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Humus and Acidification

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Aquatic Humic Substances

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 133))

Abstract

Soil humus may be defined as the product of transformation of plant and animal remains which bear no morphological resemblances to the materials from which they were derived (Kononova 1975; Hayes and Swift 1978). The predominant part of organic material in surface waters is normally allochthonously derived. The material is produced within the catchment and brought to the lakes and rivers by runoff in countless numbers of physicochemical forms (e.g. Felbeck 1971; Heyes 1991). Types of degradation products as well as the time needed to fully decompose organic matter are extremely variable, depending on the chemical composition of the original material as well on several site-specific physical, chemical and biological factors such as the redox potential (i.e. the oxygen conditions and gas exchange), the biological degradation activity, the hydrological conditions, pH and temperature. Accordingly, it is not surprising to find a river carrying relatively fresh lignin and cellulose from newly fallen debris, as well as series of degradation products derived from these substances where they have been exposed to biochemical decomposition over extended periods of time.

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    Dag O. Hessen

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Lydersen, E. (1998). Humus and Acidification. In: Hessen, D.O., Tranvik, L.J. (eds) Aquatic Humic Substances. Ecological Studies, vol 133. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03736-2_4

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