Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland

According to the available guidelines, good practices for calculating nitrous oxide (N2O) emission factors (EFs) for livestock excreta and manure application include that sampling duration should be of at least one year after the nitrogen (N) application or deposition. However, the available experim...

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Main Authors: Vangeli, Sebastián, Cardenas, Laura M., Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela, Chadwick, Dave R., Krol, Dominika, Thorman, Rachel E., Lanigan, Gary J., Misselbrook, Tom H.
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12891
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722016103
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116037
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author Vangeli, Sebastián
Cardenas, Laura M.
Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela
Chadwick, Dave R.
Krol, Dominika
Thorman, Rachel E.
Lanigan, Gary J.
Misselbrook, Tom H.
author_browse Cardenas, Laura M.
Chadwick, Dave R.
Krol, Dominika
Lanigan, Gary J.
Misselbrook, Tom H.
Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela
Thorman, Rachel E.
Vangeli, Sebastián
author_facet Vangeli, Sebastián
Cardenas, Laura M.
Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela
Chadwick, Dave R.
Krol, Dominika
Thorman, Rachel E.
Lanigan, Gary J.
Misselbrook, Tom H.
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description According to the available guidelines, good practices for calculating nitrous oxide (N2O) emission factors (EFs) for livestock excreta and manure application include that sampling duration should be of at least one year after the nitrogen (N) application or deposition. However, the available experimental data suggest that in many cases most emissions are concentrated in the first months following N application. Therefore resources could be better deployed by measuring more intensively during a shorter period. This study aimed to assess the contribution of the N2O flux in the period directly after N application to the annual net emission. We used a database of 100 year-long plot experiments from different excreted-N sources (dung, urine, farmyard manure and slurry) used to derive EFs for the UK and Ireland. We explored different shorter potential measurement periods that could be used as proxies for cumulative annual emissions. The analysis showed that the majority of emissions occur in the first months after application, especially in experiments that i) had urine as the N source, ii) had spring N application, iii) were conducted on fine-textured soils, or iv) showed high annual emissions magnitude. Experiments that showed a smaller percentage of emissions in the first months also had a low magnitude of annual net emissions (below 370 gN2O–N ha−1 year−1), so the impact of measuring during a shorter period would not greatly influence the calculated EF. Accurate EF estimations were obtained by measuring for at least 60 days for urine (underestimation: 7.1%), 120 days for dung and slurry (4.7 and 5.1%) and 180 days for FYM (1.4%). At least in temperate climates, these results are promising in terms of being able to estimate annual N2O fluxes accurately by collecting data for less than 12 months, with significant resource-saving when conducting experiments towards developing country-specific EFs.
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spelling INTA128912022-09-15T13:16:08Z Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland Vangeli, Sebastián Cardenas, Laura M. Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela Chadwick, Dave R. Krol, Dominika Thorman, Rachel E. Lanigan, Gary J. Misselbrook, Tom H. Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Nitrogen Cycle Grasslands Agriculture Gases de Efecto Invernadero Cambio Climático Ciclo del Nitrógeno Praderas Agricultura Inventory Inventario According to the available guidelines, good practices for calculating nitrous oxide (N2O) emission factors (EFs) for livestock excreta and manure application include that sampling duration should be of at least one year after the nitrogen (N) application or deposition. However, the available experimental data suggest that in many cases most emissions are concentrated in the first months following N application. Therefore resources could be better deployed by measuring more intensively during a shorter period. This study aimed to assess the contribution of the N2O flux in the period directly after N application to the annual net emission. We used a database of 100 year-long plot experiments from different excreted-N sources (dung, urine, farmyard manure and slurry) used to derive EFs for the UK and Ireland. We explored different shorter potential measurement periods that could be used as proxies for cumulative annual emissions. The analysis showed that the majority of emissions occur in the first months after application, especially in experiments that i) had urine as the N source, ii) had spring N application, iii) were conducted on fine-textured soils, or iv) showed high annual emissions magnitude. Experiments that showed a smaller percentage of emissions in the first months also had a low magnitude of annual net emissions (below 370 gN2O–N ha−1 year−1), so the impact of measuring during a shorter period would not greatly influence the calculated EF. Accurate EF estimations were obtained by measuring for at least 60 days for urine (underestimation: 7.1%), 120 days for dung and slurry (4.7 and 5.1%) and 180 days for FYM (1.4%). At least in temperate climates, these results are promising in terms of being able to estimate annual N2O fluxes accurately by collecting data for less than 12 months, with significant resource-saving when conducting experiments towards developing country-specific EFs. Fil: Vangeli, Sebastián. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto De Investigación Clima y Agua; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomia. Departamento de Ingenieria Agricola y Uso de la Tierra. Cátedra de Manejo y Conservación de Suelo; Argentina Fil: Cardenas, Laura. Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Department. Rothamsted Research; Reino Unido. Fil: Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina Fil: Chadwick, Dave R. Bangor University. School of Natural Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Krol, Dominika. Johnstown Castle. Environment, Soils and Land Use Department; Irlanda Fil: Thorman, Rachel E. ADAS Boxworth; Reino Unido. Fil: Lanigan, Gary J. Johnstown Castle. Environment, Soils and Land Use Department; Irlanda Fil: Misselbrook, Tom H. Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Department. Rothamsted Research; Reino Unido. 2022-09-15T13:01:16Z 2022-09-15T13:01:16Z 2022-08-29 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12891 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722016103 0301-4797 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116037 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Journal of Environmental Management 322 : 116037 (November 2022)
spellingShingle Greenhouse Gases
Climate Change
Nitrogen Cycle
Grasslands
Agriculture
Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Cambio Climático
Ciclo del Nitrógeno
Praderas
Agricultura
Inventory
Inventario
Vangeli, Sebastián
Cardenas, Laura M.
Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela
Chadwick, Dave R.
Krol, Dominika
Thorman, Rachel E.
Lanigan, Gary J.
Misselbrook, Tom H.
Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title_full Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title_fullStr Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title_short Revisiting sampling duration to estimate N2O emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the UK and Ireland
title_sort revisiting sampling duration to estimate n2o emission factors for manure application and cattle excreta deposition for the uk and ireland
topic Greenhouse Gases
Climate Change
Nitrogen Cycle
Grasslands
Agriculture
Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Cambio Climático
Ciclo del Nitrógeno
Praderas
Agricultura
Inventory
Inventario
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12891
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722016103
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116037
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