Systematic-Ecological Estimation of Seasonal Activity of Dehydrogenase in Drained Swamp Soils of the Interstream Area of the Ob and Tom Rivers

Drained peat soils (Histosols) were studied. In the mode of weak and moderate drainage, the trend of seasonal fluctuations (quadratic parabola) shows a weekly average increase in dehydrogenase activity with a weekly average deceleration, and in the intensive drainage mode, a weekly average deceleration with a weekly acceleration for June–October. A significant nonlinear relationship of enzyme activity was revealed: positive with redox potential and pH, and multidirectional with soil bulk moisture and soil temperature. According to canonical analysis, the discussed set cumulatively determines the seasonal dehydrogenase activity by 50–81%. The hydrological regime is statistically proved as a dominant factor. A negative conjugate interaction of dehydrogenase and peroxidase activity has been established, confirming their participation in the biochemical transformation of organic matter as a whole.