Denitrification in subsoils and groundwater in Ireland
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Mohammad Mofizur Rahman Jahangir, 'Denitrification in subsoils and groundwater in Ireland', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2012, pp 378Download Item:
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Excessive reactive nitrogen (N) in groundwater is of huge concern to surface water quality
and atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions via denitrification. Understanding
denitrification rates and factors controlling denitrification over space and time is crucial for quantifying the effects of human activity on the N cycle, and for managing and mitigating
the severe environmental consequences associated with excessive reactive N. Despite the
extensive research in the topsoil, denitrification in subsoils, below the rooting zone, is not
well understood. Subsoil (only at Johnstown Castle, JC) and groundwater denitrification
rates and ratios of N2O/N2O+N2 were investigated at four agricultural sites; (JC)
Johnstown Castle, grassland, (SH) Solohead, grassland, (OP) Oak Park, arable land and
(DG) Dairy Gold, grassland.
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