Mercury dynamics and mass balance in a subtropical forest, southwestern  China

Ma, Ming; Wang, Dingyong; Du, Hongxia; Sun, Tao; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Yongmin; Wei, Shiqiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4529-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4529-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4529-2016

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13 Apr 2016

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| 13 Apr 2016

Mercury dynamics and mass balance in a subtropical forest, southwestern China

Ming Ma, Dingyong Wang, Hongxia Du, Tao Sun, Zheng Zhao, Yongmin Wang, and Shiqiang Wei

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RC C11435: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jan 2016
- AC C12929: 'Reply to 1#', Ming Ma, 02 Mar 2016
RC C11730: 'acp-2015-927 Referee #2 Report', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jan 2016
- AC C13135: 'Response to Referee #2', Ming Ma, 14 Mar 2016
- AC C13221: 'Response to Referee 2-0316', Ming Ma, 16 Mar 2016

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AR by Ming Ma on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2016)

ED: Publish as is (29 Mar 2016) by Leiming Zhang

AR by Ming Ma on behalf of the Authors (01 Apr 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Elevated atmospheric deposition in China is predicted to increase due to fast economic development. We quantified Hg dynamics on the forest field and measured fluxes and pools of Hg in litterfall, throughfall, stream water and forest soil in southwestern China, and found that forest field retention can prevent Hg from entering into the downstream aquatic ecosystems. However, any changes in the forest floor like deforestation or forestland degradation may strongly affect Hg budget of the region.