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14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012
Proceedings
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14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012
DISCLAIMER:The Organising Committee of the 14th International Peat Congress does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents of the oral and poster presentations that are published in the Proceedings. These have not been ‘peer reviewed’ and have only been checked for English meaning and style and consistency with the ‘Guide to Authors’. Authors should be contacted di-rectly for further information.
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ContentsKeynotesStrategy for responsible peatland management – what and what next?Jack Rieley
Challenges and prospects for the peat and growing media industryLeading the way to responsible resource management of climateNorbert Siebels
Peatlands in the global carbon cycle and their role as modifiersNigel Roulet
The governance of peatlands/wetlands in SwedenLena Ek/Anders Flanking
Themes/Sub-themes I.Inventory, stratigraphy and conservation of mires and peatlands
Abstract Abstract noSpruce-Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change An In Situ Warming by Carbon Dioxide Manipulation of a Characteristic High-Carbon Ecosystem................................................................109Paul J. Hanson, Randall K. Kolka, Colleen Iversen, Steven D. Sebestyen, Richard J. Norby, Brian Palik, Jeffrey Warren, Peter Thornton, Stan D. Wullschleger
General review of the Peat Landscape Geochemistry in European Russia and distribution of Ge, U and 137Cs in peat soils........................121Vera N. Kreshtapova
Sterol and N-alkaline biomarker composition of modern fen plants – potential application for palaeoecological analyses.....................................................186Ronkainen, T
The peat investigations in the Geological Survey of Finland........................................223Samu Valpola, Asta Harju, Teuvo Herranen, Tapio Toivonen, Onerva Valo, Tuija Vähäkuopus
The Accounting of peat resources in Finland...............................................................243Asta Harju, Samu Valpola
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Abstract Abstract noThe Accounting of peat resources in Southern Ostrobothnia, Western Finland – a digital map service pilot....................................................................244Asta Harju, Samu Valpola
Holocene carbon accumulation in the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada (Short abstract)............................................................................................................263Maara Packalen, Sarah Finkelstein
Peat increment in the old mires of the Green Beltof Fennoscandia in Kuhmo - Kostamus watershed area...............................................281Tapio Lindholm, Oleg Kuznetsov, Raimo Heikkilä
Digital Surface Model building on base of photo flights with an ultra light aircraft...........................................................................357Bernd Hofer, Imre Sajtos, Andre Hallscheidt
Subfossil Swedish bog-pines as indicators of mid-Holocene palaeohydrology and climate.................................................................393Johannes Edvardsson, Dan Hammarlund, Hans Linderson, Mats Rundgren
Using ground penetrating radar to map peat condition at a landscape scale................452Lauren Parry
I.1 Mire ecology and biodiversity
Can peatland plants take up organic nitrogen?..............................................................13Tim Moore, Amanda Alfonso, Bev Clarkson
Photosynthetic responses in Sphagnum spp. in temperate mires to temperature, pH and salinity (Short abstract)............................................................63Akira Haraguchi
Vegetation cycles in boreal peatland ponds: effects of drought and flooding.................78Barbara Nicholson, Suzanne Bayley
Utilization of generalized linear and generalized additive models to predict Sphagnum and ericaceous shrubs distributions in peatlands........................156Rémy Pouliot, Line Rochefort
Sphagnum decay rate as a functional trait (Short abstract)..........................................246Fia Bengtsson, Håkan Rydin
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Abstract Abstract noMicrobial communities in boreal peatlands of the Athabaska region, Canada: building a reference for fen creation............................................................................251Roxane Andersen, J.S Price, R.R.E Artz, T. Freitag
Soil microbial diversity and spatiality across peatland vegetation mosaics under restoration in the southern Pennines, UK.............................................258Robin Sen, David Elliott, Felix Nwaishi, Graham Smith, Robin Caporn
World of Sphagnum – distribution pattern as a reflection of ecology and taxonomy.............................................................................................293Dierk Michaelis
Vegetation composition and dynamics of forested mires in Finland during 1985–2006 (Short abstract)......................................346Leila Korpela
Plant cover and state of treeless fen communities in Estonia........................................359Laimi Truus, Mati Ilomets, Raimo Pajula, Kairi Sepp
Vegetation and state of mire forests in Estonia............................................................379Raimo Pajula, Mati Ilomets, Kairi Sepp, Laimdota Truus
Pollution and climate influences on vegetation of UK peatlands..................................404Simon Caporn, Chris Field, Nancy Dise, Richard Payne, Lucy Sheppard, Ian Leith, Andrea Britton, Sally Power, Georgina Southon, Bridget Emmett, Rachel Helliwell, Laurence Jones, Steven Lees, Steve Hughes, Gareth Phoenix, Carly Stevens
I.2 Mire hydrology and hydrochemistry
Laggs of raised bogs in coastal British Columbia, Canada: Hydrology, hydrochemistry, and vegetation at the mire margin.....................................11Sarah Howie, Paul Whitfield, Richard Hebda, Ilja van Meerveld
Source of drainage water acidity in peat harvesting.......................................................42Anneli Wichmann
DIC and DOC in three mires representing different peatland development stages in a calcareous area of central Sweden............................................96Anders Löfgren, Peter Saetre
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Abstract Abstract noSeasonal variations in heavy metal content in water from a polluted mire in southern Poland.....................................................................101Beata Smieja-Krol, Barbara Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Arkadiusz Bauerek
Influence of ditching on the hydrolgy of mire lakes.....................................................194Pentti Åman, Johanna Partanen
The impact of ditch blocking on peatland hydrology at the Gordonbush Estate, Brora, Scotland, UK....................................................................................................226Ben Smith, Susan Waldron, Andrew Henderson, Hugh Flowers, David Gilvear
Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in bogs under grassland in Northern Germany along gradientsin soil organic matter and groundwater depth.............................................................232Stefan Frank, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Annette Freibauer
Estimation of mire water balance in Western Siberia...................................................265Yulia Kharanzhevskaya
Hydrological modelling of peatlands – an evaluation of meteorological input data...........................................................................................273Enrico Frahm, Ullrich Dettmann, Roland Fuss
Runoff changes after rewetting of a cutover peatland in Sweden.................................310Torbjörn Nilsson, Lars Lundin, Sabine Jordan, Elve Lode, Monika Strömgren
Field measurement of the ground water flow in the high moor peatin the Sarobetsu Mire, Hokkaido, Japan.....................................................................323 Koichi Yamamoto, Gatot Susilo, Toshio Noda, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Yuko Yamamoto, Harukuni Tachibana, Kazuya Otani, Masayuki Oishi
Effects of site characteristics on cumulative frequency distribution of water table depth in peatlands.................................................................................360Michel Bechtold, Michel Bechtold, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Enrico Frahm, Annette Freibauer
The effects of regional groundwater in bogland restoration (Short abstract)...............361Shane Regan, Paul Johnston
Nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) lossesfrom a degraded peatland in North-Eastern Germany.................................................367Baerbel Tiemeyer, Petra Kahle
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Abstract Abstract noEffects of peatland to water quality. Comparison of peat harvesting, peatland forestry and natural peatland using continuous monitoring stations...............................................395Pia Högmander, Päivi Saari
Value-adding of fen peatlands using their purification potential with respect to surface water.........................................................................423Dagmar Balla, Sebastian Maassen, Ralf Dannowski, Anja CoorsYulia Kharanzhevskaya
I.3 Peatlands as historical archives
Simple geochemical characteristics of peat in reconstructing peatland history...............30Monika Metrak, Malgorzata Suska-Malawska
Carbon accumulation shows the interplay between the natural succession of mires and climate changes......................................................49Markku Mäkilä, Matti Saarnisto
Peatland dynamics in Patagonia: abrupt mid-Holocene fen-to-bog transition and carbon sequestration implications.........................................54Julie Loisel, Zicheng Yu, Paolo D’Odorico
Fire history and vegetation recovery in two raised boreal bogs.....................................57Minna Väliranta, Ülle Sillasoo, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
14C, 210Pb and bulk peat composition as the crucial proxiesfor reconstruction of human impactin the peat bog from Southern Poland.........................61Barbara Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Natalia Piotrowska, Piotr Kolaczek, Edyta Lokas, Przemyslaw Wachniew, Michal Woszczyk, Adam Michczynski
Alaskan Peatland Carbon Dynamics During Past Warm Climate Intervals....................74Zicheng Yu, Julie Loise, Stephanie Hunt, Eric Klein, Robert Booth, Daniel Brosseau, Joan Ramage, Miriam Jones, Bryan Mark, Qianlai Zhuang, Benjamin Felzer
Palaeoecological study of Desmidiospora-like fungus from poor fen in North-Eastern Poland................................................................................................76Mateusz Wilk
Recent changes in peat properties and vegetation in Swedish mires (Short abstract)...119Kristian Schoning, Amanda James, Gustav Sohlenius
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Abstract Abstract noHolocene vegetation change in Sarufutsu River Mire, northern Hokkaido, Japan...........................................................................................124Hiroko Fujita, Yaeko Igarashi, Yukie Kato, Takashi Inoue, Masayuki Takada
More than 100 years of Swedish peat studies (Short abstract).....................................133Gustav Sohlenius, Kristian Schoning
High latitude peat deposits in Canada and Russia as climate archives.........................159Päivi Kaislahti Tillman, Steffen Holzkämper, Thorbjoern Joest Andersen, Gustaf Hugelius, Peter Kuhry, Britta Sannel
Balance or imbalance of a raised bog in a changing environment?..............................222Ulla Kokfelt, Mats Rundgren
Surface Profile Change at Cors Fochno, Wales, UK.....................................................250Fred Slater
Peatland archives of Holocene volcanic eruption in response to changes of paleoclimate in Northeast China.........................................306Ting Huang, Shenggao Cheng, Xumei Mao, Peng Gong
The holocene vgetation reconstruction from mire and lake sediments in North Eastern LAtvia using pollen records..............................................................316Ilze Ozola, Laimdota Kalnina, Vita Ratniece
Fen and raised bog develoment in the areas of former Littorina sea lagoons at the coastal lowland of Latvia...................................................................................320Laimdota Kalnina, Aija Cerina, Ilze Ozola, Ieva Grudzinska, Agnese Pujate, Eliza Kuske
The peatlands of Little Balaton as historical archivepalaeoecological research in the surroundings of the lateantique castle in Keszthely Fenékpuszta (Short abstract)..............................378Sylvia Hipp
Compound-Specific H and C isotope measurements reveal new aspects......................380of Holocene Hydrological and Carbon CyclesJonathan Nichols, Peter Isles, Dorothy Peteet, Yongsong Huang
Changes in vegetation composition during the development of fens in glaciodepressions of the Austrumkursa Highland, Southern Latvia..............415Eliza Kuske, Laimdota Kalnina, Aija Cerina, Anete Dinkite
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Abstract Abstract noRe-thinking the record: accumulation of radiometric tracers and other atmospherically supplied elements in peatlands...........................................449Sophia Hansson, Jim Kaste and Richard Bindler
3D-landscape modeling and environmental reconstruction..........................................450Andreas Bauerochse, Andreas Niemuth
I.4 Mire conservation and wetlands for landscape functionality
Mapping peatland drains using high-resolution satellite imagery (Short abstract).......103John Connolly, Nicholas Holden
Mapping peatland disturbance in Ireland (Short abstract)...........................................104John Connolly, Nicholas Holden
Conservation and Management of Raised Bogs in Ireland...........................................165Catherine O’Connell
Estimating the Vulnerability of Mires and Peatlands to Climate Change in northeast-Germany....................................................................183Nadine Nusko, Ron Meier-Uhlherr, Vera Luthardt
Towards the first Peatland Policy in Ireland.............................................................,...203Florence Renou-Wilson
Estimation of mires stability based on time-spatial landscape classification.................215Anna Sinyutkina
Up-scaling possbilities of environemntal changes on long-term peatland management at Porla mire............................................................................228Elve Lode, Sabine Jordan, Lars Lundin, Torbjörn Nilsson, Monika Strömgren
A Conservation Management Plan for Lodge Bog 2011 - 2016..................................233Tadhg O Corcora
Hydrological behavior of a raised bog following the damming of a deep and broad ditch (Short abstract).............................................325Sylvain Jutras, Olivier Marcoux, Line Rochefort
The floodplains of the northern river Oder: Spatial allocation of deposits and soils, recent ecological state and biodiversity..........334Jana Chmieleski, Vera Luthardt
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Abstract Abstract noArctic peatlands diversity and natural features – the gaps in knowledge......................410Tatiana Minayeva, Andrey Sirin
I.5 Peatland Ecosystem Services
Purification of water in natural and disturbed peatlands...............................................88Vladimir Panov
Peatland strategies and programs in Finland (Short abstract)......................................154Anne Tolvanen
CARBSTOR – A new method quantifying C-storage and evaluating C-release potentials of specific peatland types......................................188Christian Heller, Diana Möller, Jutta Zeitz
Development of a holistic evaluation method for ecosystem services of peatlands.......196Claudia Schröder, Vera Luthardt, Florian Jeltsch
Peatland Restoration for Ecosystem Services -The IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands...................................................295Aletta Bonn
Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands........................................................309Kaisu Aapala, Marianne Kettunen, Emmi Haltia, Raimo Heikkilä, Timo J. Hokkanen, Paula Horne, Jukka-Pekka Jäppinen, Hannu Luotonen, Liisa Maanavilja, Arvo Ohtonen, Anni Ruokolainen, Lauri Saaristo, Tapani Sallantaus, Suvi Silvennoinen, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Harri Tukia, Petteri Vihervaara
Estimation of nickel distribution in mire vegetation on Olkiluoto Island.....................339Lasse Aro, Ari T.K. Ikonen
The Challenge of Managing a Keystone Ecosystem: Cumulative Industrial Impacts in a Peatland-dominated Landscape in Alberta, Canada.....................................................................................389David Locky
WISE Peatland choices - a GIS based tool to prioritise restoration opportunities on the peatlands of Scotland, UK........................................390Rebekka Artz, David Donnelly, Matt Aitkenhead, Roxane Andersen, Steve Chapman, Pete Smith, Jo Smith
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Abstract Abstract noThe effect of nitrogen deposition on vegetation and soil processes in ericaceous-dominated ecosystems...............................................399Chris Field, Simon Caporn, Lucy Sheppard, Nancy Dise
A decision support system for degraded and abandoned peatlands - a tool for balancing options in peatland management.................................................413Andreas Haberl, Susanne Abel, Andreas Haberl, Hans Joosten
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II. Peat for horticulture, energy and other uses
Abstract Abstract noPeat sorbents for arsenic removal..................................................................................32 Linda Ansone, Maris Klavins, Linda Eglite
Role of peat deposits and peat in the nature and human life.........................................95Ivan Lishtvan
II.1 Peat for horticulture Joint Unit of Compressing Integral Substrate (JUCIS) – a new Chinese growing medium............................................................................................................81Xianmin Meng
Harvesting of Sphagnum biomass and its use as a growing medium constituent....................................................................................137Olli Reinikainen, Juha Korpi, Risto Tahvonen, Juha Näkkilä, Niko Silvan
The rise and fall of peat in UK horticulture.................................................................298 Paul Waller
Behaviour of young trees cultivated on peats with different degrees of decomposition.........................................................................................................347Bill Carlile, Dearbhail NiChualain, Costantino Cattivello
Facts, figures and fallacy – half truths driving the phasing out of peat in horticulture in England.......................................................371Jack Rieley
Sphagnum ssp. vs. Tephrocybe palustris – new efforts in the struggle against this important sphagnicol fungus.....................................................................381Stefan Irrgang, Mariana Schuster, Armin Blievernicht, Matthias Zander, Christian Ulrichs
Colour of peats as an indicator of chemical and physical properties............................412Dearbháil Ní Chualain & Munoo Prasad
Reduced phosphorus fertilization in peat-based substrates with added Bara clay and mycorrhizal inoculation........................................................................453Mats Kron, Siri Caspersen
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II.2 Peat for energy
Abstract Abstract noChemical properties of fuel peat...................................................................................46Jaakko Lehtovaara, Minna Salonen
Peat soil properties and erosion: does degree of humification affect erosion conditions at peat mining sites?...................................................................................117Hannu Marttila, Tapio Tuukkanen, Björn Klöve
Lake sediment research in estimation of environmental impact of peat production – dramatic changes in sedimentation rate in Finnish lakes?...........224Samu Valpola
Recent debate on peat exploitation in Finland............................................................280Raimo Heikkilä, Tapio Lindholm
Using biomass as substitute for peat. Example for wet peatland management (paludiculture) in Belarus...................................................284Wendelin Wichtmann, Wendelin Wichtmann, Aleg Sivagrakau, Nina Tanovitskaya, Aleh Rodzkin, Vyacheslav Rakovich
Peatland resources and the use of energy peat in Finland.............................................303Kimmo Virtanen
Processes and site characteristics controlling nutrient and sediment runoff loads from peat harvesting sites..................................................312Tapio Tuukkanen, Bjørn Kløve, Hannu Marttila
Prospects for Milled Production by Bord na Móna in Ireland,in the period to 2030: Drivers & Potential Uses..........................................................349John Reilly
Climate impact of energy peat utilisation scenarios - importance of peatland type, production method and aftertreatment..........................355Kristina Maria Holmgren, Linus Hagberg
What sustainable development means for peat............................................................368Magnus Brandel
Co-Combustion of Reed Canary Grass and milled peat in a Bioenergy combine................................................................................................422Jan Burvall
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Abstract Abstract noPeat excavation and drying for factory-made local fuel production.............................447Aleksandr Mikhailov, Dmitriy Nagornov
II.3 Peat harvesting and processing technology Development of new sod peat production technology in Finland................................155Arvo Leinonen, Juha Niemiaho, Ari Erkkilä
A case study of the peat production potential of agricultural peatlands in the Seinäjoki region in Finland.................................................................198Frans Haapaniemi, Harri Vasander, Päivi Picken, Kimmo Virtanen, Mika Yli-Petäys
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III. Agricultural use of peat and peatlands
Abstract Abstract noUtilization of sapropel in agriculture.............................................................................37Lech Szajdak, Anatol Sakowicz
Impact of solvent on the elution rates of organic matter from the secondary transformed peat-moorsh soils.......................................................38Lech Szajdak, Marek Szczepanski
Effects of land use change for nutrition dynamics in fen soils in the nature park Ohre-Drömling...............................................................40Stefan Schob, Ralph Meißner, Holger Rupp, Sabine Bernsdorf, Fred Braumann
Drainage effects on labile organic carbon fraction in top layers of peatlands................72Barbara Kalisz, Andrzej Lachacz, Roman Glazewski
Scientific basics of investigations on reclamation and use of peat and peatlands in agriculture of Russia................................................120Vera N. Kreshtapova, Vladimir M. Kosolapov, Boris S. Maslov, Nicolay A. Semionov, Alexandr A. Zotov
Effective use of peat products in pig industry...............................................................127Liliya Stepchenko, V Yefimov, M Garashchuk, V Rakytyanskyy, R Bolgarchuk, K Kostyushkevych
The efficiency of feed additives from peat in ostrich farming in Ukraine.....................128Liliya Stepchenko, L Galuzina, S Kolyada, E Goncharova
Development of biocadastre of Ukrainian peats and its use in creating of new humic preparations for agriculture................................129Liliya Stepchenko, N Syedykh
The xanthine oxidase activity participating in cycle nitrogenin peat profile of Kusowo bog (Short Abstract)...........................................................135Lech Szajdak, Katarzyna Styla
The influence of IAA content on the phenol oxidaseactivity in commercial growing media used for ornamental plants crop......................136Lech Szajdak, Katarzyna Styla
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Abstract Abstract noHYDBOS: A guidance tool for sustainable utilization of hydromorphic soils under changing climate conditions: Part I - Soil and Hydrology..........................................................................................190Evelyn Wallor, Janine Dzialek, Jutta Zeitz
HYDBOS: A guidance tool for sustainable utilization of hydromorphic soils under changing climate conditions: Part II - Vegetation and Production..............................................................................191Janine Dzialek, Evelyn Wallor, Jutta Zeitz
The area of cultivated organic soils in Finland according to digitized maps.................241Merja Myllys, Harri Lilja
Factors controlling Green House Gas turnover in Norwegian cultivated Peat land soils..............................................................................................277Simon Weldon, Daniel Rasse, Peter Dorsch, Leif Klemedtsson, Arne Grønland
Towards more diversity in paludiculture.A literature study of useful wetland plants - opportunities, limits & risks of their cultivation..........................................................299Susanne Abel, John Couwenberg
How peatland is affected by neighboring agriculture. A combined approach to determine atmospheric nitrogen deposition at a moderately-drained peat bog site......324Miriam Hurkuck, Christian Brümmer, Werner L. Kutsch
Paludiculture - Experiences from agricultural use of rewetted fens in North East Germany.....................................................................372Christian Schröder, Wendelin Wichtmann, Sabine Wichmann, Hans Joosten
Spatial and temporal variability of extractable inorganic nitrogen in the topsoil of German peatlands................................................376Baerbel Tiemeyer, Niko Rosskopf, Tim Eickenscheidt, Mandy Peichl-Brak, Colja Beyer, Sascha Beetz, Katharina Leiber-Sauheitl, Michael Giebels, Annette Freibauer
Submerged infiltration to halve subsidence and GHG emissions of agricultural peat soils..............................................................................................383Jan van den Akker, Rob Hendriks, Idse Hoving, Matheijs Pleijter
Global potential of paludiculture as land use alternative for rewetted peatlands.........387Alexandra Barthelmes, René Dommain, Hans Joosten
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Abstract Abstract noLife cycle assessment of energy biomass from rewetted peatlands...............................394Tobias Dahms
Effects of submerged drains to reduce subsidence of agricultural peat soils on nutrient loading of surface water (Short Abstract)...........................................................................................................431Rob Hendriks, Jan Van en Akker
III.1 Special session: MYRKLIMA – mitigation of climate change impacts of cultivated peat soils
Effects of different peatland management options on CO2 emissions and physical properties of peat........................................................65Pirkko Mustamo, Maarit Hyvärinen, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Bjørn Kløve
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions from peat soils used for forestry or agriculture by controlling the biogeochemical processes.........................71Maarit Liimatainen, Pertti Martikainen, Marja Maljanen
Atmospheric impact of abandoned boreal organic agricultural soils depends on hydrology of peat...............................................................................97Marja Maljanen, Jyrki Hytönen, Päivi Mäkiranta, Jukka Laine, Pertti J Martikainen
Phosphorus in peat soils and risk for leaching after rewetting drained peatlands........113Maarit Hyvärinen, Pirkko Mustamo, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Bjørn Kløve
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated organic soilsCarrots, pastures, barley or potatoes? Which crop to choose?....................................148Lisbet Norberg, Örjan Berglund, Kerstin Berglund
Emissions of greenhouse gasses from peat soils under different management and drainage (Short abstract)..................................................432Poul Erik Lærke , Mette Lægdsmand, Kirsten Schelde, Charlotte Kjaergaard
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IV. Chemical, physical and biological characteristics of peat
Abstract Abstract noChanges of peat humic acid properties during peat genesis process...............................14Maris Klavins, Oskars Purmalis
Humic acid properties in three different peat profiles....................................................15Oskars Purmalis, Maris Klavins
Major and trace elements in humic acids from raised bog peat profiles in Latvia.............................................................................................17Diana Dudare, Maris Klavins
Basic peat forming moss chemical properties contributing towards their antimicrobial activity...............................................................................21Laura Klavina, Gunta Springe, Inese Silamikele, Vizma Nikolajeva
Application of multidimensional statistical methods in analyses of peat geochemical features.........................................................................29Monika Metrak, Ingeborga Jarzyna, Malgorzata Suska-Malawska
A comparative study of low moor and sapropel properties............................................43Karina Stankevica, Maris Klavina, Liga Rutina
Investigations of the sorption of radionuclides by raised bog peat………………...….…83Andris Abramenkovs, Janis Alksnis, Maris Klavins, Andris Popelis, Janis Rudzitis
Accumulation of the major and trace elements in fens (Latvia)......................................84Janis Krumins
Uncertain physical parameters of peat.........................................................................102Volker Schweikle
The effect of using different quality and quantity of carbon component on the acid phophatase enzyme activity in peat.........................105Mohd Faizal Ahmad Ramli, Dominic Standing, David Johnson
Peat as sorbent for the removal of phosphate ions frm aqueous solution.....................140Artis Robalds
Decoposition of peat during simulated summer drought.............................................143Karlijn Brouns
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Abstract Abstract no Peat based sorbent for oil removal...............................................................................144Dmitry Porshnov
The variation of the amount of inorganic constituents in some common mire plants during the vegetative season......................................................................168Kimmo Virtanen, Ari Luukkanen
Characterization of peat-electrical properties by means of geoelectrical measurements......................................................................................193Judith Walter, Erika Lueck, Albrecht Bauriegel, Jutta Zeitz
Relations between the decomposition of peat and soc in fens of Northeastern Germany............................................................................................200Christian Klingenfuss
The sulphur concentration of peat in Finland..............................................................229Teuvo Herranen, Samu Valpola, Asta Harju, Onerva Valo
Humic acids for medical use: 1. Understanding the influence of peat formation on humic acid quality...................................................................................................287Guido Meyer
Humic Acids for Medical Use: 2. Replacing Hydrochloric Acid by an Organic Acid in the Precipitation of Humic Acids.............................................291Guido Meyer, Renate Klöcking
The content of chemical elements in peats of the southern taiga subzone of the Tomsk region.....................................................................................................308Elena Guzova
Laboratory evaporation experiments in undisturbed peat columns for determining peat soil hydraulic properties........................................314Ullrich Dettmann, Enrico Frahm, Michel Bechtold
The sulphur concentration of peat in sulphate bearing areas - case Kruunupyy, Finland..............................................................................................322Teuvo Herranen, Samu Valpola, Onerva Valo, Tapio Toivonen, Asta Harju, Tuija Vähäkuopus
Studies on the bimodal effect of humic substances in the blood clotting system..........427Hans-Peter Klöcking, Renate Klöcking
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Abstract Abstract no Preclinical studies on humic substances of different origin...........................................428Renate Klöcking, Carola Kleiner, Ralf Junek, Roland Schubert, Andrè-Michael Beer, Julian Lukanov, Plamen Sagorchev, Hans-Peter Klöcking, Jürgen I. Schoenherr
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V. Restoration, rehabilitation and after-use of disturbed peatlands
Abstract Abstract no Ecological restoration of lagg-swamp species on cut-over peatlands..............................24Etienne Paradis, Line Rochefort
First results of the soil water, nutrient and vegetation dynamics of a rewetted mire in the German Harz National Park..................................................35Katja Osterloh, Nadine Tauchnitz, Sabine Bernsdorf, Hans-Ulrich Kison, Ralph Meißner
Five years of experimental restoration of vacuum-mined bog in Northern Poland........50Paulina Cwiklinska, Agnieszka Sadowska
Peatland management in Germany: EU-subsidies and restoration strategies..................60Simone Witzel, Theodor Fock
Challenges of peatland recultivation in Latvia...............................................................90Inese Silamikele, Juris Nusbaums, Ivans Cupruns, Ilze Ozola
Delivering on promises: the Bord na Móna Biodiversity Action Plan 2010-2015........162Catherine Farrell, David Fallon, Mark McCorry
Knowledge transfer from scientists to stakeholders: promotion of responsible peatland management following peat extraction.................169Sandrine Hugron, Line Rochefort
Large scale production and distribution of Sphagnum species for successful bog restoration.......................................................................................178Neal Wright, Simon Caporn, Stephanie Hinde, Angus Rosenburgh, Matt Buckler
Ten Years in rehab, what have we learned in Mayo?...................................................185David Fallon, Mark McCorry, Catherine Farrell, James Moran
Sphagnum ecophysiology of restored, drained, and pristine boreal spruce swamp forests.....................................................................187Laura Kangas, Liisa Maanavilja, Tomáš Hájek, Eija Juurola, Rodney Chimner, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Effect of long-term drainage and hydrological restoration on peat properties in spruce swamp forests..................................................................197Liisa Maanavilja, Zuzana Urbanová, Tomás Picek, Jiri Bárta, Raija Laiho, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
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Abstract Abstract no Restoration of a 15 ha fen ecosystem: vegetation establishment and stabilisation challenges..........................................................................................208Marie-Claire LeBlanc, Marie-Claire LeBlanc, Maryse Gendron, Line Rochefort
Restoration of water quality and biology in two rewetted cut-over peatlands...............231Lars Lundin, Elve Lode, Sabine Jordan, Torbjörn Nilsson, Monika Strömgren
Secondary succession in abandoned block-cut mined peatlands...................................259Eduardo Gonzalez, Monique Poulin, Line Rochefort
Establishing vascular plants from seeds around pool margins in restored peatlands (Short abstracts)...................................................264Monique Poulin, Tommy Landry, Virginie Laberge, Line Rochefort
Regularities and driving factors of spontaneous re-vegetation of extractred milled peatlans in Estonia.......................................................................282Triin Triisberg
Developing habitat management techniques to enhance the value of Bord na Móna cutaway raised bogs in Ireland for breeding waders.........288Mark McCorry, Alex Copland, Tom Egan, David Fallon, Catherine Farrell
Coillte and the EU LIFE Programme: 10 years of restoration works on afforested peatlands in Ireland.....................................................................................296Michael Delaney, Angela Wallace
Testate amoebae reflecting present environmental conditions in restored cut-over bogs - a new tool for evaluation and monitoring?.......366Peter Raabe, Till Kleinebecker, Mariusz Lamentowicz
Effect of N and P on the re-establishment and growth of Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium scorpioides on calcareous spring fen................373Kairi Sepp, Mati Ilomets, Raimo Pajula, Laimdota Truus
Natural capping of the landfill VolgermeerpolderA sustainable method using ecology to isolate chemicals in soil...................................385Paul Stook, Marten Van der Wijk
A question of imbalance..............................................................................................430Rémy Pouliot, Roxane Andersen, Line Rochefort, Flor Salvador
Restoration of peatlands after selective white peat excavation.....................................448Aleksandr Mikhailov
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V.1 Sphagnum farming (Joint II & V)
Abstract Abstract no Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by Sphagnum farming?..........................................34Kerstin Albrecht, Stephan Glatzel
Renewability, use and properties of Sphagnum biomass for growing media purposes...55Niko Silvan, Kaisa Silvan, Juha Näkkilä, Risto Tahvonen, Olli Reinikainen
Development of a Technology for Harvesting Peat Moss on Floating Mats.................164Jan Häbler, Felicitas Bechstein
The youngest peat – sustainable production of peat moss and its use as growing medium in professional horticulture..........................................................247Armin Blievernicht, Stefan Irrgang, Matthias Zander, Christian Ulrichs
Sphagnum farming on bog grassland in Germany – first results..................................294Matthias Krebs, Greta Gaudig, Hans Joosten
Sphagnum propagules from spores: first experiences...................................................307Franziska Gahlert, Anja Prager, Jenny Schulz, Hans Joosten
Are Sphagnum propagules still vital when stored up to 12 months in a fridge?...........365Anja Prager, Franziska Gahlert, Jenny Schulz, Hans Joosten
Paludiculture – ecosystem servcies of Shaghnum farming on rewetted bogs in NW Germany...............................................................................369Sabine Wichmann
Sphagnum farming in Germany - 10 years on the road to sustainable growing media.374Greta Gaudig, Franziska Gahlert, Matthias Krebs, Anja Prager, Sabine Wichmann, Hans Joosten
Sphagnum regeneration on Irish Cutaway Peatlands (Short abstract)..........................444 Pamela Ryan, John, F. Creedon, Dearbhail Ni Chualain and Catherine Farrell
V.2 Special session: Mountain Peatlands - restoration, sustainable use, and ecosystem services
Use of remote sensing to inventory mountain peatlands in Lesotho...............................91Peng Gao, Carl Trettin
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Abstract Abstract no Ecological characterization of peatlands in the Maloti Mountains, Lesotho..................92Carl Trettin
Condition assessment and restoration of the peatlands of the Snowy Mountains, south east Australia.............................................................123Geoffrey Hope, Rachel Nanson
Mountain peatlands of the Central Andes: Current research on bofedales in Bolivia...138Karina A. Yager, Rosa Isela Meneses, Daniel A. Slayback, David Cooper
Restoration of Sphagnum on degraded blanket bog....................................................240Angus Rosenburgh, Simon Caporn, Neal Wright, Stephanie Hinde, Matt Buckler, Robin Sen, Nancy Dise
Alpine wetlands restoration and climate change..........................................................268Makomoreng Fanana
Design of wetlands rehabilitation interventions in alpine wetlands of Lesotho............269Nthabiseng Mokhabuli, Makomoreng Fanana
Maintaining eclogocal and economic value of alpine wetlands....................................270Makomoreng Fanana
Mountain peatlands of the Western North and South America: The influence of climate, lithology and disturbance on vegetation and ecosystem services (Short abstract)........348David Cooper
Mountain Fen Restoration in Colorado: An Overview................................................348Rod Chimner, David Cooper
Monitoring landscape-scale restoration of peatland habitatsin the South Pennines, UK, by the Moors for the Future Partnership...........................364Rachael Maskill, Jonathan Walker, Allott Tim, Evans Martin
Peatlands of Ulla Ulla (ANMI Apolobamba, Bolivia): Perceptions of the park service on the state of peatland conservation..........................384Rosa Isela Meneses, Emilia Garcia E., Karina Yager, Enrique Domic
Highland peatlands in Mongolia indicate desertification treds in central Asia.............408Andrey Sirin, Tatiana Minayeva, Piotr Gunin, Dugarjav Chultamin, Bazha Sergey, Bayasgalan D., Dorofeyuk Nadezhda, Leopold Sulerzhitsky, Olga Uspenskaya
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VI. Balneological, medicinal and therapeutical use of peat
Abstract Abstract no The UV-B protective effect of humic substances provides the basis for the development of a peat lipstick...........................................................344Yvonne Seel, Monika Guhr, Renate Klöcking, Roland Schubert, Jürgen I. Schoenherr
Peat sauna has relaxing effect on muscles....................................................................400Leena Larva, Erkka Heinä, Riitta Korhonen
Results of the Balneological Researches of some Estonian, South Korean and North Irish Mires and Peat types....................................................417Riitta Korhonen
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VII. Ecology and management of forested peatlandsVII.1 Peatland forestry and surface water quality
Abstract Abstract no Use of Brash Mats for Clearfelling of Forestry on Peat: An Irish Perspective...................8Joanne Finnegan, J.T. Regan1, M.G. Healy, B.A. McCabe
Peatland forestry and surface water quality in Finland..................................................33Hannu Mannerkoski
Can tree stand water use compensate for maintenance of ditch networks in peatlands? Implications from water balance measurements............................................................53Sakari Sarkkola, Hannu Hökkä, Mika Nieminen, Harri Koivusalo, Ari Laurén, Erkki Ahti, Samuli Launiainen, Hannu Marttila, Jukka Laine
Erosion and sediment transport dynamics in drained peatland forest: A case study at Koivupuro catchment, Eastern Finland...............................................152Leena Stenberg, Tapio Tuukkanen, Harri Koivusalo, Hannu Marttila, Sirpa Piirainen, Björn Klöve, Leena Finér
The use of organic polymers as coagulant and flocculant agents in the chemical purification of peat derived runoff water.............................................182Elisangela Heiderscheidt, Joseph Ngakfumbe, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Jaakko Saukkoriipi, Björn Klöve
Assessment of the impact of phased felling on the ecological quality of first order streams and subsequently salmonid rivers...............................................213O’Driscoll Connie, Michael Rodgers, Mark O’Connor, Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam, Padraic O’Donoghue, Elvira de Eyto, Liwen Xiao
Method for Planning Water Protection of Forestry on Watershed Level......................275Timo Hiltunen, Antti Leinonen, Samuli Joensuu
Assessment of nutrient release and retention and the role of native grasses to immobilize nutrients after harvesting blanket peat forests.......................................313Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam, Annu Kaila, Connie O’Driscoll, Michael Rodgers, Mark O’Connor, Afshan Sana, Sakari Sarkkola, Mika Nieminen, Liwen Xiao
The Effect of Water Table Rising on Nutrient and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Release from Restored Peatland Forest.................338Annu Kaila, Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam, Sarkkola Sakari, Xiao Liwen, Laurén Ari, Nieminen Mika
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Abstract Abstract no Impact of blanket peat forest harvesting on stream flow regime –a case study in the Burrishoole Catchment in west of Ireland......................................403Liwen Xiao, Mark Robinson, Mark O’Connor, Connie O’Driscoll, Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam
VII.2 Management methods for peatland forestry
Biomass production of 10 years old downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) stand in ash-fertilized cut-away peatland.......................................................................26Noora Huotari, Jyrki Hytönen, Eila Tillman-Sutela, Jorma Issakainen, Eero Kubin
Impact of wood- and peat-ash application on the post-fertilization element concentrations in plants and peat substrate in a cut-away peatland..................59Noora Huotari, Eila Tillman-Sutela
Effect of harvesting method on the amount and nutrient content of logging residues and nutrition of Scots pine in first thinnings on drained peatlands..64Jyrki Hytönen, Mikko Moilanen
Does soil preparation stimulate or sedate heterotrophic soil respiration in nutrient-poor clearcut peatland forests?………………...............................................69Meeri Pearson, Niko Silvan, Markku Saarinen, Kari Minkkinen, Jukka Laine Today’s canadian boreal peatland forestry (Short abstract)............................................75Jutras Sylvain
Long term effect of ash fertilization and weed control in afforestation of organic agricultural soil.....................................................................139Jyrki Hytönen, Paula Jylhä, Olavi Kohal
Cost-efficient energy biomass production on cut-away peatlands: two-year results.....145Olli Reinikainen, Juhani Juvonen, Jyrki Hytönen, Jorma Issakainen
Five-year height growth of Norway spruce advance regeneration following cutting of small canopy openings in a spruce mire.......................................163Hannu Hökkä, Jaakko Repola
Vegetation succession in prepared microsites in drained peatland forest regeneration areas...................................................................195Markku Saarinen, Juha-Pekka Hotanen, Virpi Alenius
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Abstract Abstract no Is ditch network maintenance invariably needed after thinning?.................................218Soili Kojola, Timo Penttilä
Response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestis L.) radial growth to draining in Estonia..........256Argo Strantsov
Wood ash application reduced global warming potential over the five years after application in two drained peatland forests in Sweden(Short abstract)............................................................................................................434Ulf Sikström, Robert G. Björk, Leif Klemedtsson
Peatland Forestry – Evolving Affects on Ecosystem Services (Short abstract)...............435Carl Trettin
Results of recultivation of cut-over peatlands five years after applied of fertilizers......445 Dagnija Lazdina, Andis Lazdinš
Stand structure and productivity dynamics in a transition bog 50 years after drainage..........................................................................446Toms Zailitis, Peteris Zalitis, Zane Libiete-Zalite, Aigars Indriksons
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IX. Tropical peatlands
Abstract Abstract no The Specific Spectral Data of Dominant Trees in Peat-Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia..................................................................................27Hendrik Segah, Hiroshi Tani, Muhammad Evri, Aswin Usup, Kazuyo Hirose, Mitsuru Osaki
Quantifying and Understanding Tropical Peatland Spatial Distribution and Carbon Storage in Central Africa...........................................................................51Greta Dargie, Simon Lewis, Ian Lawson, Andy Baird, Susan Page, Edward Mitchard
Adsorption and release of Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Mn(II) in tropical peatlands used for agriculture.....................................................................106Camila Melo, Lilian Oliveira, Leonardo Fraceto, Andre Rosa
Arsenic(V) on Tropical Peat: a Possible Remediation...................................................107Lílian Oliveira, Camila Melo, Leonardo Fraceto, María Aurora Hernández, André Rosa
Pattern of Biological Activities in Various Conditions of Planted Acacia crassicarpa on Peatlands in Relation to Carbon Emission...............116Gunawan Djajakirana, Aninda Puspasari, Marissa Permatasari, Meiyu Susanto, Sri Maria
Multi-Temporal Airborne LiDAR-Survey in 2007 and 2011 over Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Environments in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.....158Viktor Boehm, Veraldo Liesenberg, Tatsuo Sweda, Hayato Tsuzuki, Suwido Limin
Airborne Lidar Measurements to Estimate Forest Carbon Stock in Peat Swamp Forests and Peat Carbon Loss by Fire.................................................189Uwe Ballhorn, Juilson Jubanski, Karin Kronseder, Florian Siegert
Barriers to Seedlings Regeneration in Fire-Damaged Tropical Peatland of Brunei Darussalam..................................................................................................261Hajah Dulima Jali
Energy flux measurements and meteorological observations in an oil palm plantation on tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia.................................................311 Deniel Sang, Angela Che Ing Tang, Edward Baran Aeries, Kevin Kemudang Musin, Ryuichi Hirata, Lulie Melling
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Abstract Abstract no Diversity of the Bacterial Community in Tropical Peat Swamp Forest, Logged-Over Peat Swamp Forest and Oil Palm Plantation on Peat in Sarawak, Malaysia...........................................................................................318Sharon Yu Ling Lau, Angelyn Kloni, Chai Fung Pui, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Lulie Melling
Surface Groundwater Table Distribution in the Tropical Peat of Block C,Ex Mega Rice Project, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.............................................335Koichi Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Ishi, Hiroshi Fukami, Ken Koizumi, Kitso Kusin, Gatot Susilo, Adi Jaya, Suwido Limin, Hidenori Takahashi
Hydrological Conditions and Peat Fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia(Short abstract)............................................................................................................407Takashi Inoue, Sora Sato, Ryusuke Hatano, Kiwamu Ishikura, Masayuki Takada, Hidenori Takahashi, Untung Darung, Adi Jaya, Suwido Limin
Change in the Quality of Dissolved Organic Matter in Tropical Peat Soil under Oil Palm Plantation...........................................................436Nagamitsu Maie, S. Sekiguchi, L. Melling, S. D. Kimura, A. Sim, E. Shima
Models of Peat Dome Formation: Comparison to Data from Southeast Asia..............442Alison Hoyt, Charles Harvey, Lucy Hutyra
Impact of logging on organic matter characteristics in tropical peat forest of Brunei Darussalam. Implication for carbon cycle....................................................443Laure Gandois, Alex Cobb, Chei Hei Ing, Kamariah Abu Salim, Linda Lum, Charles Harvey
IX.1 Sustainability of tropical peatlands: Assessment of the present and prognosis for the future
Peatland restoration in Indonesia to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions........................10Henk Wösten, Arif Budiman
Sustainable woody biomass production system on tropical peatlands...........................19Mariko Norisada, Takashi Yamanoshita, Koji Adachi, Kazutoshi Osawa, Toshihide Nagano, Masafumi Inoue, Tomoyasu Ishida, Pisoot Vijarnsorn, Katsumi Kojima
Carbon loss associated with land-use change and wildfires in tropical peat swamp forests..................................................................56Kristell Hergoualch, Louis Verchot
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Abstract Abstract no A small scale field experiment of peat burning on a tropical peatland located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia..........................................82Yohei Hamada, Untung Darung, Suwido Limin, Ryusuke Hatano
Land-use changes tropical peat characteristics.............................................................157Mari Könönen, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Harri Vasander, Satu Repo, Peter Spetz, Suwido Limin
Recent history of a modified peat dome, Coastal Riau, Sumatra.................................180John Bathgate, Reddy Rachmady
Recognizing the Complexity of Tropical Peatland Ecosystem and Management for Sustainability Purposes..............................................................216Medrilzam Medrilzam, John Herbohn, Paul Dargusch, Carl Smith
Tropical peat-swamp forest biodiversity: assessment of the present and prognosis for the future........................................................................................230Susan Page, Mark Harrison, Susan Cheyne, Nicholas Marchant, Nicholas Boyd, Bernat Ripoll Capilla, Marc Dragiewicz, Eric Perlett, Simon Husson
STEM - enhancing academic capacity and awareness of the challenges andthreats on tropical peatlands........................................................................................235Maija Lampela, Markku Larjavaara, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Uras Tantulo, Adi Jaya, Suwido Limin, Harri Vasander
The impact of drainage and degradation on tropical peatland hydrology and its implications for effective rehabilitation...........................................418Grahame Applegate, Aljosja Hooijer, Dedi Mulyadi, Nasrul Ichsan, Marnix vander Vat
IX.2 Carbon balance and GHG fluxes in tropical peatlands Joint IX & X
Assessing the empirical basis of peat CO2 emissions estimates from oil palm plantations on tropical peatland.............................................................16Ross Morrison, Susan Page, Chris Malins, Jack Rieley, Aljosja Hooijer, Jyrki Jauhiainen
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Abstract Abstract no Field observation of the tropical peat soil respiration rate under various ground water levels.................................................................................68Toshihide Nagano, Kazutoshi Osawa, Tomoyasu Ishida, Pisoot Vijarnsorn, Apchart Jongskul, Saiyud Phetsuk, Mariko Norisada, Takeshi Yamanoshita, Katsumi Kojima
Emission of CO2 and CH4 from Plantation Forest of Acacia crassicarpa on Peatlands in Indonesia..........................................................114Basuki Sumawinata, Suwardi Suwardi, Canecio P. Munoz
The carbon balance of tropical peatlands - a global perspective..................................151Susan Page, Aljosja Hooijer, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Jukka Miettinen, Ross Morrison, Outi Lähteenoja, Chris Malins
Peat Maturity and Peat Thickness for Estimation of CO2 Emission from Peat Oxidation....................................................................................................175Fahmuddin Agus, Anny Mulyani, Ai Dariah, M Maswar, W Wahyunto
Disturbance history and management of tropical peatlands effects on N2O fluxes.......207Harri Vasander, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Hanna Silvennoinen, Riitta Hämäläinen, Kitso Kusin, Suwido Limin, John Raison
Carbon dioxide balance of tropical peat ecosystems....................................................267Takashi Hirano, Hendrik Segah, Kitso Kusin, Suwido Limin, Hidenori Takahashi, Mitsuru Osaki
Net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a tropical peat swamp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia..300Angela Che Ing Tang, Azmi Puking, Kevin Kemudang Musin, James Daniel Peter Ah-Came, Deniel Sang, Edward Baran Aeries, Ryuichi Hirata, Lulie Melling
Seasonal variation of CO2 exchange from a logged over tropical peat swamp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia................................................315Edward Baran Aeries, Deniel Sang, Angela Che Ing Tang, Azmi Puking, Kevin Kemudang Musin, James Daniel Peter Ah-Came, Ryuichi Hirata, Lulie Melling
Effect of fertilization on N2O emission from tropical peat: a laboratory incubation study......................................................................................317Aileen Kai Fang Sim, Che Fauziah Ishak, Ahmad Husni Mohd Hanif, Lulie Melling
Is water table the most important factor influencing soil C flux in tropical peatland?.330Lulie Melling, Kah Joo Goh, Angelyn Kloni, Ryusuke Hatano
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Abstract Abstract noRegulatory factors of soil CH4 fluxes in different ages of oil palm plantation on tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia.................................................331Lulie Melling, Kah Joo Goh, Auldry Chaddy, Ryusuke Hatano
Towards a standard for deforestation of tropical peat forest………………..................414Bambang Setiadi
Above- and below-ground carbon budget of degraded tropical peatland revealed by multi-temporal airborne laser altimetry.........................451Tatsuo Sweda, H Tzuzuki, Y Maeda, V Boehm, L Suwido
IX.3 Social and economic uses of tropical peatlands Indications of Compaction in Relation to Subsidence on Peatlands Used for Accacia crassicarpa Plantation in Indonesia..................................115Darmawan Soleh Martadinata, Dwi Putro Tejo Baskoro, Budi Nugroho
Development context of Coastal Riau peatland, Sumatra, Indonesia...........................149John Bathgate, Muhammad Iqbal
Subsidence in drained coastal peatlands in SE Asia, and implications for drainability and sustainability.....................................................176Aljosja Hooijer, Budi Triadi, Parlinggoman Simanungkalit, Firdaus Larosa, Marnix Vandervat, Gilles Erkens
Subsidence as an accurate measure of carbon loss in drained peatlands in SE Asia.....177Aljosja Hooijer, Desmond Lee Wan Aik, Aswandi Idris, Ichsan Nasrul, Gilles Erkens, Ronald Vernimmen, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Susan Page
Industrial plantations on Southeast Asian peatlands: 2010 situation with analysis of historical expansion and future projections................210Jukka Miettinen, Aljosja Hooijer, Chenghua Shi, Soo Chin Liew, Chris Malins, Susan Page
Carbon dioxide emissions from a plantation on thick tropical peat............................220Jyrki Jauhiainen, Aljosja Hooijer, Susan Page
Updated carbon budgets under different land uses on tropical peatland in Indonesia................................................................................253Jack Rieley, Susan Page
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Abstract Abstract no Progression of peatland degradation and conversion processes in Sumatra.................266Jukka Miettinen, Aljosja Hooijer, Jianjun Wang, Chenghua Shi, Soo Chin Liew
Tropical peatland conservation and rehabilitation as a sustainable economic development option for private sector and local communities.....................279Marcel Silvius
Reducing Emissions from Indonesia’s Peat Land: An Assessment of the Scientific Aspects.......................................................................370Basah Hernowo, Nur Rahayu, Rizaldi Boer, Fahmuddin Agus, Muhammad Ardiansyah, Supandi Sabiham, S Rahman, D Napitupulu, G Immanuel
To evaluate environmental performance of oil palm planted on tropical peatland via life cycle assessment (Short abstract).....................................426Zulkifli Hashim
Sarawak’s initiatives in regulating development in peat areas......................................433Peter Sawal
Peatland Management in Southeast Asia.....................................................................439Sing Yun Chin, Tong Yiew Chee, Faizal Parish
Integrated Tropical Peatland Management.(Short abstract).........................................440N.A. Ahmad, S.Y. Chin, S.Y. Lew, T.Y. Chee, P. Faizal
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X. Peatland carbon budgets and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes
X.1 Carbon balance & GHG fluxes in natural/seminatural
Abstract Abstract noOpaque closed chambers bias methane measurements of convective plants...................18Anke Günther, Gerald Jurasinski, Vytas Huth, Stephan Glatzel
Methane dynamics of undisturbed fens in oil sands region of Alberta, Canada.............23Md. Sharif Mahmood, Maria Strack
Nitrate utilization in a peat soil under rewetting conditions–results of a 15N-nitrate tracer approach at laboratory and field scale......................................39Poster presentationNadine Tauchnitz, Rolf Russow, Oliver Spott, Sabine Bernsdorf, Ralph Meißner
How important is the evasion flux term in the carbon and GHG balance of peatlands?73Mike Billett, Kerry Dinsmore, Frank Harvey
The effect of wind turbine-induced microclimates on a carbon budget of a blanket bog…………………...................................................99Alona Armstrong, Susan Waldron, Nick Ostle, Jeanette Whitaker
Variations of CO2 Exchange Among Vascular Plant Communities in a Temperate Ombrotrophic Peatland......................................................................108Derrick Y.F. Lai, Nigel Roulet, Tim Moore, Elyn Humphreys, Mike Dalva
Assessment of patterns in carbon balance of peatlands at Southern Taiga of Western Siberia...............................................................................131Evgeniya Golovatskaya, Egor Dyukarev, Elena Veretennikova
Lessons from one decade of carbon dioxide exchange measurements in an oligotrophic minerotrophic mire in Northern Sweden (Short abstract)...........................................................................141Matthias Peichl, Jörgen Sagerfors, Mikaell Ottosson-Löfvenius, Mats Nilsson
Impacts of experimental warming and water level drawdown on GHG exchange in two boreal fen ecosystems (Short abstract)....................................172Päivi Mäkiranta, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Penttilä, Raija Laiho, Hannu Fritze, Eevastiina Tuittila
Carbon dioxide fluxes in peatland ecosystem in the autumn………………..................181Oleg Mikhaylov, Svetlana Zagirova
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Abstract Abstract no Modeling peat accumulation over decades to centuries: examples from Sweden and Canada, and perspectives for tropical peatlands. (Short abstract).............................................205Julie Talbot, Sofyan Kurnianto, Matthias Peichl, Steve Frolking, Mats Nilsson
Estimation of aquatic carbon budgets from a peatland catschment affected by wind farm development in Scotland, UK...................................................225Ben Smith, Susan Waldron, Andrew Henderson, Hugh Flowers, David Gilvear
Role of High-Flow Extremes in Aquatic Carbon Export from Peatlands.....................252Kerry Dinsmore, Mike Billett, Marcus Wallin, Mark Johnson, Jukka Pumpanen, Kevin Bishop
Do the vegetation feedbacks of nitrogen deposition lead to stronger carbon sink or source in a nutrient limited peatland ecosystem?....................254Tuula Larmola, Jill Bubier, Sari Juutinen, Elyn Humphreys, Tim Moore
Carbon and greenhouse gas balance of a northern boreal fen – contribution of import and export of aquatic transport...............................................276Annalea Lohila, Mika Aurela, Juha Hatakka, Timo Penttilä, Jussi Vuorenmaa, Päivi Merilä, Tiina Nieminen, Tuomas Laurila
Carbon Budgets from a field scale manipulation experiment: the effects of climate change on raised bogs................................................................289James Rowson, Richard Payne, Simon Caporn, Nancy Dise
Wetland chronosequence as a model of peatland development: Vegetation succession, peat and carbon accumulation (Short abstract)........................319Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Sari Juutinen, Steve Frolking, Minna Väliranta, Anna M Laine, Antti Miettinen, Marja-Liisa Seväkivi, Anne Quillet, Päivi Merilä
Short and long-term carbon dynamics in a north boreal peatland-lake continuum; aquatic contribution in an integrated budget……………............................................326Sari Juutinen, Minna Väliranta, Virpi Kuutti, Tarmo Virtanen, Heikki Seppä, Jan Weckström, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Growing season dynamics in methane fluxes at a northern boreal sedge fen...............332Annalea Lohila, Mika Aurela, Juha Hatakka, Tuomas Laurila
Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on growth and CO2 exchange capacity of Sphagnum capillifolium and Polytrichum strictum in a bog....................................333Sari Juutinen, Tim Moore, Allison DeYoung, Anna Laine, Margaret Kalacska, Mandy Chong, Jill Bubier
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Abstract Abstract noCarbon balances of Northern Peatlands (Short abstract).............................................388Mats Nilsson
Where do current N deposition levels lead to lower Sphagnum production? (Short abstract)........................................................391Gustaf Granath, Juul Limpens
X.2 Carbon balance & GHG fluxes in disturbed and cut-over peatlands
The balance and utilization of Finnish national peat biomass resources .........................7Harry Uosukainen
Greenhouse gas exchange of cutover minerotrophic peatlands – effect of revegetation and rewetting...............................................................................22Md. Sharif Mahmood, Cameron Robinson, Maria Strack
Can we explain the contrasting carbon balances of forestry-drained peatlands by laboratory and chamber flux studies?.......................................................................36Maiju Linkosalmi, Christina Biasi, Jukka Pumpanen, Jussi Heinonsalo, Aki Linden, Kari Minkkinen, Paavo Ojanen, Timo Penttilä, Markku Koskinen
Evaluation of measures for the mitigation of greenhouse gas release from peatlands in the German Baltic region...................................................................41Stephan Glatzel, Franziska Koebsch, Juliane Hahn, Sascha Beetz, Gerald Jurasinski
Carbon dioxide emissions from peat soil on a newly restored reed canary grass field and a nearby, abandoned agricultural field (Short abstract)..............................................................................................................94Cecilia Palmborg
The effect of wood ash on soil CO2 emissions and carbon stock of tree stand on a drained peatland – case study………………….......................................................98Mikko Moilanen, Jyrki Hytönen, Mirva Leppälä
Winter greenhouse gas emissions of a minerotrophic fen under nature conservation management in north-east Germany............................................146Vytas Huth, Gerald Jurasinski, Stephan Glatzel
GHG fluxes in restored young fens (Short abstract)....................................................153Anne Tolvanen, Anna Laine, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
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Abstract Abstract noPrime real estate for climate change mitigation: rewetted industrial cutaway peatlands in North West Ireland......................................160David Wilson, Florence Renou-Wilson, Catherine Farrell, Christoph Mueller
FENFLUX: The short-term climate response of carbon dioxide, methane and water fluxes from a regenerating fen in East Anglia, UK .....................................170Gong Pan, Jörg Kaduk, Heiko Balzter, Susan Page, Mike Acreman, Richard J. Harding
Methane emissions from peat soils under grassland: impact of rewetting ...................204Florence Renou-Wilson, David Wilson, Christoph Mueller
Greenhouse gas emissions from two rewetted peatlands in Sweden.............................206Sabine Jordan, Monika Strömgren, Elve Lode, Lars Lundin, Torbjörn Nilsson
Landscape-scale drivers of carbon dioxide and methane flux in agricultural and restored peatlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, USA......209Jaclyn Hatala, Dennis Baldocchi, Matteo Detto
Impact of drainage and restoration on vegetation and carbon gas dynamicsin Central European peatlands……………...................................................................214Zuzana Urbanova, Tomas Picek, Tomas Hajek, Ivana Bufkova, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from organic soils in Europe using a statistical based, fuzzy logic approach.............................................................217Thomas Leppelt, Rene Dechow, Sören Gebbert
CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes from a drained bog grassland along soil carbon and moisture gradients.....................................................................219Katharina Leiber-Sauheitl, Carolina Voigt, Roland Fuss, Annette Freibauer
The carbon balance under different agricultural regimes of drained peatland in Ukraine.........................................................................................234A. Mykytiuk, R. Truskavetsky, S. Truskavetsky
Greenhouse gas balance of forestry-drained boreal peatlands: Sinks or sources?…………………................................................................................239Paavo Ojanen, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Penttilä
The tortoise and the hare: Greenhouse gas fluxes in reed and sedge communities in a rewetted industrial cutaway peatland (Short abstract)...........................................................................................................255David Wilson, Ronan Connolly, Catherine Farrell
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Abstract Abstract noNet ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at semi-natural and regenerating temperate fens………………….........................................................272Ross Morrison, Jon Kelvin, Peter Stroh, Susan Page, Mike Acreman, Hughes Francine, Jorg Kaduk, Richard Harding, Heiko Balzter
Annual net ecosystem exchange of Carbon dixoide from Danish fen peatland used for growing reed canary grass and spring barley.(Short abstract)...........................................................................................................274Tanka Kandel, Lars Elsgaard, Poul Erik Lærke
Biomass yield and GHG emissions from fen peatland under one and two-cut harvest systems of Reed Canary Grass (Short abstract)...........................................................................................................285Tanka Kandel, Poul Erik Lærke, Lars Elsgaard
Decomposition rates of coarse root systems on forestry-drained peatlands (Short abstract)............................................................................................................302Tiina Badorek, Soili Kojola, Raija Laiho, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Penttilä
Generating carbon credits from peatland rewetting (Short abstract)............................304Hans Joosten
An automatic chamber system capable of year-round, hourly gas exchange measurements, using two drained mires as an example(Short abstract)............................................................................................................328Markku Koskinen, Kari Minkkinen, Paavo Ojanen, Juha Hatakka, Tuomas Laurila, Annalea Lohila
Methane dynamics of pristine, drained and restored spruce mires: preliminary results.......................................................................................................329Markku Koskinen, Liisa Maanavilja, Kari Minkkinen, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Methane turnover before and after restoration of forestry-drained peatlands..............336Anuliina Putkinen, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Heli Juottonen, Krista Peltoniemi, Anne Tolvanen, Kim Yrjälä, Hannu Fritze
Carbon balance and GHG fluxes - method comparison using an example of a study in the “Großes Moor” near Gifhorn...........................................................343Bernd Hofer
Effects of short term warming and long-term water table alterations on vegetation and carbon cycling in a great lakes peatland........................354Rod Chimner, John Hribljan, Tom Pypker, Evan Kane
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Abstract Abstract noPreliminary synthesis of carbon balance and GHG fluxes in managed German peatlands (Short abstract)...............................................................362Annette Freibauer, Matthias Droesler, Partners
Considering methane emissions from abandoned drained peatlands reduce negative effect of their potential rise after rewetting(Short abstract)...........................................................................................................409Andrey Sirin, Suvorov Gennady, Mikhail Glagolev, Maxim Chistotin, Irina Kravchenko, Nikolai Bazhin, Tatiana Minayeva
Uncertainties in the terms of the greenhouse gas budget of a hemiboreal forest on a drained peatland (Short abstract).....................................424Leif Klemedtsson, Astrid Meyer, Lasse Tarvainen, Azad Nousratpour, Per Weslien, Robert G. Björk, Tobias Rütting, Göran Wallin, Anders Lindroth
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SPRM-session – Strategy for Responsible Peatland Management
Abstract Abstract noReview of the Strategy for Responsible Peatland Management....................................283Donal Clarke, Jaakko Silpola, Susann Warnecke Proposal for a national strategy for the sustainable and responsible use of mires and peatlands.................................................................441 Riitta Korhonen