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Inorganic N deposition in the Bayinbuluk alpine grassland of the central Tianshan mountains.

YUE ping1,2, SONG Wei1,2, LI Kai-hui1, HE Gui-xiang1,2, WANG Xiao-li1,2, LIU Xue-jun1,3   

  1. (1Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China)
  • Online:2014-06-18 Published:2014-06-18

Abstract: N deposition has increased significantly with economic development and intensive human activities in China and has affected natural ecosystems in remote areas. To evaluate the atmospheric N deposition of the Bayinbuluk alpine grassland of the central Tianshan Mountains, the dry and wet N depositions were monitored from May 2010 to December 2011. Fluxes of HNO3, NH3, NO2, particulate ammonium and nitrate (pNH4+ and pNO3-) averaged at 1.47, 0.68, 0.13, 0.23 and 0.25 kg N·hm-2·a-1, respectively. Wet depositions of NH4+-N and NO3--N were 2.47 and 1.59 kg N·hm-2·a-1, respectively. Total atmospheric inorganic N deposition fluxes averaged at 6.82 kg N·h-2·a-1, and the wet and dry depositions were 4.06 and 2.76 kg N·hm-2·a-1, respectively. Nitrogen deposition fluxes showed a significant seasonal change, with 72.1% of dry N deposition occurring in spring and summer, and 78.3% of wet N deposition concentrating in summer and autumn.