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Sulfuric acid rain treatment of Picea abies (Karst. L): Effects on nutrient solution, throughfall chemistry, and tree nutrition
Author(s) -
Kaupenjohann M.,
Schneider B. U.,
Hantschel R.,
Zech W.,
Horn R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
zeitschrift für pflanzenernährung und bodenkunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 0044-3263
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.19881510210
Subject(s) - throughfall , picea abies , acid rain , sulfuric acid , nutrient , chemistry , leaching (pedology) , environmental chemistry , karst , precipitation , canopy , botany , environmental science , inorganic chemistry , soil water , soil science , biology , organic chemistry , meteorology , paleontology , physics
To determine acid rain effects on nutrient solution, throughfall chemistry and nutrition of Picea abies , three years old saplings were treated with sulfuric acid (pH 2.7 and 2.4; 200 ml/tree and day) three times a day during a period of 10 days. The major effects on nutrient solution chemistry include significant increases of total acidity and sharp decreases in contents of phosphorus. Besides, the leaching of K, Ca and Mg out of the canopy clearly increases with precipitation acidity, resulting in significant lower Mg‐contents of acidic treated spruce needles.