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Articles | Volume 23, issue 21
Articles | Volume 23, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7849-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7849-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 21
Research article
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05 Nov 2026
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2026

Quantifying the impact of groundwater fauna and temperature on the ecosystem service of microbial carbon degradation; a proof-of-principle approach

Susanne I. Schmidt, Nora Rütz, and Jürgen Marxsen

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The groundwater ecosystem fulfils functions that enable drinking water production. Here, we used a computational model to quantify one such services, namely the degradation or organic carbon. We ran scenarios with and without fauna and scenarios with (additionally) temperature elevated by 1.5 °C and 3 °C. Biodegradable organic carbon increased in scenarios without fauna. This may create problems in drinking water production. Fauna fulfils a service by promoting microbial carbon degradation.
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