The Exchange of Ammonia Between the Atmosphere and Plant Communities

Sutton, Mark A.; Pitcairn, C. E. R.; Fowler, D.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60045-8

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“…Together with a sonic anemometer for the measurement of the necessary meteorological parameters, 6 min average ammonia #uxes can be determined. Several studies have been made using the AMANDA gradient system (e.g., Erisman and Wyers, 1993;Sutton et al, 1993;Plantaz, 1998;Wyers and Erisman, 1998).…”

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Instrument development and application in studies and monitoring of ambient ammonia

Erisman

2001

Atmospheric Environment

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During recent years, it has become clear that ammonia is an important gas in relation to di!erent environmental issues, such as acidi"cation, eutrophication, human health and climate change (through particle formation). Therefore, there is a growing need to develop and apply instrumentation suitable for research into emission, dispersion, conversion and deposition of ammonia and ammonium. Recently, several instruments were developed suitable for measuring concentrations in ambient conditions even at very low levels, such as ammonia sensors suitable for monitoring and research, deposition measuring systems and aerosol samplers for on-line measurement of aerosol composition. These instruments have been tested and applied in a number of "eld studies. These studies include dry deposition measurements, ammonium nitrate studies in relation to the (in)direct aerosol e!ect, emission studies and policy evaluation with concentration and deposition monitoring data. The policy evaluation study showed that the measures to reduce ammonia emissions were not as successful as projected beforehand by statistical studies.

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Instrument development and application in studies and monitoring of ambient ammonia

Erisman

2001

Atmospheric Environment

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“…Bacteria in the faeces produce a urease enzyme, which converts the urea in the urine into ammonia. Atmospheric ammonia contributes to the acidification and eutrophication of soil and surface waters (Sutton et al, 1993;van der Eerden et al, 1998). Ammonia emissions in Europe originate mainly from agriculture, in particular from livestock farming.…”

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The influence of diet crude protein level on odour and ammonia emissions from finishing pig houses

Hayes

Leek

Curran

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Bioresource Technology

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Publication information Bioresource Technology, 91 (3): 309-315Publisher Elsevier Item record/more information http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4333 Publisher's statementThis is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Bioresource Technology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Bioresource Technology ( and 8.27 g day -1 animal -1 respectively (P 0.001). There was no significant difference in the average daily intake and the average daily gain for the four diets (P>0.05).Manipulation of dietary crude protein levels would appear to offer a low cost alternative, in relation to end of pipe treatments, for the abatement of odour and ammonia emissions from finishing pig houses.

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“…Dissolved NH 3 in the apoplast intercellular fluid is in equilibrium with the gas phase, characterised by the ratio = NH + 4 /H + in solution (Massad et al, 2010b, a;Flechard et al, 2013). The equilibrium air concentration where no net exchange happens is the compensation point (Farquhar et al, 1983;Sutton et al, 1993). The aqueous-to-gas-phase equilibrium depends on the dissociation and Henry's law constants (Ge et al, 2011b).…”

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Ideas and perspectives: on the emission of amines from terrestrial vegetation in the context of new atmospheric particle formation

Sintermann

Neftel

2015

Biogeosciences

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Abstract. In this article we summarise recent science which shows how airborne amines, specifically methylamines (MAs), play a key role in new atmospheric particle formation (NPF) by stabilising small molecule clusters. Agricultural emissions are assumed to constitute the most important MA source, but given the short atmospheric residence time of MAs, they can hardly have a direct impact on NPF events observed in remote regions. This leads us to the presentation of existing knowledge focussing on natural vegetationrelated MA sources. High MA contents as well as emissions by plants was already described in the 19th century. Strong MA emissions predominantly occur during flowering as part of a pollination strategy. The behaviour is species-specific, but examples of such species are common and widespread. In addition, vegetative plant tissue exhibiting high amounts of MAs might potentially lead to significant emissions. The decomposition of organic material constitutes another, potentially ubiquitous, source of airborne MAs. These mechanisms would provide sources, which could be crucial for the amine's role in NPF, especially in remote regions. Knowledge about vegetation-related amine emissions is, however, very limited, and thus it is also an open question how global change and the intensified cycling of reactive nitrogen over the last 200 years have altered amine emissions from vegetation with a corresponding effect on NPF.

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The Exchange of Ammonia Between the Atmosphere and Plant Communities

Cited by 247 publications

References 166 publications

Instrument development and application in studies and monitoring of ambient ammonia

Instrument development and application in studies and monitoring of ambient ammonia

The influence of diet crude protein level on odour and ammonia emissions from finishing pig houses

Ideas and perspectives: on the emission of amines from terrestrial vegetation in the context of new atmospheric particle formation

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