Nitric and nitrous oxide fluxes following bovine urine deposition to summer-grazed pasture Shabana Khan Tim J Clough Kuan M Goh Robert R Sherlock 10.6084/m9.figshare.1021503.v2 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Nitric_and_nitrous_oxide_fluxes_following_bovine_urine_deposition_to_summer_grazed_pasture/1021503 <div><p>Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) emissions, referred to collectively as NO<sub>x</sub>, cause decreases in methane and increases in tropospheric ozone. The net negative radiative forcing that ensues is dependent on NO<sub>x</sub> flux magnitude, location and season. This study aimed to determine if urine–N rate affected NO<sub>x</sub> or nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) fluxes following dairy cattle urine application to a temperate pasture soil under summer conditions (mean monthly rainfall 45 mm; mean air temperatures 17 °C, range 11–22 °C). An in situ experiment consisting of three treatments (control, bovine urine at 543 and 1086 kg N/ha) was replicated thrice in a randomised complete block design. Soil inorganic–N, pH and gas fluxes were measured over a 72 day summer period. Fluxes of NO–N in the control, 543 and 1086 kg N/ha treatments averaged 73, 328 and 341 <i>µ</i>g NO–N/m<sup>2</sup>/h. Cumulative NO–N fluxes equalled 0.15% (± 0.03) and 0.20% (± 0.06) of the urine–N applied (± SD) in the 543 and 1086 kg N/ha treatments, respectively, with no effect of urine–N rate. Cumulative N<sub>2</sub>O–N fluxes did not differ with urine–N rate equalling 0.14% (± 0.03) and 0.16% (±0.10) of the urine–N applied in the 543 and 1086 kg N/ha treatments, respectively. Under summer conditions, varying urine–N rate from 543–1086 kg N/ha had no significant effect on cumulative NO–N or N<sub>2</sub>O–N when measured over 72 days.</p></div> 2014-05-30 09:19:39 nitric nitrous oxide fluxes bovine urine deposition summer-grazed pasture