Articles | Volume 17, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4571-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4571-2020
Research article
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18 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2020

Mineralization of organic matter in boreal lake sediments: rates, pathways, and nature of the fermenting substrates

François Clayer, Yves Gélinas, André Tessier, and Charles Gobeil

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Here, we quantified the sediment production of methane and carbon dioxide in lake sediments to better characterize the nature of the organic matter at the origin of these two greenhouse gases. We demonstrate that the production of these gases is not adequately represented in models for deep lake sediments. We thus propose to improve the representation of organic matter degradation reactions in current models for improving predictions of greenhouse gas cycling in aquatic sediments.
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