Characterization of nutrients in the atmospheric wet and dry deposition observed at the two monitoring sites over Yellow Sea and East China Sea |
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Authors: | Guosen Zhang Jing Zhang Sumei Liu |
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Institution: | (1) College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, People’s Republic of China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 3663 Zhongshan North Road, Shanghai, 200062, People’s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | To investigate the atmospheric deposition of nutrients into the coastal and shelf regions of the northwest Pacific Ocean,
observation sites were established upon Qianliyan Island (within the Yellow Sea) and the Shengsi Archipelago (within the East
China Sea), respectively. Nutrient concentrations, including , were determined in both aerosols and rainwater samples. The analytical results contain clear seasonal signatures, with high
values during the dry season and low values during the rainy season. Similar trends are observed for deposition fluxes. The
amount of wet deposition is greater than that of dry deposition for the studied nutrient species. The influence of meteorological
factors such as rainfall means that samples from Qianliyan Island record higher nutrient values than those from Shengsi. Along
with riverine inputs, atmospheric deposition plays an important role in determining the biogeochemistry of nutrient species
in coastal and shelf oceans.
An erratum to this article can be found at |
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Keywords: | Dry deposition East China Sea Nutrient Yellow Sea Wet deposition |
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