Communications Earth & Environment (Jan 2023)

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

  • Haitao Shang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00667-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Organic matter in aquatic systems is broken down in a hierarchical ensemble, involving a decrease in effective kinetic barriers, according to a mechanistic model using decay kinetics that predicts degradation and preservation characteristics consistent with observations.