Abstract

(1) Results are presented to the atmospheric deposition of phosphorus over a 1 year period in coastal fynbos vegetation on aeolian sandy soils of low phosphorus content. (2) Annual precipitation during 1980-8 1 was 381 mm. (3) Phosphorus input was estimated as 0. 19 kg ha-' year-'; it occurred mainly during the winter. (4) It is concluded that phosphorus input from bulk precipitation is an important contribution to the fynbos biome.

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