Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach

Agriculture has been recognized as a major anthropogenic source of surplus loads of nitrogen in the environment. Losses of nitrate via subsurface pathways are severely threatening groundwater and surface waters. This study explored the capability of a coupled hydro-biogeochemical spatially explicit...

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Main Authors: Klatt, Steffen, Kraus, David, Kraft, P., Breuer, Lutz, Wlotzka, M., Heuveline, V., Haas, E., Kiese, Ralf, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79176
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author Klatt, Steffen
Kraus, David
Kraft, P.
Breuer, Lutz
Wlotzka, M.
Heuveline, V.
Haas, E.
Kiese, Ralf
Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
author_browse Breuer, Lutz
Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
Haas, E.
Heuveline, V.
Kiese, Ralf
Klatt, Steffen
Kraft, P.
Kraus, David
Wlotzka, M.
author_facet Klatt, Steffen
Kraus, David
Kraft, P.
Breuer, Lutz
Wlotzka, M.
Heuveline, V.
Haas, E.
Kiese, Ralf
Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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description Agriculture has been recognized as a major anthropogenic source of surplus loads of nitrogen in the environment. Losses of nitrate via subsurface pathways are severely threatening groundwater and surface waters. This study explored the capability of a coupled hydro-biogeochemical spatially explicit model, simulating nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils and the associated fate of excess nitrate subjected to vertical and lateral displacement towards water bodies. Different vegetated buffer strips (VBS) were tested for their nitrate retention capability and impacts on N2O and N2 emissions. The effectiveness of a VBS to remove nitrate by denitrification strongly depends on soil characteristics and hydrological flow paths. Simulated N2 emissions from VBS with high soil moisture were up to twenty-fold compared to VBS where groundwater levels were low. Simulated streamwater nitrate concentrations without VBS were 3.7 mg l−1 and showed a decrease to 0.1 mg l−1 for a 20 m VBS.
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spelling CGSpace791762025-12-08T09:54:28Z Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach Klatt, Steffen Kraus, David Kraft, P. Breuer, Lutz Wlotzka, M. Heuveline, V. Haas, E. Kiese, Ralf Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus agriculture soil water Agriculture has been recognized as a major anthropogenic source of surplus loads of nitrogen in the environment. Losses of nitrate via subsurface pathways are severely threatening groundwater and surface waters. This study explored the capability of a coupled hydro-biogeochemical spatially explicit model, simulating nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils and the associated fate of excess nitrate subjected to vertical and lateral displacement towards water bodies. Different vegetated buffer strips (VBS) were tested for their nitrate retention capability and impacts on N2O and N2 emissions. The effectiveness of a VBS to remove nitrate by denitrification strongly depends on soil characteristics and hydrological flow paths. Simulated N2 emissions from VBS with high soil moisture were up to twenty-fold compared to VBS where groundwater levels were low. Simulated streamwater nitrate concentrations without VBS were 3.7 mg l−1 and showed a decrease to 0.1 mg l−1 for a 20 m VBS. 2017-04 2017-01-20T10:32:38Z 2017-01-20T10:32:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79176 en Limited Access Elsevier Klatt, S., Kraus, D., Kraft, P., Breuer, L., Wlotzka. M., Heuveline, V., Haas, E., Kiese, R. and Butterbach-Bahl, K. 2017. Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach. Environmental Modelling and Software 90:55-67.
spellingShingle agriculture
soil
water
Klatt, Steffen
Kraus, David
Kraft, P.
Breuer, Lutz
Wlotzka, M.
Heuveline, V.
Haas, E.
Kiese, Ralf
Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title_full Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title_fullStr Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title_full_unstemmed Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title_short Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach
title_sort exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro biogeochemical modeling approach
topic agriculture
soil
water
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79176
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