Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 24
Articles | Volume 29, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-7201-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-7201-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 24
Research article
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17 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2025

Microbial mats promote surface water retention in proglacial streams

Jonas Paccolat, Pietro de Anna, Stuart Nicholas Lane, Hannes Markus Peter, and Tom Battin

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With glacier retreat, barren areas are exposed to life settlement. Biofilms, surface attached colonies of microbes, are amongst the first colonizers. In low flow streams, they grow into millimeter thick mats gluing fine sediments together. We studied how such bio-clogging enhance water availability on lateral terraces, suffering from water scarcity. Mat permeability was quantified from streamside flume experiments and an idealized terrace model was conceived to estimate stream elongation.
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