Soils as carbon stores and sinks: expectations, patterns, processes, and prospects of transitions

M van Noordwijk, E Aynekulu, R Hijbeek… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The few percent of soil organic carbon (SOC) among mineral components form the interface
of climate, plant growth, soil biological processes, physical transport infrastructure, and …

Characterization of aquatic organic matter: assessment, perspectives and research priorities

M Derrien, SR Brogi, R Gonçalves-Araujo - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Organic matter (OM) refers to the largest reactive reservoir of carbon-based compounds on
Earth. Aside of its role as a source of carbon, OM is also actively involved in a wide range of …

A unified theory for organic matter accumulation

EJ Zakem, BB Cael, NM Levine - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Organic matter constitutes a key reservoir in global elemental cycles. However, our
understanding of the dynamics of organic matter and its accumulation remains incomplete …

Hydrophilic species are the most biodegradable components of freshwater dissolved organic matter

C Grasset, M Groeneveld, LJ Tranvik… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aquatic dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a crucial component of the global carbon cycle,
and the extent to which DOM escapes mineralization is important for the transport of organic …

Methane production in soil environments—Anaerobic biogeochemistry and microbial life between flooding and desiccation

R Conrad - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Flooding and desiccation of soil environments mainly affect the availability of water and
oxygen. While water is necessary for all life, oxygen is required for aerobic microorganisms …

Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems

M Berggren, F Guillemette, M Bieroza, I Buffam… - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite our growing understanding of the global carbon cycle, scientific consensus on the
drivers and mechanisms that control dissolved organic carbon (DOC) turnover in aquatic …

Interactive effects on organic matter processing from soils to the ocean: are priming effects relevant in aquatic ecosystems?

MM Bengtsson, K Attermeyer, N Catalán - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Organic matter (OM) is degraded during transport from soils to oceans. However, there are
spatial and temporal variabilities along the aquatic continuum, which hamper the …

Improved understanding of dissolved organic matter processing in freshwater using complementary experimental and machine learning approaches

P Herzsprung, V Wentzky, N Kamjunke… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Dissolved organic matter plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems and poses a major
problem for drinking water production. However, our understanding of DOM reactivity in …

Dissolved organic carbon turnover in permafrost-influenced watersheds of interior Alaska: Molecular insights and the priming effect

SR Textor, KP Wickland, DC Podgorski… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Increased permafrost thaw due to climate change in northern high-latitudes has prompted
concern over impacts on soil and stream biogeochemistry that affect the fate of dissolved …

A generic hierarchical model of organic matter degradation and preservation in aquatic systems

H Shang - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Organic matter degradation and preservation are crucial components of Earth's carbon
cycle. Empirical and phenomenological models usually contain parameters determined by …