Background Spinach is a nitrogen (N) demanding crop with weekly N uptake of up to 60 kg ha–1. Consequently, high supply required, which can temporarily lead quantities nitrate (NO3–) being at risk leaching. Aims The objective this study was develop fertilization approach reduce the NO3– leaching in field-grown spinach production without adversely affecting yield and quality an early late harves...

Simultaneous perchlorate and nitrate removal from contaminated groundwater in one reactor has been realized with different methods in the past. The usage of biodegradable polymers as biofilm carriers and carbon source is new. Polymer in this paper was designed out of the copolymer of starch and polyvinyl alcohol. Under polluted water with 2 mg/L of perchlorate and 20 mg/L of NO3-N, it was possi...

Intensive agricultural systems are largely responsible for the increase in global reactive nitrogen compounds, which are associated with significant environmental impacts. The nitrogen cycle in agricultural systems is complex and highly variable, which complicates characterization in environmental assessments. Appropriately representing nitrogen inputs into an ecosystem is essential to better u...

In this paper, lumped-parameter models (LPMs) were developed and utilized to simulate nitrate concentration in the groundwater of Gaza City and Jabalia Camp (GCJC) in the Gaza Coastal Aquifer (GCA) in Palestine. In the GCJC area, nitrate levels exceed the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 mg/L NO3-N (45 mg/L NO3) in many wells. Elevated nitrate concentrations in the groundwater of GCJC area...

We assessed the eVect of whole-stream nitrate enrichment on decomposition of three substrates diVering in nutrient quality (alder and oak leaves and balsa veneers) and associated fungi and invertebrates. During the 3-month nitrate enrichment of a headwater stream in central Portugal, litter was incubated in the reference site (mean NO3-N 82 g l ¡1) and four enriched sites along the nitrate grad...

Nutrients especially nitrate and phosphate are the main limiting factors of algal growth in aquatic ecosystems. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of different concentrations of nitrate and phosphate simultaneously on growth of macro algae, Ulva rigida. For this purpose, algae were fed various concentrations of nitrate and phosphate during 28 days in 300 L tanks in the form ...

spatiality assessment of groundwater pollution is very important to determine water quality condition, pollution sources and management decisions. in this case, gis and geostatistics methods can be useful tools. spatiality of groundwater quality parameters, in relation with various land uses, can be very extremely. therefore water samples from 52 wells in the kurdan area were analyzed in this s...

Observation of nighttime nitrate radical (NO3) was performed by using long path differential optical absorption spectroscopy (LP-DOAS), on the outskirts of Hefei, China. The time series of NO3 and supporting parameters were simultaneously measured for a week (31 May-7 June 2006). The results indicated that the average concentration of NO3 was 15.6 pptv with an average lifetimes of 96 s, whereas...

Long-term applications of organic or inorganic sources of N to croplands can increase the leaching potential of nitrate– nitrogen (NO3–N) for soils underlain by subsurface drainage ‘‘tile’’ network. A field study was conducted for 6 years (1993– 1998) to determine the effects of liquid swine manure and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer applications on NO3–N concentrations and NO3–...