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Main Title Effects of sulfuric acid rain on two model hardwood forests : throughfall, litter leachate, and soil solution /
Author Lee, Jeffrey J., ; Weber, David E.
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Author Title of a Work
Weber, David E.,
CORP Author National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., Bethesda, MD.
Publisher Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-600/3-80-014
Stock Number PB80-157217
OCLC Number 06210790
Subjects Acid rain--Environmental aspects ; Forest soils ; Forest influences ; Acid rain--Environmental aspects--United States ; Hardwoods--United States
Additional Subjects Rainfall ; Water pollution ; Forest trees ; Sampling ; Sulfuric acids ; Soil analysis ; Calcium ; Magnesium ; Absorption ; Sulfates ; Concentration(Composition) ; pH ; Maple trees ; Chemical properties ; Rain ; Computerized simulation ; Mathematical models ; Leaching ; Acid precipitation ; Acer saccharum ; Alnus rubra ; LEACH model
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91019MQ8.PDF
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EHAM  SB745.4L44 1980 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-3-80-014 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/07/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/3-80-014 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/18/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-80-014 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-3-80-014 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-157217 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 39 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Simulated sulfuric acid rain (pH 3.0, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.6) was applied to model forests containing either sugar maple (Acer saccharum) or red alder (Alnus rubra). Water samples were collected above and below the canopy, below the litter, and from 20 cm and 1 m below the surface of the soil. While throughfall chemistry was not very different from rain chemistry, the litter leachate (the actual input to the soil) had consistently higher concentrations of calcium and magnesium, and higher pH than the acid rain. For the first 6 months, sulfate absorbtion by the soil prevented any apparent differences in sulfate, calcium, or magnesium concentrations in the 20-cm soil solution among plots receiving acid or control rain treatments. Sulfate concentrations on plots receiving the most acid rain (pH 3.0) then became increasingly higher than on the other plots until after 3 years, they were approximately equal to sulfate concentrations in the rain. Increased calcium and magnesium concentrations and lowered pH in 20-cm soil solution occurred simultaneously with increased sulfate concentrations. No acid rain related effects were evident in the 1-m soil solution even after 3.5 years exposure to pH 3.0 sulfuric acid rain.
Notes
"Terrestrial Division, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory." "Energy Effects Division, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." "January 1980." Includes bibliographical references.