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In order to determine the rate of proton and sulfur load resulting from atmospheric deposition and the interaction of these pollutants in different types of ecosystems, measurements of element fluxes were carried out in stands of pine, oak, beech, spruce and heath. Highest rates of deposition were found for the spruce stand and lowest for the heath stand. The effect of proton consumption in the soil depends on the chemical soil state. For the stands investigated the chemical soil state corresponds to the Exchange- or the Al-buffer range. Therefore the consumption of protons leads either to the liberation and leaching of Ca and Mg or to the leaching of significant amounts of Al. Accumulation of N and other elements within the humus layer of the beech and the spruce stand seems to be due to far reaching changes of decomposition conditions caused by acid rain.
Rates of ecosystem internal proton production are about equal to the rate of proton load from deposition for the beech and spruce stand.
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Matzner, E. (1983). Balances of Element Fluxes within Different Ecosystems Impacted by Acid Rain. In: Ulrich, B., Pankrath, J. (eds) Effects of Accumulation of Air Pollutants in Forest Ecosystems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6983-4_11
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