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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-891-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-891-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Research article
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26 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 26 Jun 2025

Peat oxic and anoxic controls of Sphagnum decomposition rates in the Holocene Peatland Model decomposition module estimated from litterbag data

Henning Teickner, Edzer Pebesma, and Klaus-Holger Knorr

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The Holocene Peatland Model (HPM) is a widely used peatland model to understand and predict long-term peatland dynamics. Here, we test whether the HPM can predict Sphagnum litterbag decomposition rates from oxic to anoxic conditions. Our results indicate that decomposition rates change more gradually from oxic to anoxic conditions and may be underestimated under anoxic conditions, possibly because the effect of water table fluctuations on decomposition rates is not considered.
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