Assessments of the Nutrient Losses in the Sloped Farm Land

경사지 밭토양에서의 양분유실량 평가

  • Received : 2009.06.12
  • Accepted : 2009.08.06
  • Published : 2009.12.28

Abstract

Nutrient losses, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, in agricultural runoff can contaminate surface and ground water, leading to eutrophication. Thus, erosion control is crucial to minimizing nutrient losses from agricultural land. Assessments of various erosion control practices were carried out under various cropping system, soil management practices, and slope conditions by means of a lysimeter study and under artificial rainfall. Soil and nutrient losses were monitored in a small agricultural field to evaluate the soil conservation practices. Nutrient losses occur in runoff and leachate (dissolved nutrient) and in sediments (particulate nutrient). Dissolved nitrates accounted for the majority (about 90%) of nitrate transport within the soil. Particulate phosphate in sediments represented the majority (60% to 67%) of phosphate transport. Recently, engineering and agronomic erosion-control practices haver been used to reduce erosion problems in fields on slopes. These practices reduced soil loss, runoff, and nutrient loss to 1/6, 1/2,and 1/3 their original levels, respectively. Bioavailable particulate phosphate in sediments represents a variable but longterm source of phosphate for algae. Dissolved nitrate and phosphate are immediately available for algal uptake, so reducing fluxes of these nutrients should also reduce the risk of eutrophication.

본 연구는 경사지 밭 토양에서의 양분유실로 인한 지표수와 지하수 오염의 주요 요인인 인산과 질소에 대하여 평가하였다. 유실된 토양 중에서 흡착된 인산은 용해되어 천천히 조류들의 영양원으로 이용되고, 물에 용해된 질소와 인산은 부영양화의 주요 요인으로 조류들에 의하여 즉시 영양원으로 이용된다. 질소의 유실은 유실된 총량의 약 90%가 유출수와 침투수에 의하여 유실되고, 인산의 유실은 유실된 총량의 약 60% - 67%가 유실된 토양 입자에 흡착되어 유실되었다. 대체적으로 환경적으로 합리적인 토양 및 물 관리에 의한 적절한 토지이용, 시비관리 및 토양 보전농법은 토양 및 양분유실을 감소시킬 수 있고, 지표수와 지하수의 수질을 개선할 수 있다.

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