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Published in final edited form as: Appl Geochem. 2019 Sep 1;108:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.104388

Table 5.

Mean annual inputs and outputs of soil Cd in g/ha.

Inputs Outputs Remarks (Location, period) Reference
Atmospheric Deposition Phosphate fertilizers Others (e.g.,
manure)
Leaching Crop offtake
1.7 5.6 0.64 0.68 0.28 Germany, farming, the 1990s Schuetze et al. (2003)
5 - - 0.68 - Germany, forest & urban, the 1990s Schuetze et al. (2003)
2.5 to 4.5 - - - - German uplands, forest, the 1990s Beisecker et al. (2012)
2.06 - - 3.35 - German uplands, forest, the 2000s Beisecker et al. (2012)
0.96 0.28 0.43 0.87 0.8 Lower Saxony (Germany), farming, 1990s/2000s Kamermann et al. (2015)
4 0.9 6.3 1.6 - China, the 2000s Luo et al. (2009)
1.9 1.6 - - - European countries, 2000 Grant (2011)
9.8 1.0 1.4 - - Belgium, the 1990s UNEP (2010)
0.25 0.98 0.56 - - Farquhar et al., 1997 Six and Smolders (2014)
0.35 0.79 0.15 2.56 0.2 European countries 2010 Six and Smolders (2014)
 > 0.5 - - - - Western, Eastern and Southern Europe, 2003 UNEP (2010)
1.4 - - - - West Germany, industry, 2014 Ilyin et al. (2016)
0.25 - - - - South Germany, farming, 2014 Ilyin et al. (2016)
0.19  < 0.071 0.148 - - Farquhar et al., 1997 UNEP (2010)
0.3 - - - - Northern Europe, 2003 UNEP (2010)
0.32 - - - - Near the European coast, 2005 OSPAR (2008)
 > 0.32 - - - - Greater North Sea, 2005 OSPAR (2008)
 < 0.1 - - - - Wider Atlantic, 2005 OSPAR (2008)
 > 0.1 - - - - Central Atlantic & Southern coast of Greenland, 2005 OSPAR (2008)
 < 0.05 - - - - Arctic Ocean, 2005 OSPAR (2008)