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To investigate the atmospheric deposition of nutrients into the coastal and shelf regions of the northwest Pacific Ocean, observation sites were established upon Qianliyan Island (within the Yellow Sea) and the Shengsi Archipelago (within the East China Sea), respectively. Nutrient concentrations, including \( {\text{NH}}^{ + }_{4} ,{\text{NO}}^{ - }_{3} ,{\text{NO}}^{ - }_{2} ,{\text{PO}}^{{3 - }}_{4} {\text{ and SiO}}^{{2 - }}_{3} \), were determined in both aerosols and rainwater samples. The analytical results contain clear seasonal signatures, with high values during the dry season and low values during the rainy season. Similar trends are observed for deposition fluxes. The amount of wet deposition is greater than that of dry deposition for the studied nutrient species. The influence of meteorological factors such as rainfall means that samples from Qianliyan Island record higher nutrient values than those from Shengsi. Along with riverine inputs, atmospheric deposition plays an important role in determining the biogeochemistry of nutrient species in coastal and shelf oceans.
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This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China through contracts 2006CB400601 and 2001CB409703 and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (No: PCSIRT0427). We are grateful for H.T. Chen and other colleagues from the Ocean University of China and the East China Normal University for help with sample collection and analysis. We also express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Hajine Akimoto and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions that resulted in improvements to the original manuscript.
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Zhang, G., Zhang, J. & Liu, S. Characterization of nutrients in the atmospheric wet and dry deposition observed at the two monitoring sites over Yellow Sea and East China Sea. J Atmos Chem 57, 41–57 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-007-9060-3
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