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N : P Stoichiometry in a Forested Runoff during Storm Events: Comparisons with Regions and Vegetation Types

Table 3

Means for nutrient concentrations (μmol L−1) and the molar N : P ratio at the 20 sites across the five study regions in Japan (standard deviations are in parentheses).

SiteNumber of samplesDTPDTNDIPDINDOPDONN : P ratio

EC-A3190.07 (0.06)31.73 (4.71)0.02 (0.01)21.38 (7.56)0.06 (0.05)10.35 (10.11)638 (296.37)
DB-A4530.06 (0.04)11.95 (3.92)0.02 (0.01)6.16 (3.57)0.04 (0.03)5.79 (1.44)241 (129.75)
Aichi720.06(0.04) 17.17(9.69) 0.02(0.01) 10.18(8.33) 0.05(0.04) 7.00(5.62) 346(256.25)

DB-K2240.48 (0.29)14.86 (3.22)0.14 (0.16)12.75 (2.77)0.34 (0.14)2.11 (0.94)40 (23.19)
DB-K3640.30 (0.16)20.90 (14.27)0.09 (0.12)17.24 (12.48)0.22 (0.12)3.66 (2.88)79 (47.65)
EC-K440.06 (0.03)1.74 (0.27)0.20 (0.00)0.26 (0.16)0.04 (0.23)1.47 (0.30)40 (23.36)
EC-K550.41 (0.16)37.67 (2.86)0.04 (0.05)34.58 (2.53)0.37 (0.18)3.09 (0.79)107 (48.05)
EC-K6210.42 (0.11)18.94 (1.65)0.05 (0.05)16.56 (1.51)0.37 (0.12)2.38 (0.69)49 (15.97)
EC-K7190.35 (0.11)54.53 (15.14)0.16 (0.99)47.90 (11.98)0.19 (0.15)6.62 (5.04)169 (70.19)
Kochi1370.35(0.19) 24.26(17.37) 0.10(0.12) 20.74(15.34) 0.26(0.15) 3.52(3.08) 80(59.28)

EC-M1290.06 (0.08)15.17 (11.63)0.02 (0.00)12.01 (8.47)0.05 (0.08)53.97 (50.00)352 (221.19)
EC-M2400.13 (0.10)13.87 (11.89)0.04 (0.02)10.01 (9.86)0.10 (0.10)53.77 (39.13)117 (76.00)
EC-M3320.08 (0.09)16.92 (8.67)0.03 (0.04)13.18 (7.43)0.06 (0.08)52.36 (31.13)370 (248.20)
EC-M440.10 (0.08)20.56 (10.33)0.02 (0.00)9.31 (0.74)0.08 (0.07)157.4 (150.69)433 (471.02)
EC-M5100.12 (0.13)37.93 (12.19)0.02 (0.00)34.46 (11.77)0.11 (0.13)48.70 (26.98)670 (493.82)
DB-M8390.09 (0.09)9.46 (4.75)0.03 (0.18)5.44 (2.69)0.07 (0.08)4.01 (3.61)182 (107.83)
Mie1540.10(0.10) 15.40(11.68)0.03(0.02)11.44(10.18)0.07(0.09)43.95(50.03)275(261.32)

EC-N2240.56 (0.50)68.36 (6.18)0.14 (0.46)61.91 (8.01)0.42 (0.31)6.45 (4.79)190 (112.23)
EC-N491.01 (0.22)53.34 (14.74)0.24 (0.07)5.05 (2.86)0.78 (0.17)48.29 (12.11)52.67 (7.04)
EC-N5200.61 (0.24)56.75 (13.60)0.34 (0.06)50.20 (13.68)0.27 (0.25)6.55 (2.13)100 (32.62)
DB-N6151.20 (0.29)11.50 (4.32)0.87 (0.20)0.77 (0.83)0.33 (0.10)10.73 (3.66)9 (2.67)
Nagano680.77(0.44) 50.41(23.73) 0.37(0.40) 37.45(27.95) 0.40(0.29) 12.96(15.02) 106(98.13)

EC-T5570.51 (0.33)133.92 (28.21)0.30 (0.32)126.93 (30.28)0.22 (0.16)6.98 (4.83)483 (464.92)
DB-T6600.70 (0.46)161.54 (31.80)0.29 (0.27)156.38 (32.97)0.41 (0.25)5.16 (5.38)390 (297.56)
Tokyo1170.61(0.41)148.08(33.02)0.29(0.30)142.03(34.8)0.32(0.23) 6.05(5.18)435(389.30)