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How does flooding affect the soil layer of the
ecosystem?

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Answer:

Soil will become damp and will thrive in water

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Changes from flooded to drained conditions in soils stimulate changes from aquatic to terrestrial vegetation and decrease the algal contribution to total primary production. Drainage of organic soils then has the effect of removing a source of net primary production (algae) and carbon sequestration

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