Acidity of open and intercepted precipitation in forests

J. Baker; Drake Hocking; Marvin Nyborg

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Acidity of open and intercepted precipitation in forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

J. Baker, Drake Hocking, Marvin Nyborg

Year:

1976

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Dochinger, L. S.; Seliga, T. A., eds. Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-23. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 779-790

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Abstract

Emissions of sulphur dioxide appear to have an acidifying effect on grossfall (open rainfall), throughfall, stemflow and soil solution at sites near major sources. Resulting effects on soil chemistry include elevated extractable acidity and aluminum and depressed exchangeable bases, especially calcium and magnesium. These changes are mostly in the incipient phases in the study area.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem

Citation

Baker, J.; Hocking, Drake; Nyborg, Marvin. 1976. Acidity of open and intercepted precipitation in forests. In: Dochinger, L. S.; Seliga, T. A., eds. Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-23. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 779-790