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Maximum respiration rates in hyporheic zone sediments are primarily constrained by organic carbon concentration and secondarily by organic matter chemistry
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Vanessa A. Garayburu-Caruso
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Robert E. Danczak
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Amy E. Goldman
Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Lupita Renteria
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Joshua M. Torgeson
Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Jacqueline Hager
Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
previously published under the name Jacqueline Wells
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Chemical reactions in river sediments influence how clean the water is and how much greenhouse gas comes out of a river. Our study investigates why some sediments have higher rates of chemical reactions than others. We find that to achieve high rates, sediments need to have two things: only a few different kinds of molecules, but a lot of them. This result spans about 80 rivers such that it could be a general rule, helpful for predicting the future of rivers and our planet.
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