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Resource: used or used up in processesPeat
Appears in 2 processs and 4 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.
Top processes
- A high water table excludes oxygen and the enzyme latch (phenol oxidase starved of oxygen) slows decomposition
- Plant production exceeds decay and peat accumulates at about 20 g C per m2 per year (about 1 mm per year)
- Drainage or drought lowers the water table, oxygen enters and peat respires CO2 (drained peatland about 0.3% of land, about 5% of human CO2-equivalent emissions)
Often found with
Carbon dioxide 3Oxygen 3Wetland plants 2Peat 2Water 2Methanogens 1Methanotrophs 1Methane 1Phenol oxidase 1Water 1Sphagnum 1Carbon 1
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