Evidence for organic N deposition and its anthropogenic sources in China

Zhang, Ying; Zheng, Lixia; Liu, Xuejun; Jickells, Tim; Cape, John Neil; Goulding, Keith; Fangmeier, Andreas; Zhang, Fusuo. 2008 Evidence for organic N deposition and its anthropogenic sources in China. Atmospheric Environment, 42 (5). 1035-1041. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.015

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Abstract/Summary

Organic nitrogen (N) is an important component of the atmospheric deposition of reactive N, but its sources are essentially unknown. Assessing whether this dissolved organic N (DON) is of natural, anthropogenic or mixed origin is critically important in attempting to determine the scale of human perturbation of the global N cycle. Here we report evidence for atmospheric organic N deposition and its anthropogenic sources in China. Precipitation samples were collected and analyzed from 15 rural, Suburban and urban sites during 2005 and 2006. The average deposition of DON was 8.6 kg ha(-1) yr(-1) with a volume-weighted concentration of 111 mu mol L-1, which was much higher than in other regions of the world. The contribution of DON to total dissolved N (TDN) was approximately 30% on average, agreeing well with other reported data in the literature. Parallel collections of wet-only and bulk deposition showed wet deposition to be 68% on average, indicating a significant dry deposition component. Combining data from the Chinese sites with those from elsewhere in the world, significant (p < 0.0001) correlations between DON and NH4-N, TDN and TDN suggest that atmospheric organic N originates from similar sources to dissolved inorganic N (DIN) (NH4-N and NO3-N), which are largely attributed to anthropogenic emissions from both agricultural and industrial sources.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.015
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Billett (to November 2013)
ISSN:	1352-2310
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	The definitive version of this paper is available at www.elsevier.com
Additional Keywords:	atmospheric deposition, organic N, inorganic N, anthropogenic sources
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	06 May 2008 11:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2632

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.015

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Billett (to November 2013)

ISSN:

1352-2310

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

The definitive version of this paper is available at www.elsevier.com