Nitrogen budget and relationships with riverine nitrogen exports of a dairy cattle farming catchment in eastern Hokkaido, Japan

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    • Hayakawa Atsushi HAYAKAWA Atsushi
    • Department of Biological Environment, Faculty of Bioresource Science, Akita Prefectural University:Laboratory of Soil Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
    • NOMARU Koji
    • Laboratory of Soil Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University:Integrated Center for Science Shigenobu Station, Ehime University
    • KURAMOCHI Kanta
    • Laboratory of Soil Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
    • HATANO Ryusuke
    • Laboratory of Soil Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

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Dairy farming regions are important contributors of nitrogen (N) to surface waters. We evaluated the N budget and relationships to riverine N exports within the Shibetsu River catchment (SRC) of a dairy farming area in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Five drainage basins with variable land cover proportions within the SRC were also evaluated individually. We quantified the net N input (NNI) to the catchment from the difference between the input (atmospheric deposition, chemical fertilizers, N fixation by crops and imported food and feed) and the output (exported food and feed, ΔSliv and ΔShu, that are the differences between input and output in livestock and human biomass, respectively) using statistical and measured data. Volatilized ammonia (NH3) was assumed to be recycled within the catchment. The riverine export of N was quantified. Agricultural N was a dominant source of N to the SRC. Imported feed was the largest input (38.1 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1]), accounting for 44% of the total inputs, followed by chemical fertilizers (32.4 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1]) and N fixation by crops (13.4 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1]). The exported food and feed was 24.7 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1], and the ΔSliv and ΔShu was 7.6 and 0.0 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1], respectively. As a result, the NNI amounted to 54.6 kg N ha^[-1] yr^[-1]. The riverine export of TN from the five drainage basins correlated well with the NNI, accounting for 27% of the NNI. The fate of the missing NNI that was not measured as riverine export could possibly have been denitrified and/or retained within the SRC. A change in the estimate of the deposition-rate of volatilized NH3 from 100 to 0% redeposited would have decreased NNI by 37%, although we show that most NH3 was likely redeposited. This study demonstrated that the focus should be on controlling agricultural N to reduce the impact of environmental pollution as well as on evaluating denitrification, N stocks in soil and the fate of NH3 volatilization in the SRC.

Dairy farming regions are important contributors of nitrogen (N) to surface waters. We evaluated the N budget and relationships to riverine N exports within the Shibetsu River catchment (SRC) of a dairy farming area in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Five drainage basins with variable land-cover proportions within the SRC were also evaluated individually. We quantified the net N input (NNI) to the catchment from the difference between the input (atmospheric deposition, chemical fertilizers, N fixation by crops and imported food and feed) and the output (exported food and feed, ΔS_<liv> and ΔS_<hu>, which are the differences between input and output in livestock and human biomass, respectively) using statistical and measured data. Volatilized ammonia (NH_3) was assumed to be recycled within the catchment. The riverine export of N was quantified. Agricultural N was a dominant source of N to the SRC. Imported feed was the largest input (38.1kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1>), accounting for 44% of the total inputs, followed by chemical fertilizers (32.4kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1>) and N fixation by crops (13.4kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1>). The exported food and feed was 24.7kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1> and the ΔS_<liv> and ΔS_<hu> values were 7.6 and 0.0kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1>, respectively. As a result, the NNI amounted to 54.6kg N ha^<-1> year^<-1>. The riverine export of total N from the five drainage basins correlated well with the NNI, accounting for 27% of the NNI. The fate of the missing NNI that was not measured as riverine export could possibly have been denitrified and/or retained within the SRC. A change in the estimate of the deposition rate of volatilized NH_3 from 100 to 0% redeposited would have decreased the NNI by 37%, although we believe that most NH_3 was likely to have been redeposited. The present study demonstrated that our focus should be on controlling agricultural N to reduce the impact of environmental pollution as well as on evaluating denitrification, N stocks in soil and the fate of NH_3 volatilization in the SRC.

収録刊行物

  • Soil science and plant nutrition

    Soil science and plant nutrition 55(6), 800-819, 2009-12-01

    一般社団法人日本土壌肥料学会

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  • NII論文ID(NAID)
    110007502775
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    AA00844314
  • 本文言語コード
    ENG
  • 資料種別
    ART
  • ISSN
    00380768
  • NDL 記事登録ID
    10485874
  • NDL 雑誌分類
    ZR7(科学技術--農林水産--農産)
  • NDL 請求記号
    Z53-G349
  • DOI
    info:doi/10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00421.x
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