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Abstract. Studies have been made of the effects of 15 g N/m2 as urea in two dressings during April and June on annual nutrient fluxes in runoff from reseeded blanket bog also receiving annually 6 g P/m2 as granular superphosphate and 6 kg K/m2 as potassium chloride. Urea applications increased significantly (P < 0.05) the mean annual ammonium‐N flux from 17 mg/m2 for the P + K plots to 245 mg/m2 for the N + P + K plots. Annual fluxes of total P, K and Ca were also increased (P < 0.05) by the addition of urea. This was attributed to the effects of increased acidity around grass roots following N uptake as ammonium‐N. In contrast, nitrate‐N was removed from rainwater throughout the year and concentrations in runoff were at the limit of detection (< 0.01 mg/1) on many occasions. Concentrations of organic‐N in runoff exceeded those of ammonium‐N, but were not significantly changed by fertilization.
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