Objective
TO STUDY THE CONDITIONS OF NEUTRALIZATION OF RAIN WATER IN THE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO STREAMS.
THE PASSAGE OF NATURAL ACIDITY TO STREAMS IS GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE EPISODIC BUT STUDIES BY THE PROPOSER HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE STREAM THAT HAS REMAINED PERSISTENTLY MORE ACID THAN THE RECEIVED RAINWATER FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH STREAMS, THE NATURE OF THE ACIDITY, THE EXTENT OF THE LAND AREA AROUND THE STREAM CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACIDITY, THE ANION INVOLVED AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT IS PRODUCED ARE ALL CLEARLY RELEVANT TO THE DEBATE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ACID RAIN EFFECTS.
THE UK DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDING A MAJOR INVESTIGATION AT THE MACAULAY INSTITUTE FOR SOIL RESEARCH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN TO INVESTIGATE THE CHEMICAL CHANGES IN WATER CHEMISTRY AS RAIN PASSES THROUGH THE VEGETATION AND SOIL, INCLUDING THOSE ASPECTS OF SOIL HYDROLOGY THAT MAY LIMIT ACID NEUTRALIZATION REACTIONS IN THE SOIL. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS STUDY WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE INVESTIGATION OF NATURALLY PRODUCED MOBILE ACIDS THE INTERACTION WITH BOTH LAND USE AND ANTHROPOGENIC ACIDITY.
SPECIFICALLY THE AIMS OF THE EXTENDED PROJECT ARE:
(I) EXAMINE THE ABILITY OF TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION TO NEUTRALISE RAINWATER PASSING OVER THEM AS A FUNCTION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SOIL CATIONS.
(II) ELUCIDATE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ACIDITY AVOIDS NEUTRALIZATION WITHIN SOIL AND SO REACHES STREAMS.
(III) DETERMINE THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATURAL AND POLLUTION-DERIVED ACIDITY IN PARTICULAR LANDSCAPES AND POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTS
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AB9 1FX Aberdeen
United Kingdom
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