Table 1 Summarized Hg wet deposition, dry deposition, emission and net input (deposition minus emission) in soil from different regions, China

Precipitation (mm/year, i.e. L/m²/year)

< 400

400–800

> 800

Regions

Northwest

Northeast

Southwest

Southeast

Ecosystem

Bare soil or grassland

Forest and shrub

Forest and shrub

Forest, shrub or vegetation

Hg wet precipitation

(µg/m²/year)

1.08–4.63

8.40

0.74–15.9

26.1–39.0

Hg dry precipitation

(µg/m²/year)

–

16.5–20.2

63.3

51.0–66.4

Hg emission (µg/m²/year)

9.37

− 1.05

9.60

51.5–57.8

Net Hg input

− 8.29 ~ − 4.74

26.0 ~ 29.7

54.4 ~ 69.6

25.6 ~ 47.6

References

[47, 59, 60]

[11, 60, 61]

[16, 40, 47, 62]

[59, 61, 63,64,65,66,67]