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ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 123-136Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.05.020
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Biodegradation; Lattice -Boltzmann method; Pole scale heterogeneity; Spatial distribution; Substrate diffusion; Microbial habitats
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- Vcolia Environment group
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Soil structure and interactions between biotic and abiotic processes are increasingly recognized as important for explaining the large uncertainties in the outputs of macroscopic SOM decomposition models. We present a numerical analysis to assess the role of meso- and macropore topology on the biodegradation of a soluble carbon substrate in variably water saturated and pure diffusion conditions, Our analysis was built as a complete factorial design and used a new 3D pore-scale model, LBioS, that couples a diffusion lattice-Boltzmann model and a compartmental biodegradation model. The scenarios combined contrasted modalities of four factors: meso- and macropore space geometry, water saturation, bacterial distribution and physiology. A global sensitivity analysis of these factors highlighted the role of physical factors in the biodegradation kinetics of our scenarios. Bacteria location explained 28% of the total variance in substrate concentration in all scenarios, while the interactions among location, saturation and geometry explained up to 51% of it. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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