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A modelling approach to global nitrate leaching caused by anthropogenic fertilisation

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WATER RESEARCH
卷 35, 期 8, 页码 1961-1968

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00484-X

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global biogeochemical nitrogen cycle; ecosystem model; nitrate leaching; fertilisation; leaching load

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Water quality associated with nitrate (NO3- leaching from agricultural soils is an important environmental issue. This paper describes a new modelling approach to quantitatively evaluate the effect of the use of fertilisers on global nitrate leaching. A global process-based simulation model was previously developed for the nitrogen cycle in terrestrial ecosystems, in which soil inorganic nitrogen in the form df ammonium (NH4+) and NOS was considered. After introducing data on world fertiliser consumption (FAO, 1995) into the steady-state model, the extent of disturbance to the nitrogen cycle caused by fertilisation was calculated, Although fertilisation resulted in an annual increase in net primary production (NPP, represented as carbon) of 18 Gt year(-1). NO3- leaching and gaseous losses of nitrogen oxides and ammonia were also accelerated. Most regions with heavy fertiliser application lover 100 kg ha(-1) year(-1) . About 2.5% of the land area showed a high annual leaching load equal to or more than 20 kg ha(-1) year occupied by terrestrial ecosystems suffered a serious leaching load of more than 30 kg ha(-1) year(-1). Of the total amount of applied fertilisers (138 Tg year(-1)) 19% was lost to NO3- leaching, 8% to gaseous ammonia, and 3% to gaseous nitrogen oxides. The rest was assumed to be fixed in the ecosystems through vegetation uptake. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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