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Urban runoff contains large quantities of a variety of pollutants, including P but there have been few descriptions of the sources of these pollutants. An average of 148 μg gm−1 (air-dried weight) of P was leachable from entire leaves in 2 hr: this represented 9.3 % of the total P available. The amount of leachable and total leaf P varied significantly among tree species but was not affected by tree diameter. These results point to a possible important source of urban runoff P.
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Dorney, J.R. Leachable and total phosphorous in urban street tree leaves. Water Air Soil Pollut 28, 439–443 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583506
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