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- Increased concentration of PH sensitive metals to potentially toxic levels for land plants especially Al, but also mn,cr, cu,ni,and zn.
- Reduced nutrient supply (n,s and p remain immobilized in soil organic matter which is not as efficiently degraded by soil microbes at low pH)
- Reduced calcium and other cations supply lost to drainage water .
reduced uptake of phosphate and molybdate by plants
- Nitrification (oxidation of ammonium to and nitrate.
- Nitrogen fixation by legumes hosted soil microbes is reduced unless acid tolerant strains are present.
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