Variability of physicochemical properties of throughfall in the pine stands in Western Pomerania and Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Białe Zagłębie)
Rafał Kozłowski, Robert Kruszyk
Summary
The study presents the results of research conducted in the years 2010–2013 in pine stands in Western Pomerania and Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Białe Zagłębie). The study was conducted in pine stands located in two geoekosystems under the influence of varying the intensity of local and remote industrial immission. In spite of water loss via interception, the annual average load of ions under the canopy in both stands exceeded that in bulk precipitation. This is the result of the ongoing process of leaching and washout of dry-deposited elements. The total load of ions recorded in the pine stands 126.45 kg•ha-1•yr-1 (Malik) and 47.14 kg•ha-1•yr-1 (Czarne) exceeded the value
observed for the bulk precipitation nearly twice – 74.25 kg•ha-1•yr-1 (Malik) and 23.46 kg•ha-1•yr-1 (Czarne). In both stands the highest enrichment as expressed by the
enrichment factor was recorded for potassium, at 7.0 (Malik) and 5.8 (Czarne)
