Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Following Application of Pig Slurry for the 19th Consecutive Year
I. Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Microbial Biomass Carbon
Philippe Rochettea,
Denis A. Angersa and
Denis Côtéb
a Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2560 Hochelaga Blvd., Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada, G1V 2J3
b Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement, Complexe Scientifique, 2700 Einstein St., Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada, G1P 3W8

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Fig. 1 Temporal variations of (a) soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm for maize soils amended with mineral fertilizer (control) and pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120) and (b) soil moisture at depths of 5, 10, 20, and 40 cm averaged across treatments
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Fig. 2 Temporal variations of CO2 flux from maize soils amended with mineral fertilizer (control) and pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120). Mineral fertilizer was applied on 29 May and pig slurry on 30 June 1997
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Fig. 3 Slurry-induced CO2C losses from maize soils amended with pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120). Pig slurry was applied on 30 June 1997
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Fig. 4 Temporal variations of soil microbial biomass C for maize soils amended with mineral fertilizer (control) and pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120). Mineral fertilizer was applied on 29 May and pig slurry on 30 June 1997
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Fig. 5 Temporal variations of extractable C for maize soils amended with mineral fertilizer (control), and pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120). Mineral fertilizer was applied on 29 May and pig slurry on 30 June 1997
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Fig. 6 Temporal variations of specific activity of soil microbial biomass for maize soils amended with mineral fertilizer (control) and pig slurry at 60 (PS60) and 120 Mg ha-1 (PS120). Mineral fertilizer was applied on 29 May and pig slurry on 30 June 1997. MBC is microbial biomass C
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