Published online 25 May 2007
Published in J Environ Qual 36:935-942 (2007)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0184
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Geostatistical Analysis and Risk Assessment on Soil Total Nitrogen and Total Soil Phosphorus in the Dongting Lake Plain Area, China
Peng Lua,
Yirong Sub,
Zheng Niua and
Jinshui Wub,*
a The State Key Lab. of Remote Sensing Science, Jointly Sponsored by the Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing 100101, P.R. China
b The Inst. of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, P.R. China

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Fig. 2. Plots of local variances versus local means computed from 600 by 600 m moving windows overlaid across the study area. (A) Total soil nitrogen. (B) Total soil phosphorus.
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Fig. 3. Box-Cox normality plots of (A) total soil nitrogen and (B) total soil phosphorus. The horizontal axis represents the value of the transformation parameter. The vertical axis refers to the correlation coefficient.
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Fig. 5. Anisotropic ratio of (A) total soil nitrogen and (B) total soil phosphorus at different directions. K(h), ratio of anisotropy in different directions.
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Fig. 6. Spatial distribution pattern of (A) total soil nitrogen (TN) and (B) total soil phosphorus (TP).
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Fig. 8. Probability distribution map of (A) total soil nitrogen (TN) and (B) total soil phosphorus (TP) exceeding the threshold value (TN, 3.2 g/kg; TP, 1.05 g/kg).
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