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Effects of Acid Rain on Soil Chemistry and Nutrient Availability in the Soil

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Forest Decline and Air Pollution

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 77))

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Nutrient availability in soils is strongly related to soil pH. Plant uptake of Ca and Mg increases with pH while the availability of most trace nutrients increases with decreasing soil pH (Finck 1976). On the one hand, pH determines the solubility of many nutrients, on the other hand pH of the soil solution indicates the concentration of alkali and earth alkali ions.

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Kaupenjohann, M. et al. (1989). Effects of Acid Rain on Soil Chemistry and Nutrient Availability in the Soil. In: Schulze, ED., Lange, O.L., Oren, R. (eds) Forest Decline and Air Pollution. Ecological Studies, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61332-6_14

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