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Results from field plots (with Norway spruce, Scots pine or silver birch) and lysimeters exposed to artificial rain are described. “Rain” was acidified to pH levels from 6 to 2.5 or 2 by means of H2SO4, and applied to field plots and 40 cm deep lysimeters in quantities of 50 mm month-1 in the frost-free period. Increased acidity of the “rain” increased the leaching of Ca, Mg and Al. When “rain” acidity increased from pH 3 to pH 2, Al concentration in the effluent increased from an average of 80 μmol 1-1 to an average of 1290 μmol 1-1. The Ca/Al mol ratio decreased from 7 to 0.5. Significant and corresponding changes in soil chemistry were observed. Neither the growth of trees nor the chemical properties of the foliage indicate that the trees suffered from Al-toxicity.
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Abrahamsen, G. (1983). Sulphur Pollution: Ca, Mg and Al in Soil and Soil Water and Possible Effects on Forest Trees. 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_16
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