Assessing the relevance of atmospheric heavy metal deposition with regard to ecosystem integrity and human health in Germany

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 20 Overview of the 5, 25, 50, 75 and 95 percentiles, minima and maxima as well as arithmetic mean values of the critical loads in the receptor areas in Germany

	Nickel	Copper	Zinc	Lead	Arsenic	Chrome	Cadmium	Mercury
	g ha⁻¹ a⁻¹
Drinking water
Min		484	1234	3	2	12	0.8	0.3
5 Perc.		1070	2848	9	6	28	2.5	0.6
25 Perc.		4091	10428	24	21	104	7.1	2.1
50 Perc.		6172	15,628	35	31	156	10.2	3.2
Mean		6168	15,609	35	31	156	10.2	3.2
75 Perc.		7956	20,093	44	40	200	12.9	4.1
95 Perc.		11,268	28,316	61	56	282	18	5.7
Max		27,533	69,133	142	138	688	42.6	13.8
Ecosystems
Min	37	7	81	2	115	78	1.5	0.1
5 Perc.	109	13	189	6	181	115	4.1	0.2
25 Perc.	197	27	313	9	311	198	6.4	0.3
50 Perc.	518	74	565	21	414	263	10.5	0.4
Mean	981	158	543	122	421	267	15.6	0.4
75 Perc.	1363	118	695	102	501	317	20.9	0.4
95 Perc.	3338	710	1032	601	711	448	42.4	0.6
Max	11,232	3384	2457	2603	1669	1049	127.6	1.1
Food (wheat products)
Min							1.9
5 Perc.							3
25 Perc.							4.9
50 Perc.							6
Mean							6.1
75 Perc.							7.1
95 Perc.							9.3
Max							19.2