Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(1):10-18 | DOI: 10.17221/76/2014-SWR

Modelling the impact of acid deposition on forest soils in North Bohemian Mountains with two dynamic models: the Very Simple Dynamic Model (VSD) and the Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments (MAGIC)Original Paper

Radim VA©ÁT, Lenka PAVLŮ, Luboą BORŮVKA, Václav TEJNECKÝ, Antonín NIKODEM
Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Enormous acid deposition that culminated in the 1970s contributed largely to accelerate the process of acidification of soils in northern Bohemia. As a consequence a wide forest decline occurred shortly afterwards. In this paper we present a long-term soil acidification modelling with two dynamic models (Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments and Very Simple Dynamic Model) to describe history, make successive prediction, and assess possibility of recovery of the ecosystem. Focused on eight soil acidification indicators we found a strong rise of the soil acidification status in 1970s, when emission load culminated, and a large decrease after the year 2000 (after flue gas desulfurization). We further revealed slight differences, but general similarity, for both dynamic models. The results indicate that the impact of historic massive pollution will not probably be eliminated in the future by the year 2100.

Keywords: air pollution; Black Triangle; historical deposition; long-term modelling; mass balance; soil solution; soil chemistry

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VA©ÁT R, PAVLŮ L, BORŮVKA L, TEJNECKÝ V, NIKODEM A. Modelling the impact of acid deposition on forest soils in North Bohemian Mountains with two dynamic models: the Very Simple Dynamic Model (VSD) and the Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments (MAGIC). Soil & Water Res. 2015;10(1):10-18. doi: 10.17221/76/2014-SWR.
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