”

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“…Therefore, the δ 15 N SON in cropland commonly decreases with the application of 15 N-depleted inorganic N fertilizers [21]. However, overuse of N fertilizer causes many forms of N loss, such us leaching of NO 3 − derived from nitrification, releasing of N 2 and nitrogen oxides (NO X ) after denitrification, and ammonia (NH 3 ) volatilization, and these N losses generally lead to 15 N enrichment in the remaining SON [21]. Thus, the δ 15 N SON is generally used as a coarse indicator of the N sources and loss processes in the agroecosystem [22,23].…”

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Variations and Indications of δ13CSOC and δ15NSON in Soil Profiles in Karst Critical Zone Observatory (CZO), Southwest China

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Soil carbon and nitrogen storage and stabilization are the key to solving the problems of mitigation of global warming and maintaining of crop productivity. In this study, the contents of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil organic nitrogen (SON) and their stable isotope compositions (δ13CSOC and δ15NSON) in soil profiles were determined in two agricultural lands (including a farmland and an abandoned farmland) and four non-agricultural lands (including two shrub-grass lands and two shrub lands) in the karst critical zone observatory (CZO), Southwest China. The contents of SOC and SON were used for research on the effects of land use on SOC and SON storage, and the change of δ13CSOC and δ15NSON values in soil profiles were used to indicate SOC and SON stabilization. The results showed that agricultural activities reduced SOC and SON storage in the whole soil layers of farmland compared to non-agricultural lands, and farmland abandonment slightly increased SOC and SON storage. Crop rotation between peanut (C3) and corn (C4) affected the δ13CSOC in surface soils of agricultural lands (−21.6‰), which were intermediate between shrub lands (−22.7‰) and shrub-grass lands (−19.6‰). 15N-depleted SON in surface soils in farmland compared to those soil in other lands possibly associated with synthetic N fertilizer application. In soil layers below 30 cm depth the δ13CSOC deceased with depth, while the δ15NSON displayed irregular fluctuation. The change in δ13CSOC and δ15NSON through soil profiles in karst soils were more intensive than those in semiarid grassland soils indicating the less stabilization of SOC and SON in karst soils.

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“…The second major DIN source is allochthonous nitrogen contributions-either in organic or mineralized form-derived from other environments, especially terrestrial soil nitrogen. The movement of nitrogen from agricultural and forest soils into aquatic ecosystems (see section Anthropogenic Nutrient Loading), for instance, can result in significant upward shifts in the stable nitrogen isotopic composition of entire aquatic food webs (McClelland et al, 1997) not only due to differences in the initial δ 15 N of transported soil nutrients (Koerner et al, 1999) but also due to bacterial and physical processing acting on soil nitrogen during transportation that causes nitrogen isotope fractionation (usually leading to 15 N enrichments) (Diebel and Vander Zanden, 2009;Botrel et al, 2014;Choi et al, 2017).…”

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Complexities of Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Biogeochemistry in Ancient Freshwater Ecosystems: Implications for the Study of Past Subsistence and Environmental Change

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2019

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic ecosystems. Within the rapidly expanding field of human and animal paleodietary analyses, archaeologists routinely incorporate isotopic data from fish, birds, and aquatic mammals into their interpretations of ancient freshwater resources use; however, these studies rarely consider the complex and dynamic nature of the carbon and nitrogen cycles that give structure to nutrient regimes and their isotopic compositions in freshwater ecosystems. This review outlines two thematic areas in which this surge in stable isotope applications to the study of ancient human societies could be enhanced by incorporating concepts from limnology, ecology, and biology. First, building on studies conducted in modern ecosystems, this paper outlines key aspects of the stable isotope ecology of freshwater environments, highlighting the importance of considering physical and biological processes associated with ancient biogeochemical cycles when conducting human paleodietary reconstructions. Second, this paper discusses areas where isotopic analyses of archaeological freshwater animal remains could contribute to broader research fields including climate change and cultural eutrophication research, human impacts on long-term food web dynamics and animal behavior, and by providing novel approaches to reconstructing ancient fish management practices.

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“…In the water percolating through the soil matrix, a fraction of the DRP likely precipitated as Ca phosphates or was sorbed to amorphous and organically complexed Fe and Mn metals (Leytem and Westermann, 2003). The manure-derived DOC and NO 3 -N leached from surface soil may have been (i) utilized as nutrient or energy sources by subsoil microorganisms, resulting in increased immobilization, or (ii) lost from the system via microsite denitrification or in the subsequent reduction of deep-leached NO 3 -N (Choi et al, 2017). These processes ultimately reduced the N leaching coefficient (N leached/total N applied) for manure (158/596 = 0.3) relative to that of mineral fertilizer (430/391 = 1.1).…”

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Mineral Fertilizer and Manure Effects on Leached Inorganic Nitrogen, Nitrate Isotopic Composition, Phosphorus, and Dissolved Organic Carbon under Furrow Irrigation

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2018

J of Env Quality

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A better understanding of nutrient leaching in furrow irrigated agriculture is needed to optimize fertilizer use and avoid contamination of water supplies. In this field study (2003-2006), we measured deep percolation fluxes at 1.2-m depth and associated nutrient concentrations and mass losses from dairy manure nitrogen (N) or mineral N (urea, sodium nitrate [NaNO])-amended soils (372 kg available N ha in 4 yr) and nonamended controls and determined the δN-NO and δO-NO isotope ratios in the leached nitrate. Flow-weighted concentration means for individual irrigations varied widely, from near zero to as much as 250 mg L for NO-N, 480 μg L for dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP), 43 mg L for dissolved organic C (DOC), and 390 mg L for chloride (Cl). Relative to other treatments, mineral fertilizer increased NO-N concentrations 2.6- to 3-fold and Cl concentrations 2.6- to 3.6-fold in deep leachate, particularly when NaNO was applied in 2004 and 2006, and produced maximum mean season-long NO-N and Cl losses. Manure and control treatments produced similar leachate nutrient mass losses, and for some irrigation periods, mineral fertilizer produced 85 and 97% lesser DRP losses and two times greater Cl losses compared with manure and control treatments. Four-year cumulative losses among treatments differed only for Cl. Isotopic composition of deep-leached nitrate indicates that both transformation and biologic cycling of mineral and manure N are rapid in these soils, which, with percolation volume, influence the amounts of NO-N and DOC leached. In light of the potential negative effects associated with either fertilizer type, and because even nonamended soils produced substantial amounts of leached NO-N (69.5 kg ha yr), management must minimize percolation water losses to limit nutrient losses from these fertilized, furrow-irrigated soils.

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Synthetic fertilizer and livestock manure differently affect δ15N in the agricultural landscape: A review

Cited by 111 publications

References 112 publications

Variations and Indications of δ13CSOC and δ15NSON in Soil Profiles in Karst Critical Zone Observatory (CZO), Southwest China

Variations and Indications of δ13CSOC and δ15NSON in Soil Profiles in Karst Critical Zone Observatory (CZO), Southwest China

Complexities of Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Biogeochemistry in Ancient Freshwater Ecosystems: Implications for the Study of Past Subsistence and Environmental Change

Mineral Fertilizer and Manure Effects on Leached Inorganic Nitrogen, Nitrate Isotopic Composition, Phosphorus, and Dissolved Organic Carbon under Furrow Irrigation

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