“…For example, C in MAOM increased through time in some studies (Cheng et al, 2023;Neupane et al, 2023;Fulton-Smith and Cotrufo, 2019;Leichty et al, 2021), but in others it decreased (Throckmorton et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2017;Su et al, 2020). N in MAOM tends to increase through time in most studies (Mitchell et al, 2018;Fulton-Smith and Cotrufo, 2019;Nunez et al, 2022), but it can also decrease (Kölbl et al, 2006). Our model links through analytical equations these two regimes of early decomposition associated to transfer to MAOM and late decomposition associated to destabilization from MAOM.…”