Nitrogen transformation and pathways in the shallow groundwater-soil system within agricultural landscapes

The present study considers the behavior of nitrogen compounds in the shallow groundwater-soil system as necessary for the functioning of the nitrogen cycle within agricultural landscapes and one of the first steps of the formation of groundwater chemical composition. Data were collected in 2011-2018 within the Poyang Lake area (Jiangxi Province, China), where agricultural landscapes prevail. The soil and groundwater samples were taken in different periods of an agricultural season at the beginning of the agricultural season (spring) and after harvesting (autumn). The combined geochemical data on the chemical and microbiological composition of the soils and shallow groundwater and isotopic data on dissolved nitrate allowed researchers to resolve that nitrogen enters the system in the form of organic compounds, particularly, due to the soil fertilization at the beginning of the agricultural season. Organic nitrogen compounds transform into nitrate under the influence of nitrifiers in the soil before getting the shallow aquifer, where the occurrence of denitrification is suggested. Within the Ganjiang and Xiushui interfluve, reducing conditions, together with the formation of clay minerals from the aqueous solution, may serve a geochemical barrier for the accumulation of nitrogen compounds preventing the transformation of ammonium to nitrate and providing its sorption. It also should be noted that bacterial diversity in the shallow groundwater has a strong relation with the amount of nitrate in the system, whereas in the soil, it is connected with sampling depth.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Environmental geochemistry and health - 43(2021), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 441-459

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soldatova, Evgeniya [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Yihui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jiale [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yajie [VerfasserIn]
Zan, Jinjing [VerfasserIn]
Boeckx, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Zhanxue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Agricultural ecosystems
Dual isotopic approach
Journal Article
Microbiological composition
N762921K75
Nitrate pollution
Nitrates
Nitrogen
Nitrogen compounds
Poyang Lake wetland
Soil
Water Pollutants, Chemical

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.03.2021

Date Revised 05.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10653-020-00733-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315708379