Table 5. Contribution(%) of surface PM and in-wax PM to total PM deposited on foliage of 5 species in the survey sites. Data are mean ± SD, n = 10 (4 months with 3 replicates in each).

Species Month
May. Aug. Nov. Jan.
sPM, % wPM, % sPM, % wPM, % sPM, % wPM, % sPM, % wPM, %
Q. myrsinaefolia 68.2 31.8 57.8 42.2 63.8 36.2 71.1 28.9
Q. glauca 72.9 27.1 53.0 47.0 53.8 46.2 68.2 31.8
Q. salicina 71.2 28.8 54.6 45.4 66.7 33.3 76.0 24.0
C. japonica 57.9 42.1 49.9 50.1 65.5 34.5 77.1 22.9
Prunus x yedoensis 54.6 45.4 60.7 39.3 nd nd nd nd
Average for species 65.0 35.0 55.2 44.8 62.5 37.6 73.1 26.9
Values in rows followed by different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
Not determined in this year.