title: Characteristics of nitrate horizontal transport in a paddy field of the Tai Lake region, China.
abstract: The characteristics of nitrate horizontal transport in a major paddy soil, Wu Shan soil in the Tai Lake region, were studied. The concentration of nitrate during horizontal movement decreased with the increasing in distance from the tracer source, the change following a logarithmic function. The concentration of the nitrate was strongly correlated with the soil moisture content, as an exponential function. The horizontal transport velocity of nitrate was significantly correlated with the distance of the tracer source as power function. Therefore, the velocity of nitrate horizontal transport was controlled by the concentration gradient of nitrate, and soil water potential gradient from beginning to the 20 cm mark in the horizontal column. However, the velocity of nitrate horizontal was stable beyond 20 cm, where it was controlled by soil matric potential.
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China. xiaominchen@263.net
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Q R
authors.initials: QR
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: G X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002681:China; D004058:Diffusion / Q000187:drug effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000494:pharmacology; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water