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N2O isotope approaches for source partitioning of N2O production and estimation of N2O reduction – validation with the 15N gas-flux method in laboratory and field studies
Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Stable Isotope Research and Analysis, University of
Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, pl. M.
Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland
Maciej Piotr Lewicki
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wrocław, pl. M.
Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland
Reinhard Well
Climate-Smart Agriculture, Thünen-Institut,
Bundesallee 65, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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We present the first validation of N2O isotopic approaches for estimating N2O source pathways and N2O reduction. These approaches are widely used for tracing soil nitrogen cycling, but the results of these estimations are very uncertain. Here we report the results from parallel treatments allowing for precise validation of these approaches, and we propose the best strategies for results interpretation, including the new idea of an isotope model integrating three isotopic signatures of N2O.
We present the first validation of N2O isotopic approaches for estimating N2O source pathways...
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