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SUBMITTER: Tiegs SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326750 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20190109 1
River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized at the global scale. In response, we used a peer-sourced research network and a highly standardized carbon processing assay to conduct a global-scale field experiment in greater than 1000 river and riparian sites. We found that Earth's biomes have distinct carbon processing si ...[more]