SULFUR AND NITROGEN INPUT TO THE RATANICA FORESTED CATCHMENT (CARPATHIAN FOOTHILLS, SOUTHERN POLAND)

Authors
SZAREK G
Citation
G. Szarek, SULFUR AND NITROGEN INPUT TO THE RATANICA FORESTED CATCHMENT (CARPATHIAN FOOTHILLS, SOUTHERN POLAND), Water, air and soil pollution, 85(3), 1995, pp. 1765-1770
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
Water, air and soil pollution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00496979
Volume
85
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1765 - 1770
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-6979(1995)85:3<1765:SANITT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The study covers 1991-1994 concentrations of SO2 and NO2 in the air, c oncentrations of sulphur and nitrogen in bulk precipitation, throughfa ll and stemflow as well as input of S and N to the Ratanica forested c atchment (S. Poland), which is exposed to moderate anthropogenic pollu tion are presented. There was high input of sulphur (26 kg ha(-1)) and nitrogen (24 kg ha(-1)) to the catchment, mainly in NH4(+) (18 kg ha( -1)). The significant contribution of NH4+ connected with intensive ag riculture in surrounding fields has led to eutrophication of the ecosy stem.