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Articles | Volume 21, issue 15
Articles | Volume 21, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3491-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3491-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 15
Research article
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02 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 02 Aug 2024

Patterns and drivers of organic matter decomposition in peatland open-water pools

Julien Arsenault, Julie Talbot, Tim R. Moore, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Henning Teickner, and Jean-François Lapierre

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Peatlands are among the largest carbon (C) sinks on the planet. However, peatland features such as open-water pools emit more C than they accumulate because of higher decomposition than production. With this study, we show that the rates of decomposition vary among pools and are mostly driven by the environmental conditions in pools rather than by the nature of the material being decomposed. This means that changes in pool number or size may modify the capacity of peatlands to accumulate C.
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