Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 275985, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/275985
Research Article
Sodium Contents in Dairy Cow Urine and Soil Aggregate Sizes Influence the Amount of Nitrogen Lost from Soil
Task Force for Innovation in Life, Resources and Environment Sciences, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
Received 17 April 2015; Revised 20 October 2015; Accepted 28 October 2015
Academic Editor: Davey Jones
Copyright © 2015 Toru Hamamoto and Yoshitaka Uchida. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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