Published January 1, 2019 | Version v1
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An affordable and reliable assessment of aquatic decomposition: Tailoring the Tea Bag Index to surface waters

  • 1. Fdn Edmund Mach, Res & Innovat Ctr, Dept Sustainable Agroecosyst & Bioresources, Via E Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele All Adige, Italy
  • 2. Netherlands Inst Ecol NIOO KNAW, Dept Aquat Ecol, Wageningen, Netherlands
  • 3. Middle East Tech Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Limnol Lab, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • 4. Czech Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Lab Paleoecol, Lidickez 25-27, Brno 60200, Czech Republic
  • 5. Czech Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Dept Vegetat Ecol, Lidicka 25-27, Brno 60200, Czech Republic
  • 6. Environm Consulting Bur Plantontax, Ry, Denmark
  • 7. Univ Belgrade, Inst Biol Res, Bulevar Despots Stefano 142, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
  • 8. Dundalk Inst Technol, Dept Appl Sci, Ctr Environm & Freshwater Studies, Dundalk, Ireland

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Litter decomposition is a vital part of the global carbon cycle as it determines not only the amount of carbon to be sequestered, but also how fast carbon re-enters the cycle. Freshwater systems play an active role in the carbon cycle as it receives, and decomposes, terrestrial litter material alongside decomposing aquatic plant litter. Decomposition of organic matter in the aquatic environment is directly controlled by water temperature and nutrient availability, which are continuously affected by global change.

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