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Large amounts of nitrogen (N) can be lost from agricultural systems (Allison 1973), and those from pastures have varied between 20 and 80% of the fertilizer N applied (Burton and Jackson 1962, Catchpoole and Henzell 1975, Lemon 1978, Terman 1979, Power 1980). Possible loss pathways are well known but their relative importance is less clear. Nitrogen can be lost in surface runoff water, in subsurface vertical and lateral water transport, and as the gases dinitrogen (N2), ammonia (NH3), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and various amines.
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Harper, L.A., Catchpoole, V.R., Vallis, I. (1983). Ammonia loss from fertilizer applied to tropical pastures. In: Freney, J.R., Simpson, J.R. (eds) Gaseous Loss of Nitrogen from Plant-Soil Systems. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1662-8_8
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