Patterns and drivers of organic matter decomposition in peatland open-water pools

The five .csv files from this entrance comprise data used in Arsenault et al. "Patterns and drivers of organic matter decomposition in peatland open-water pools". This article was published on August 2nd 2024 in Biogeosciences (https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3491-2024). First three files contain data from the three phases of the research: the study spatiotemporal changes in fresh litter chemistry and decomposition rates using litterbags (file 'Arsenault_2024_LB'), the study of spatial variations in peatland pool sediment chemistry and decomposition (file 'Arsenault_2024_inc'), and the study of spatiotemporal change of pool water chemistry (file 'Arsenault_2024_water-chemistry'). File 'Arsenault_2024_LB_raw' contains raw data from the litterbag experiment from which we derived the decomposition rate constant 'k' shown in the 'Arsenault_2024_LB' file. File 'Arsenault_2024_inc_raw' contains CH4 and CO2 concentrations and production rates from the incubation experiments. Variable units are shown in column headers.