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Seasonal changes in oxygen consumption rate and redox property of floating peat in a pond in central Japan

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Seasonal changes and temperature dependence of the oxygen consumption rate were measured in the surface peat of a floating mat. A simple model succeeded in reproducing the seasonal pattern in Eh changes at the peat surface. This included two terms: oxygen supply rate as a function of water-table depth and oxygen consumption rate as a function of temperature and microbial activity. The model explained well the minimum and maximum Eh in July and October, respectively. The activity of aerobic microbes in the peat was important in determining redox properties in the floating mat.

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Haraguchi, A. Seasonal changes in oxygen consumption rate and redox property of floating peat in a pond in central Japan. Wetlands 15, 242–246 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03160704

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