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\section{Results}  \subsection{Unleached Litter Experiment}  The sediments added to the mesocosms had an estimated dry bulk density that ranged between 0.25 to 0.26 g ml\textsuperscript{-1} and an organic matter content between 12.7 and 12.9\%. Using this information, we estimate that the sediments in the mesocosms contained between 3.16 and 3.33 g of organic matter. The mesocosms that received leaf litter each received between 0.04 and 0.08 additional g of organic matter with the added leaf litter, which would be the equivelent of 11.3 to 22.7 g coarse organic matter m\textsuperscript{-2}. In the lake from which the sediments were collected we measured between 57.3 and 163.0 g coarse organic matter m\textsuperscript{-2}, so the mesocosms used in the experiment contained at most 40\% of the coarse organic matter of the lake. However in the mesocosms all of the leaf litter was added to the surface of the sediments, while a portion of the leaf litter in the lakes was buried within the sediment.