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Increased application of mineral fertilizers resulted in an increase in leaching of nitrogen and other elements from the investigated arable soils. Differences in the depth of the groundwater table were ascertained in order to determine the directions of subsurface water flows influenced by gravity. Biogeochemical barriers chosen for study included shelterbelt, forests and meadows situated so that the groundwater outflow from neighbouring cultivated fields passed under them. The analyses of element concentrations in subsurface water flows showed that shelterbelts, forests and meadows had a strong influence on the chemistry of water draining from the arable fields. The most pronounced effects concerned nitrate. All direct and indirect evidence indicates that by manipulating the plant cover in agricultural landscapes the chemistry of subsurface and surface water can be greatly influenced.
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Ryszkowski, L., Bartoszewicz, A. (1989). Impact of agricultural landscape structure on cycling of inorganic nutrients. In: Clarholm, M., Bergström, L. (eds) Ecology of Arable Land — Perspectives and Challenges. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1021-8_22
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