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Ionic fluxes in a semi-mature stand of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.), on a spodosol in eastern Ireland, were monitored over an eight-year period, 1991-1998. The paper focuses on the long-term viability of forests in this region. Input-output balances, proton budgets and critical loads suggest that the long-term sustainability of forests in the region is threatened unless atmospheric emissions of anthropogenic substances can be controlled.
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Farrell, E.P., Aherne, J., Boyle, G.M., Nunan, N. (2001). Long-Term Monitoring of Atmospheric Deposition and the Implications of Ionic Inputs for the Sustainability of a Coniferous Forest Ecosystem. In: Satake, K., et al. Acid rain 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0810-5_23
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