Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-979-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-979-2020
Research article
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24 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 24 Feb 2020

Isotopic evidence for alteration of nitrous oxide emissions and producing pathways' contribution under nitrifying conditions

Guillaume Humbert, Mathieu Sébilo, Justine Fiat, Longqi Lang, Ahlem Filali, Véronique Vaury, Mathieu Spérandio, and Anniet M. Laverman

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Mitigating emissions of the greenhouse gas N2O requires understanding of the relative contribution of its producing processes in response to environmental variables. We show, using isotopic analysis, that N2O emissions from a nitrifying system were sensitive to oxygenation, temperature and NH4+ concentrations with nitrite reduction being the main N2O source. Temperature appears to be the main control on N2O production, due to its dissimilar effects on ammonium and nitrite oxidizing activities.
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