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Figure 7

From: Time-scales of hydrological forcing on the geochemistry and bacterial community structure of temperate peat soils

Figure 7

Sketch of the dual-porosity concept of the peat soil and associated biogeochemical reactor.

The peat soil is composed of interconnected pores that actively transmit water and dead-end and closed pores associated to the peat matrix which retard flow. The closed pores constitute the preferential habitat for microbes are therefore the core of the biogeochemical reactor.

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