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Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao

Title:		[Seasonal variation patterns of NH4(+) -N/NO3(-) -N ratio and delta 15 NH4(+) value in rainwater in Yangtze River Delta]
Author(s):		Xie YX; Zhang SL; Zhao X; Xiong ZQ; Xing GX;
Address:		"Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China. xieyingxin@henau.edu.cn"
Journal Title:		Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao
Year:		2008
Volume:		19
Issue:		9
Page Number:		2035 - 2041
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		1001-9332 (Print) 1001-9332 (Linking)
Abstract:		"By using a customized manual rainwater sampler made of polyvinyl chloride plastic, the molar ratio of NH4(+) -N/NO3(-) -N and the natural 15N abundance of NH4(+) (delta 15 NH4(+) in rainwater was monitored all year round from June 2003 to July 2005 at three observation sites (Changshu, Nanjing, and Hangzhou) in the Yangtze River Delta. The results indicated that at the three sites, the NH4(+) -N/NO3(-) -N ratio and the delta 15 NH4(+) value in rainwater had the similar seasonal variation trend, being more obvious in Changshu (rural monitoring type) site than in Nanjing (urban monitoring type) and Hangzhou (urban-rural monitoring type) sites. The NH4(+) -N/NO3(-) -N ratio peaked from early June to early August, declined gradually afterwards, and reached the bottom in winter; while the delta 15 NH4(+) value was negative from late June to mid-August, turned positive from late August to mid or late November, became negative again when winter dominated from December to March, but turned positive again in next May and negative again in next July. These seasonal variation patterns of NH4(+) -N/NO3(-) -N ratio and delta 15 NH4(+) value were found in relation to the application of chemical nitrogen fertilizers during different crop growth periods, and also, the alternation of seasons and the NH3 volatilization from other NH3 emission sources (including excrements of human and animals, nitrogen- polluted water bodies, and organic nitrogen sources, etc.), which could be taken as an indicator of defining the sources and form composition of NH4(+) in atmospheric wet deposition and the intensity of various terrestrial NH3 emission sources"
Keywords:		China Environmental Monitoring/methods Nitrates/*analysis Nitrogen/*analysis Nitrogen Oxides/analysis Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/*analysis Rain/*chemistry Rivers *Seasons;
Notes:		"MedlineXie, Ying-Xin Zhang, Shu-Li Zhao, Xu Xiong, Zheng-Qin Xing, Guang-Xi chi English Abstract Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't China 2008/12/24 Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2008 Sep; 19(9):2035-41"