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Chemical Composition of Precipitation, Throughfall and Soil Solutions at Two Forested Sites in Guangzhou, South China

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Rain water at two forested sites in Guangzhou (south China) show high concentrations of SO4 2-, NO3 and Ca2+ and display a remarkable seasonal variation, with acid rain being more important during the spring and summer than during the autumn and winter. The amount of acid rain represents about 95% of total precipitation. The sources of pollutants from which acid rain developed includes both locally derived and long-middle distance transferred atmosphere pollutants. The seasonal variation in precipitation chemistry was largely related to the increasing neutralizing capacity of base cations in rainwater in winter. Soil acidification is highlighted by high H+ and Al3+ concentrations in soil solutions. The variation in elemental concentration in soil solution was related to nitrification (H+, NH4+ and NO3-) and cation exchange reaction (H+, Al3+) in soil. The negative effect of soil acidification is partly dampened by substantial deposition of base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+ and K+) in this area.

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  1. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640, Guangzhou, China

    Y. G. Xu & Z. C. He

  2. The Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, CAF, 510520, Guangzhou, China

    G. Y. Zhou, Z. M. Wu & T. S. Luo

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  1. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan

    Kenichi Satake (Editor-in-Chief), Takejiro Takamatsu , Tsutomu Fukuyama , Shiro Hatakeyama  & Kentaro Murano (Editor-in-Chief), , ,  & 

  2. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

    Junko Shindo

  3. Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Japan

    Takanori Nakano

  4. Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Japan

    Shigeru Aoki

  5. National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Japan

    Kazukamasa Ikuta

  6. Shiga University, Japan

    Munetsugu Kawashima

  7. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan

    Yoshihisa Kohno

  8. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan

    Satoru Kojima

  9. Obirin University, Japan

    Toshiichi Okita

  10. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan

    Hiroshi Taoda

  11. Gunma University, Japan

    Kinichi Tsunoda

  12. Hirosaki University, Japan

    Makoto Tsurumi

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Xu, Y.G., Zhou, G.Y., Wu, Z.M., Luo, T.S., He, Z.C. (2001). Chemical Composition of Precipitation, Throughfall and Soil Solutions at Two Forested Sites in Guangzhou, South China. In: Satake, K., et al. Acid rain 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0810-5_27

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