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

Authors list: Klatt, S; Kraus, D; Kraft, P; Breuer, L; Wlotzka, M; Heuveline, V; Haas, E; Kiese, R; Butterbach-Bahl, K

Publication year: 2017

Pages: 55-67

Journal: Environmental Modelling and Software

Volume number: 90

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.12.002

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract:

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 N-2 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 sneamwater nitrate concentrations without VBS were 3.7 mg NO3(-) 1(-1) and showed a decrease to 0.1 mg NO3- 1(-1) for a 20 m VBS. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Citation style: Klatt, S., Kraus, D., Kraft, P., Breuer, L., Wlotzka, M., Heuveline, V., et al. (2017) Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach, Environmental Modelling and Software, 90, pp. 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.12.002

APA Citation style: Klatt, S., Kraus, D., Kraft, P., Breuer, L., Wlotzka, M., Heuveline, V., Haas, E., Kiese, R., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.12.002