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The Mediterranean climate in southern California regulates wet and dry deposition characteristics in the San Bernardino Mountains (SBM). Long dry periods in combination with the large air pollution emissions from mobile and stationary sources in the greater Los Angeles area lead to elevated concentrations of ozone and accumulation of gaseous and particulate N and S compounds within plant canopies and on the forest floor. Pollution plumes and transport of air from the nearby Mojave Desert also bring substantial amounts of basic cations to the SBM. Precipitation events occurring after extended dry periods result in concentrated pulses of nutrient transport from foliar surfaces within the canopy and onto the forest floor and underlying soil.
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Bytnerowicz, A., Fenn, M.E., Miller, P.R., Arbaugh, M.J. (1999). Wet and Dry Pollutant Deposition to the Mixed Conifer Forest. In: Miller, P.R., McBride, J.R. (eds) Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California. Ecological Studies, vol 134. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1436-6_12
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