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Low pH can adversely affect osmoregualtion in larval amphibians by substantially increasing rates of sodium ion loss through the skin and by inhibiting the active uptake of sodium from the water.
Seite 113 aus "The Ecology and Behaviour of Amphibians" - Kentwood D. Wells
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Studies of terrstrial salamanders have shown that acidic soil can induce the same osmoregulatory reponses seen in aquatic amphibians.
[...] further acidification of terrestrial environments could have serious consequences for many amphibian species.
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Salaland (18.01.2012)