14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012
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1 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012
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2 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Contents
Keynotes Strategy for responsible peatland management – what and what next? Jack Rieley
Challenges and prospects for the peat and growing media industry Leading the way to responsible resource management of climate Norbert Siebels
Peatlands in the global carbon cycle and their role as modifiers Nigel Roulet
The governance of peatlands/wetlands in Sweden Lena Ek/Anders Flanking
Themes/Sub-themes
I.Inventory, stratigraphy and conservation of mires and peatlands
Abstract Abstract no Spruce-Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change An In Situ Warming by Carbon Dioxide Manipulation of a Characteristic High-Carbon Ecosystem...... 109 Paul 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...... 121 Vera N. Kreshtapova
Sterol and N-alkaline biomarker composition of modern fen plants – potential application for palaeoecological analyses...... 186 Ronkainen, T
The peat investigations in the Geological Survey of Finland...... 223 Samu Valpola, Asta Harju, Teuvo Herranen, Tapio Toivonen, Onerva Valo, Tuija Vähäkuopus
The Accounting of peat resources in Finland...... 243 Asta Harju, Samu Valpola
3 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no The Accounting of peat resources in Southern Ostrobothnia, Western Finland – a digital map service pilot...... 244 Asta Harju, Samu Valpola
Holocene carbon accumulation in the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada (Short abstract)...... 263 Maara Packalen, Sarah Finkelstein
Peat increment in the old mires of the Green Belt of Fennoscandia in Kuhmo - Kostamus watershed area...... 281 Tapio Lindholm, Oleg Kuznetsov, Raimo Heikkilä
Digital Surface Model building on base of photo flights with an ultra light aircraft...... 357 Bernd Hofer, Imre Sajtos, Andre Hallscheidt
Subfossil Swedish bog-pines as indicators of mid-Holocene palaeohydrology and climate...... 393 Johannes Edvardsson, Dan Hammarlund, Hans Linderson, Mats Rundgren
Using ground penetrating radar to map peat condition at a landscape scale...... 452 Lauren Parry
I.1 Mire ecology and biodiversity
Can peatland plants take up organic nitrogen?...... 13 Tim Moore, Amanda Alfonso, Bev Clarkson
Photosynthetic responses in Sphagnum spp. in temperate mires to temperature, pH and salinity (Short abstract)...... 63 Akira Haraguchi
Vegetation cycles in boreal peatland ponds: effects of drought and flooding...... 78 Barbara Nicholson, Suzanne Bayley
Utilization of generalized linear and generalized additive models to predict Sphagnum and ericaceous shrubs distributions in peatlands...... 156 Rémy Pouliot, Line Rochefort
Sphagnum decay rate as a functional trait (Short abstract)...... 246 Fia Bengtsson, Håkan Rydin
4 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Microbial communities in boreal peatlands of the Athabaska region, Canada: building a reference for fen creation...... 251 Roxane 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...... 258 Robin Sen, David Elliott, Felix Nwaishi, Graham Smith, Robin Caporn
World of Sphagnum – distribution pattern as a reflection of ecology and taxonomy...... 293 Dierk Michaelis
Vegetation composition and dynamics of forested mires in Finland during 1985–2006 (Short abstract)...... 346 Leila Korpela
Plant cover and state of treeless fen communities in Estonia...... 359 Laimi Truus, Mati Ilomets, Raimo Pajula, Kairi Sepp
Vegetation and state of mire forests in Estonia...... 379 Raimo Pajula, Mati Ilomets, Kairi Sepp, Laimdota Truus
Pollution and climate influences on vegetation of UK peatlands...... 404 Simon 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...... 11 Sarah Howie, Paul Whitfield, Richard Hebda, Ilja van Meerveld
Source of drainage water acidity in peat harvesting...... 42 Anneli Wichmann
DIC and DOC in three mires representing different peatland development stages in a calcareous area of central Sweden...... 96 Anders Löfgren, Peter Saetre
5 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Seasonal variations in heavy metal content in water from a polluted mire in southern Poland...... 101 Beata Smieja-Krol, Barbara Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Arkadiusz Bauerek
Influence of ditching on the hydrolgy of mire lakes...... 194 Pentti Åman, Johanna Partanen
The impact of ditch blocking on peatland hydrology at the Gordonbush Estate, Brora, Scotland, UK...... 226 Ben Smith, Susan Waldron, Andrew Henderson, Hugh Flowers, David Gilvear
Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in bogs under grassland in Northern Germany along gradients in soil organic matter and groundwater depth...... 232 Stefan Frank, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Annette Freibauer
Estimation of mire water balance in Western Siberia...... 265 Yulia Kharanzhevskaya
Hydrological modelling of peatlands – an evaluation of meteorological input data...... 273 Enrico Frahm, Ullrich Dettmann, Roland Fuss
Runoff changes after rewetting of a cutover peatland in Sweden...... 310 Torbjörn Nilsson, Lars Lundin, Sabine Jordan, Elve Lode, Monika Strömgren
Field measurement of the ground water flow in the high moor peat in 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...... 360 Michel Bechtold, Michel Bechtold, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Enrico Frahm, Annette Freibauer
The effects of regional groundwater in bogland restoration (Short abstract)...... 361 Shane Regan, Paul Johnston
Nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from a degraded peatland in North-Eastern Germany...... 367 Baerbel Tiemeyer, Petra Kahle
6 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Effects of peatland to water quality. Comparison of peat harvesting, peatland forestry and natural peatland using continuous monitoring stations...... 395 Pia Högmander, Päivi Saari
Value-adding of fen peatlands using their purification potential with respect to surface water...... 423 Dagmar Balla, Sebastian Maassen, Ralf Dannowski, Anja Coors Yulia Kharanzhevskaya
I.3 Peatlands as historical archives
Simple geochemical characteristics of peat in reconstructing peatland history...... 30 Monika Metrak, Malgorzata Suska-Malawska
Carbon accumulation shows the interplay between the natural succession of mires and climate changes...... 49 Markku Mäkilä, Matti Saarnisto
Peatland dynamics in Patagonia: abrupt mid-Holocene fen-to-bog transition and carbon sequestration implications...... 54 Julie Loisel, Zicheng Yu, Paolo D’Odorico
Fire history and vegetation recovery in two raised boreal bogs...... 57 Minna 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...... 61 Barbara Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Natalia Piotrowska, Piotr Kolaczek, Edyta Lokas, Przemyslaw Wachniew, Michal Woszczyk, Adam Michczynski
Alaskan Peatland Carbon Dynamics During Past Warm Climate Intervals...... 74 Zicheng 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...... 76 Mateusz Wilk
Recent changes in peat properties and vegetation in Swedish mires (Short abstract)...119 Kristian Schoning, Amanda James, Gustav Sohlenius
7 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Holocene vegetation change in Sarufutsu River Mire, northern Hokkaido, Japan...... 124 Hiroko Fujita, Yaeko Igarashi, Yukie Kato, Takashi Inoue, Masayuki Takada
More than 100 years of Swedish peat studies (Short abstract)...... 133 Gustav Sohlenius, Kristian Schoning
High latitude peat deposits in Canada and Russia as climate archives...... 159 Päivi Kaislahti Tillman, Steffen Holzkämper, Thorbjoern Joest Andersen, Gustaf Hugelius, Peter Kuhry, Britta Sannel
Balance or imbalance of a raised bog in a changing environment?...... 222 Ulla Kokfelt, Mats Rundgren
Surface Profile Change at Cors Fochno, Wales, UK...... 250 Fred Slater
Peatland archives of Holocene volcanic eruption in response to changes of paleoclimate in Northeast China...... 306 Ting Huang, Shenggao Cheng, Xumei Mao, Peng Gong
The holocene vgetation reconstruction from mire and lake sediments in North Eastern LAtvia using pollen records...... 316 Ilze Ozola, Laimdota Kalnina, Vita Ratniece
Fen and raised bog develoment in the areas of former Littorina sea lagoons at the coastal lowland of Latvia...... 320 Laimdota Kalnina, Aija Cerina, Ilze Ozola, Ieva Grudzinska, Agnese Pujate, Eliza Kuske
The peatlands of Little Balaton as historical archive palaeoecological research in the surroundings of the lateantique castle in Keszthely Fenékpuszta (Short abstract)...... 378 Sylvia Hipp
Compound-Specific H and C isotope measurements reveal new aspects...... 380 of Holocene Hydrological and Carbon Cycles Jonathan Nichols, Peter Isles, Dorothy Peteet, Yongsong Huang
Changes in vegetation composition during the development of fens in glaciodepressions of the Austrumkursa Highland, Southern Latvia...... 415 Eliza Kuske, Laimdota Kalnina, Aija Cerina, Anete Dinkite
8 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Re-thinking the record: accumulation of radiometric tracers and other atmospherically supplied elements in peatlands...... 449 Sophia Hansson, Jim Kaste and Richard Bindler
3D-landscape modeling and environmental reconstruction...... 450 Andreas Bauerochse, Andreas Niemuth
I.4 Mire conservation and wetlands for landscape functionality
Mapping peatland drains using high-resolution satellite imagery (Short abstract)...... 103 John Connolly, Nicholas Holden
Mapping peatland disturbance in Ireland (Short abstract)...... 104 John Connolly, Nicholas Holden
Conservation and Management of Raised Bogs in Ireland...... 165 Catherine O’Connell
Estimating the Vulnerability of Mires and Peatlands to Climate Change in northeast-Germany...... 183 Nadine Nusko, Ron Meier-Uhlherr, Vera Luthardt
Towards the first Peatland Policy in Ireland...... ,...203 Florence Renou-Wilson
Estimation of mires stability based on time-spatial landscape classification...... 215 Anna Sinyutkina
Up-scaling possbilities of environemntal changes on long-term peatland management at Porla mire...... 228 Elve Lode, Sabine Jordan, Lars Lundin, Torbjörn Nilsson, Monika Strömgren
A Conservation Management Plan for Lodge Bog 2011 - 2016...... 233 Tadhg O Corcora
Hydrological behavior of a raised bog following the damming of a deep and broad ditch (Short abstract)...... 325 Sylvain Jutras, Olivier Marcoux, Line Rochefort
The floodplains of the northern river Oder: Spatial allocation of deposits and soils, recent ecological state and biodiversity...... 334 Jana Chmieleski, Vera Luthardt
9 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Arctic peatlands diversity and natural features – the gaps in knowledge...... 410 Tatiana Minayeva, Andrey Sirin
I.5 Peatland Ecosystem Services
Purification of water in natural and disturbed peatlands...... 88 Vladimir Panov
Peatland strategies and programs in Finland (Short abstract)...... 154 Anne Tolvanen
CARBSTOR – A new method quantifying C-storage and evaluating C-release potentials of specific peatland types...... 188 Christian Heller, Diana Möller, Jutta Zeitz
Development of a holistic evaluation method for ecosystem services of peatlands...... 196 Claudia Schröder, Vera Luthardt, Florian Jeltsch
Peatland Restoration for Ecosystem Services - The IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands...... 295 Aletta Bonn
Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands...... 309 Kaisu 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...... 339 Lasse Aro, Ari T.K. Ikonen
The Challenge of Managing a Keystone Ecosystem: Cumulative Industrial Impacts in a Peatland-dominated Landscape in Alberta, Canada...... 389 David Locky
WISE Peatland choices - a GIS based tool to prioritise restoration opportunities on the peatlands of Scotland, UK...... 390 Rebekka Artz, David Donnelly, Matt Aitkenhead, Roxane Andersen, Steve Chapman, Pete Smith, Jo Smith
10 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no The effect of nitrogen deposition on vegetation and soil processes in ericaceous-dominated ecosystems...... 399 Chris Field, Simon Caporn, Lucy Sheppard, Nancy Dise
A decision support system for degraded and abandoned peatlands - a tool for balancing options in peatland management...... 413 Andreas Haberl, Susanne Abel, Andreas Haberl, Hans Joosten
11 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 II. Peat for horticulture, energy and other uses
Abstract Abstract no Peat sorbents for arsenic removal...... 32 Linda Ansone, Maris Klavins, Linda Eglite
Role of peat deposits and peat in the nature and human life...... 95 Ivan Lishtvan
II.1 Peat for horticulture
Joint Unit of Compressing Integral Substrate (JUCIS) – a new Chinese growing medium...... 81 Xianmin Meng
Harvesting of Sphagnum biomass and its use as a growing medium constituent...... 137 Olli 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...... 347 Bill Carlile, Dearbhail NiChualain, Costantino Cattivello
Facts, figures and fallacy – half truths driving the phasing out of peat in horticulture in England...... 371 Jack Rieley
Sphagnum ssp. vs. Tephrocybe palustris – new efforts in the struggle against this important sphagnicol fungus...... 381 Stefan Irrgang, Mariana Schuster, Armin Blievernicht, Matthias Zander, Christian Ulrichs
Colour of peats as an indicator of chemical and physical properties...... 412 Dearbháil Ní Chualain & Munoo Prasad
Reduced phosphorus fertilization in peat-based substrates with added Bara clay and mycorrhizal inoculation...... 453 Mats Kron, Siri Caspersen
12 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 II.2 Peat for energy
Abstract Abstract no Chemical properties of fuel peat...... 46 Jaakko Lehtovaara, Minna Salonen
Peat soil properties and erosion: does degree of humification affect erosion conditions at peat mining sites?...... 117 Hannu Marttila, Tapio Tuukkanen, Björn Klöve
Lake sediment research in estimation of environmental impact of peat production – dramatic changes in sedimentation rate in Finnish lakes?...... 224 Samu Valpola
Recent debate on peat exploitation in Finland...... 280 Raimo Heikkilä, Tapio Lindholm
Using biomass as substitute for peat. Example for wet peatland management (paludiculture) in Belarus...... 284 Wendelin Wichtmann, Wendelin Wichtmann, Aleg Sivagrakau, Nina Tanovitskaya, Aleh Rodzkin, Vyacheslav Rakovich
Peatland resources and the use of energy peat in Finland...... 303 Kimmo Virtanen
Processes and site characteristics controlling nutrient and sediment runoff loads from peat harvesting sites...... 312 Tapio Tuukkanen, Bjørn Kløve, Hannu Marttila
Prospects for Milled Production by Bord na Móna in Ireland, in the period to 2030: Drivers & Potential Uses...... 349 John Reilly
Climate impact of energy peat utilisation scenarios - importance of peatland type, production method and aftertreatment...... 355 Kristina Maria Holmgren, Linus Hagberg
What sustainable development means for peat...... 368 Magnus Brandel
Co-Combustion of Reed Canary Grass and milled peat in a Bioenergy combine...... 422 Jan Burvall
13 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Peat excavation and drying for factory-made local fuel production...... 447 Aleksandr Mikhailov, Dmitriy Nagornov
II.3 Peat harvesting and processing technology
Development of new sod peat production technology in Finland...... 155 Arvo Leinonen, Juha Niemiaho, Ari Erkkilä
A case study of the peat production potential of agricultural peatlands in the Seinäjoki region in Finland...... 198 Frans Haapaniemi, Harri Vasander, Päivi Picken, Kimmo Virtanen, Mika Yli-Petäys
14 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 III. Agricultural use of peat and peatlands
Abstract Abstract no Utilization of sapropel in agriculture...... 37 Lech Szajdak, Anatol Sakowicz
Impact of solvent on the elution rates of organic matter from the secondary transformed peat-moorsh soils...... 38 Lech Szajdak, Marek Szczepanski
Effects of land use change for nutrition dynamics in fen soils in the nature park Ohre-Drömling...... 40 Stefan Schob, Ralph Meißner, Holger Rupp, Sabine Bernsdorf, Fred Braumann
Drainage effects on labile organic carbon fraction in top layers of peatlands...... 72 Barbara Kalisz, Andrzej Lachacz, Roman Glazewski
Scientific basics of investigations on reclamation and use of peat and peatlands in agriculture of Russia...... 120 Vera N. Kreshtapova, Vladimir M. Kosolapov, Boris S. Maslov, Nicolay A. Semionov, Alexandr A. Zotov
Effective use of peat products in pig industry...... 127 Liliya Stepchenko, V Yefimov, M Garashchuk, V Rakytyanskyy, R Bolgarchuk, K Kostyushkevych
The efficiency of feed additives from peat in ostrich farming in Ukraine...... 128 Liliya Stepchenko, L Galuzina, S Kolyada, E Goncharova
Development of biocadastre of Ukrainian peats and its use in creating of new humic preparations for agriculture...... 129 Liliya Stepchenko, N Syedykh
The xanthine oxidase activity participating in cycle nitrogen in peat profile of Kusowo bog (Short Abstract)...... 135 Lech Szajdak, Katarzyna Styla
The influence of IAA content on the phenol oxidase activity in commercial growing media used for ornamental plants crop...... 136 Lech Szajdak, Katarzyna Styla
15 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no HYDBOS: A guidance tool for sustainable utilization of hydromorphic soils under changing climate conditions: Part I - Soil and Hydrology...... 190 Evelyn Wallor, Janine Dzialek, Jutta Zeitz
HYDBOS: A guidance tool for sustainable utilization of hydromorphic soils under changing climate conditions: Part II - Vegetation and Production...... 191 Janine Dzialek, Evelyn Wallor, Jutta Zeitz
The area of cultivated organic soils in Finland according to digitized maps...... 241 Merja Myllys, Harri Lilja
Factors controlling Green House Gas turnover in Norwegian cultivated Peat land soils...... 277 Simon 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...... 299 Susanne 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...... 324 Miriam Hurkuck, Christian Brümmer, Werner L. Kutsch
Paludiculture - Experiences from agricultural use of rewetted fens in North East Germany...... 372 Christian Schröder, Wendelin Wichtmann, Sabine Wichmann, Hans Joosten
Spatial and temporal variability of extractable inorganic nitrogen in the topsoil of German peatlands...... 376 Baerbel 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...... 383 Jan van den Akker, Rob Hendriks, Idse Hoving, Matheijs Pleijter
Global potential of paludiculture as land use alternative for rewetted peatlands...... 387 Alexandra Barthelmes, René Dommain, Hans Joosten
16 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Life cycle assessment of energy biomass from rewetted peatlands...... 394 Tobias Dahms
Effects of submerged drains to reduce subsidence of agricultural peat soils on nutrient loading of surface water (Short Abstract)...... 431 Rob 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...... 65 Pirkko 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...... 71 Maarit Liimatainen, Pertti Martikainen, Marja Maljanen
Atmospheric impact of abandoned boreal organic agricultural soils depends on hydrology of peat...... 97 Marja Maljanen, Jyrki Hytönen, Päivi Mäkiranta, Jukka Laine, Pertti J Martikainen
Phosphorus in peat soils and risk for leaching after rewetting drained peatlands...... 113 Maarit Hyvärinen, Pirkko Mustamo, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Bjørn Kløve
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated organic soils Carrots, pastures, barley or potatoes? Which crop to choose?...... 148 Lisbet Norberg, Örjan Berglund, Kerstin Berglund
Emissions of greenhouse gasses from peat soils under different management and drainage (Short abstract)...... 432 Poul Erik Lærke , Mette Lægdsmand, Kirsten Schelde, Charlotte Kjaergaard
17 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 IV. Chemical, physical and biological characteristics of peat
Abstract Abstract no Changes of peat humic acid properties during peat genesis process...... 14 Maris Klavins, Oskars Purmalis
Humic acid properties in three different peat profiles...... 15 Oskars Purmalis, Maris Klavins
Major and trace elements in humic acids from raised bog peat profiles in Latvia...... 17 Diana Dudare, Maris Klavins
Basic peat forming moss chemical properties contributing towards their antimicrobial activity...... 21 Laura Klavina, Gunta Springe, Inese Silamikele, Vizma Nikolajeva
Application of multidimensional statistical methods i n analyses of peat geochemical features...... 29 Monika Metrak, Ingeborga Jarzyna, Malgorzata Suska-Malawska
A comparative study of low moor and sapropel properties...... 43 Karina Stankevica, Maris Klavina, Liga Rutina
Investigations of the sorption of radionuclides by raised bog peat………………...….…83 Andris Abramenkovs, Janis Alksnis, Maris Klavins, Andris Popelis, Janis Rudzitis
Accumulation of the major and trace elements in fens (Latvia)...... 84 Janis Krumins
Uncertain physical parameters of peat...... 102 Volker Schweikle
The effect of using different quality and quantity of carbon component on the acid phophatase enzyme activity in peat...... 105 Mohd Faizal Ahmad Ramli, Dominic Standing, David Johnson
Peat as sorbent for the removal of phosphate ions frm aqueous solution...... 140 Artis Robalds
Decoposition of peat during simulated summer drought...... 143 Karlijn Brouns
18 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Peat based sorbent for oil removal...... 144 Dmitry Porshnov
The variation of the amount of inorganic constituents in some common mire plants during the vegetative season...... 168 Kimmo Virtanen, Ari Luukkanen
Characterization of peat-electrical properties by means of geoelectrical measurements...... 193 Judith Walter, Erika Lueck, Albrecht Bauriegel, Jutta Zeitz
Relations between the decomposition of peat and soc in fens of Northeastern Germany...... 200 Christian Klingenfuss
The sulphur concentration of peat in Finland...... 229 Teuvo Herranen, Samu Valpola, Asta Harju, Onerva Valo
Humic acids for medical use: 1. Understanding the influence of peat formation on humic acid quality...... 287 Guido Meyer
Humic Acids for Medical Use: 2. Replacing Hydrochloric Acid by an Organic Acid in the Precipitation of Humic Acids...... 291 Guido Meyer, Renate Klöcking
The content of chemical elements in peats of the southern taiga subzone of the Tomsk region...... 308 Elena Guzova
Laboratory evaporation experiments in undisturbed peat columns for determining peat soil hydraulic properties...... 314 Ullrich Dettmann, Enrico Frahm, Michel Bechtold
The sulphur concentration of peat in sulphate bearing areas - case Kruunupyy, Finland...... 322 Teuvo Herranen, Samu Valpola, Onerva Valo, Tapio Toivonen, Asta Harju, Tuija Vähäkuopus
Studies on the bimodal effect of humic substances in the blood clotting system...... 427 Hans-Peter Klöcking, Renate Klöcking
19 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Preclinical studies on humic substances of different origin...... 428 Renate Klöcking, Carola Kleiner, Ralf Junek, Roland Schubert, Andrè-Michael Beer, Julian Lukanov, Plamen Sagorchev, Hans-Peter Klöcking, Jürgen I. Schoenherr
20 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 V. Restoration, rehabilitation and after-use of disturbed peatlands
Abstract Abstract no Ecological restoration of lagg-swamp species on cut-over peatlands...... 24 Etienne Paradis, Line Rochefort
First results of the soil water, nutrient and vegetation dynamics of a rewetted mire in the German Harz National Park...... 35 Katja Osterloh, Nadine Tauchnitz, Sabine Bernsdorf, Hans-Ulrich Kison, Ralph Meißner
Five years of experimental restoration of vacuum-mined bog in Northern Poland...... 50 Paulina Cwiklinska, Agnieszka Sadowska
Peatland management in Germany: EU-subsidies and restoration strategies...... 60 Simone Witzel, Theodor Fock
Challenges of peatland recultivation in Latvia...... 90 Inese Silamikele, Juris Nusbaums, Ivans Cupruns, Ilze Ozola
Delivering on promises: the Bord na Móna Biodiversity Action Plan 2010-2015...... 162 Catherine Farrell, David Fallon, Mark McCorry
Knowledge transfer from scientists to stakeholders: promotion of responsible peatland management following peat extraction...... 169 Sandrine Hugron, Line Rochefort
Large scale production and distribution of Sphagnum species for successful bog restoration...... 178 Neal Wright, Simon Caporn, Stephanie Hinde, Angus Rosenburgh, Matt Buckler
Ten Years in rehab, what have we learned in Mayo?...... 185 David Fallon, Mark McCorry, Catherine Farrell, James Moran
Sphagnum ecophysiology of restored, drained, and pristine boreal spruce swamp forests...... 187 Laura 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...... 197 Liisa Maanavilja, Zuzana Urbanová, Tomás Picek, Jiri Bárta, Raija Laiho, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
21 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Restoration of a 15 ha fen ecosystem: vegetation establishment and stabilisation challenges...... 208 Marie-Claire LeBlanc, Marie-Claire LeBlanc, Maryse Gendron, Line Rochefort
Restoration of water quality and biology in two rewetted cut-over peatlands...... 231 Lars Lundin, Elve Lode, Sabine Jordan, Torbjörn Nilsson, Monika Strömgren
Secondary succession in abandoned block-cut mined peatlands...... 259 Eduardo Gonzalez, Monique Poulin, Line Rochefort
Establishing vascular plants from seeds around pool margins in restored peatlands (Short abstracts)...... 264 Monique Poulin, Tommy Landry, Virginie Laberge, Line Rochefort
Regularities and driving factors of spontaneous re-vegetation of extractred milled peatlans in Estonia...... 282 Triin Triisberg
Developing habitat management techniques to enhance the value of Bord na Móna cutaway raised bogs in Ireland for breeding waders...... 288 Mark 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...... 296 Michael Delaney, Angela Wallace
Testate amoebae reflecting present environmental conditions in restored cut-over bogs - a new tool for evaluation and monitoring?...... 366 Peter 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...... 373 Kairi Sepp, Mati Ilomets, Raimo Pajula, Laimdota Truus
Natural capping of the landfill Volgermeerpolder A sustainable method using ecology to isolate chemicals in soil...... 385 Paul Stook, Marten Van der Wijk
A question of imbalance...... 430 Rémy Pouliot, Roxane Andersen, Line Rochefort, Flor Salvador
Restoration of peatlands after selective white peat excavation...... 448 Aleksandr Mikhailov
22 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 V.1 Sphagnum farming (Joint II & V)
Abstract Abstract no Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by Sphagnum farming?...... 34 Kerstin Albrecht, Stephan Glatzel
Renewability, use and properties of Sphagnum biomass for growing media purposes...55 Niko Silvan, Kaisa Silvan, Juha Näkkilä, Risto Tahvonen, Olli Reinikainen
Development of a Technology for Harvesting Peat Moss on Floating Mats...... 164 Jan Häbler, Felicitas Bechstein
The youngest peat – sustainable production of peat moss and its use as growing medium in professional horticulture...... 247 Armin Blievernicht, Stefan Irrgang, Matthias Zander, Christian Ulrichs
Sphagnum farming on bog grassland in Germany – first results...... 294 Matthias Krebs, Greta Gaudig, Hans Joosten
Sphagnum propagules from spores: first experiences...... 307 Franziska Gahlert, Anja Prager, Jenny Schulz, Hans Joosten
Are Sphagnum propagules still vital when stored up to 12 months in a fridge?...... 365 Anja Prager, Franziska Gahlert, Jenny Schulz, Hans Joosten
Paludiculture – ecosystem servcies of Shaghnum farming on rewetted bogs in NW Germany...... 369 Sabine Wichmann
Sphagnum farming in Germany - 10 years on the road to sustainable growing media.374 Greta 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...... 91 Peng Gao, Carl Trettin
23 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Ecological characterization of peatlands in the Maloti Mountains, Lesotho...... 92 Carl Trettin
Condition assessment and restoration of the peatlands of the Snowy Mountains, south east Australia...... 123 Geoffrey Hope, Rachel Nanson
Mountain peatlands of the Central Andes: Current research on bofedales in Bolivia...138 Karina A. Yager, Rosa Isela Meneses, Daniel A. Slayback, David Cooper
Restoration of Sphagnum on degraded blanket bog...... 240 Angus Rosenburgh, Simon Caporn, Neal Wright, Stephanie Hinde, Matt Buckler, Robin Sen, Nancy Dise
Alpine wetlands restoration and climate change...... 268 Makomoreng Fanana
Design of wetlands rehabilitation interventions in alpine wetlands of Lesotho...... 269 Nthabiseng Mokhabuli, Makomoreng Fanana
Maintaining eclogocal and economic value of alpine wetlands...... 270 Makomoreng Fanana
Mountain peatlands of the Western North and South America: The influence of climate, lithology and disturbance on vegetation and ecosystem services (Short abstract)...... 348 David Cooper
Mountain Fen Restoration in Colorado: An Overview...... 348 Rod Chimner, David Cooper
Monitoring landscape-scale restoration of peatland habitats in the South Pennines, UK, by the Moors for the Future Partnership...... 364 Rachael 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...... 384 Rosa Isela Meneses, Emilia Garcia E., Karina Yager, Enrique Domic
Highland peatlands in Mongolia indicate desertification treds in central Asia...... 408 Andrey Sirin, Tatiana Minayeva, Piotr Gunin, Dugarjav Chultamin, Bazha Sergey, Bayasgalan D., Dorofeyuk Nadezhda, Leopold Sulerzhitsky, Olga Uspenskaya
24 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 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...... 344 Yvonne Seel, Monika Guhr, Renate Klöcking, Roland Schubert, Jürgen I. Schoenherr
Peat sauna has relaxing effect on muscles...... 400 Leena Larva, Erkka Heinä, Riitta Korhonen
Results of the Balneological Researches of some Estonian, South Korean and North Irish Mires and Peat types...... 417 Riitta Korhonen
25 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 VII. Ecology and management of forested peatlands VII.1 Peatland forestry and surface water quality
Abstract Abstract no Use of Brash Mats for Clearfelling of Forestry on Peat: An Irish Perspective...... 8 Joanne Finnegan, J.T. Regan1, M.G. Healy, B.A. McCabe
Peatland forestry and surface water quality in Finland...... 33 Hannu Mannerkoski
Can tree stand water use compensate for maintenance of ditch networks in peatlands? Implications from water balance measurements...... 53 Sakari 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...... 152 Leena 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...... 182 Elisangela 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...... 213 O’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...... 275 Timo 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...... 313 Zaki-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...... 338 Annu Kaila, Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam, Sarkkola Sakari, Xiao Liwen, Laurén Ari, Nieminen Mika
26 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Impact of blanket peat forest harvesting on stream flow regime – a case study in the Burrishoole Catchment in west of Ireland...... 403 Liwen 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...... 26 Noora 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...... 59 Noora 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..64 Jyrki Hytönen, Mikko Moilanen
Does soil preparation stimulate or sedate heterotrophic soil respiration in nutrient-poor clearcut peatland forests?………………...... 69 Meeri Pearson, Niko Silvan, Markku Saarinen, Kari Minkkinen, Jukka Laine
Today’s canadian boreal peatland forestry (Short abstract)...... 75 Jutras Sylvain
Long term effect of ash fertilization and weed control in afforestation of organic agricultural soil...... 139 Jyrki Hytönen, Paula Jylhä, Olavi Kohal
Cost-efficient energy biomass production on cut-away peatlands: two-year results.....145 Olli 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...... 163 Hannu Hökkä, Jaakko Repola
Vegetation succession in prepared microsites in drained peatland forest regeneration areas...... 195 Markku Saarinen, Juha-Pekka Hotanen, Virpi Alenius
27 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Is ditch network maintenance invariably needed after thinning?...... 218 Soili Kojola, Timo Penttilä
Response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestis L.) radial growth to draining in Estonia...... 256 Argo Strantsov
Wood ash application reduced global warming potential over the five years after application in two drained peatland forests in Sweden (Short abstract)...... 434 Ulf Sikström, Robert G. Björk, Leif Klemedtsson
Peatland Forestry – Evolving Affects on Ecosystem Services (Short abstract)...... 435 Carl 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...... 446 Toms Zailitis, Peteris Zalitis, Zane Libiete-Zalite, Aigars Indriksons
28 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 IX. Tropical peatlands
Abstract Abstract no The Specific Spectral Data of Dominant Trees in Peat-Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia...... 27 Hendrik Segah, Hiroshi Tani, Muhammad Evri, Aswin Usup, Kazuyo Hirose, Mitsuru Osaki
Quantifying and Understanding Tropical Peatland Spatial Distribution and Carbon Storage in Central Africa...... 51 Greta 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...... 106 Camila Melo, Lilian Oliveira, Leonardo Fraceto, Andre Rosa
Arsenic(V) on Tropical Peat: a Possible Remediation...... 107 Lílian 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...... 116 Gunawan 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.....158 Viktor 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...... 189 Uwe Ballhorn, Juilson Jubanski, Karin Kronseder, Florian Siegert
Barriers to Seedlings Regeneration in Fire-Damaged Tropical Peatland of Brunei Darussalam...... 261 Hajah 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
29 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 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...... 318 Sharon 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...... 335 Koichi 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)...... 407 Takashi 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...... 436 Nagamitsu Maie, S. Sekiguchi, L. Melling, S. D. Kimura, A. Sim, E. Shima
Models of Peat Dome Formation: Comparison to Data from Southeast Asia...... 442 Alison Hoyt, Charles Harvey, Lucy Hutyra
Impact of logging on organic matter characteristics in tropical peat forest of Brunei Darussalam. Implication for carbon cycle...... 443 Laure 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...... 10 Henk Wösten, Arif Budiman
Sustainable woody biomass production system on tropical peatlands...... 19 Mariko 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...... 56 Kristell Hergoualch, Louis Verchot
30 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no A small scale field experiment of peat burning on a tropical peatland located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia...... 82 Yohei Hamada, Untung Darung, Suwido Limin, Ryusuke Hatano
Land-use changes tropical peat characteristics...... 157 Mari Könönen, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Harri Vasander, Satu Repo, Peter Spetz, Suwido Limin
Recent history of a modified peat dome, Coastal Riau, Sumatra...... 180 John Bathgate, Reddy Rachmady
Recognizing the Complexity of Tropical Peatland Ecosystem and Management for Sustainability Purposes...... 216 Medrilzam Medrilzam, John Herbohn, Paul Dargusch, Carl Smith
Tropical peat-swamp forest biodiversity: assessment of the present and prognosis for the future...... 230 Susan 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 and threats on tropical peatlands...... 235 Maija 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...... 418 Grahame 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...... 16 Ross Morrison, Susan Page, Chris Malins, Jack Rieley, Aljosja Hooijer, Jyrki Jauhiainen
31 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Field observation of the tropical peat soil respiration rate under various ground water levels...... 68 Toshihide 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...... 114 Basuki Sumawinata, Suwardi Suwardi, Canecio P. Munoz
The carbon balance of tropical peatlands - a global perspective...... 151 Susan 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...... 175 Fahmuddin Agus, Anny Mulyani, Ai Dariah, M Maswar, W Wahyunto
Disturbance history and management of tropical peatlands effects on N2O fluxes...... 207 Harri Vasander, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Hanna Silvennoinen, Riitta Hämäläinen, Kitso Kusin, Suwido Limin, John Raison
Carbon dioxide balance of tropical peat ecosystems...... 267 Takashi Hirano, Hendrik Segah, Kitso Kusin, Suwido Limin, Hidenori Takahashi, Mitsuru Osaki
Net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a tropical peat swamp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia..300 Angela 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...... 315 Edward 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...... 317 Aileen 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?.330 Lulie Melling, Kah Joo Goh, Angelyn Kloni, Ryusuke Hatano
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Regulatory factors of soil CH4 fluxes in different ages of oil palm plantation on tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia...... 331 Lulie Melling, Kah Joo Goh, Auldry Chaddy, Ryusuke Hatano
Towards a standard for deforestation of tropical peat forest………………...... 414 Bambang Setiadi
Above- and below-ground carbon budget of degraded tropical peatland revealed by multi-temporal airborne laser altimetry...... 451 Tatsuo 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...... 115 Darmawan Soleh Martadinata, Dwi Putro Tejo Baskoro, Budi Nugroho
Development context of Coastal Riau peatland, Sumatra, Indonesia...... 149 John Bathgate, Muhammad Iqbal
Subsidence in drained coastal peatlands in SE Asia, and implications for drainability and sustainability...... 176 Aljosja 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.....177 Aljosja 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...... 210 Jukka Miettinen, Aljosja Hooijer, Chenghua Shi, Soo Chin Liew, Chris Malins, Susan Page
Carbon dioxide emissions from a plantation on thick tropical peat...... 220 Jyrki Jauhiainen, Aljosja Hooijer, Susan Page
Updated carbon budgets under different land uses on tropical peatland in Indonesia...... 253 Jack Rieley, Susan Page
33 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Progression of peatland degradation and conversion processes in Sumatra...... 266 Jukka 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...... 279 Marcel Silvius
Reducing Emissions from Indonesia’s Peat Land: An Assessment of the Scientific Aspects...... 370 Basah 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)...... 426 Zulkifli Hashim
Sarawak’s initiatives in regulating development in peat areas...... 433 Peter Sawal
Peatland Management in Southeast Asia...... 439 Sing Yun Chin, Tong Yiew Chee, Faizal Parish
Integrated Tropical Peatland Management.(Short abstract)...... 440 N.A. Ahmad, S.Y. Chin, S.Y. Lew, T.Y. Chee, P. Faizal
34 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 X. Peatland carbon budgets and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes
X.1 Carbon balance & GHG fluxes in natural/seminatural
Abstract Abstract no Opaque closed chambers bias methane measurements of convective plants...... 18 Anke Günther, Gerald Jurasinski, Vytas Huth, Stephan Glatzel
Methane dynamics of undisturbed fens in oil sands region of Alberta, Canada...... 23 Md. 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...... 39 Poster presentation Nadine Tauchnitz, Rolf Russow, Oliver Spott, Sabine Bernsdorf, Ralph Meißner
How important is the evasion flux term in the carbon and GHG balance of peatlands?73 Mike Billett, Kerry Dinsmore, Frank Harvey
The effect of wind turbine-induced microclimates on a carbon budget of a blanket bog…………………...... 99 Alona Armstrong, Susan Waldron, Nick Ostle, Jeanette Whitaker
Variations of CO2 Exchange Among Vascular Plant Communities in a Temperate Ombrotrophic Peatland...... 108 Derrick 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...... 131 Evgeniya Golovatskaya, Egor Dyukarev, Elena Veretennikova
Lessons from one decade of carbon dioxide exchange measurements in an oligotrophic minerotrophic mire in Northern Sweden (Short abstract)...... 141 Matthias 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)...... 172 Päivi Mäkiranta, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Penttilä, Raija Laiho, Hannu Fritze, Eevastiina Tuittila
Carbon dioxide fluxes in peatland ecosystem in the autumn………………...... 181 Oleg Mikhaylov, Svetlana Zagirova
35 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Modeling peat accumulation over decades to centuries: examples from Sweden and Canada, and perspectives for tropical peatlands. (Short abstract)...... 205 Julie 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...... 225 Ben Smith, Susan Waldron, Andrew Henderson, Hugh Flowers, David Gilvear
Role of High-Flow Extremes in Aquatic Carbon Export from Peatlands...... 252 Kerry 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?...... 254 Tuula 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...... 276 Annalea 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...... 289 James Rowson, Richard Payne, Simon Caporn, Nancy Dise
Wetland chronosequence as a model of peatland development: Vegetation succession, peat and carbon accumulation (Short abstract)...... 319 Eeva-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……………...... 326 Sari 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...... 332 Annalea 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...... 333 Sari Juutinen, Tim Moore, Allison DeYoung, Anna Laine, Margaret Kalacska, Mandy Chong, Jill Bubier
36 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Carbon balances of Northern Peatlands (Short abstract)...... 388 Mats Nilsson
Where do current N deposition levels lead to lower Sphagnum production? (Short abstract)...... 391 Gustaf 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 ...... 7 Harry Uosukainen
Greenhouse gas exchange of cutover minerotrophic peatlands – effect of revegetation and rewetting...... 22 Md. Sharif Mahmood, Cameron Robinson, Maria Strack
Can we explain the contrasting carbon balances of forestry-drained peatlands by laboratory and chamber flux studies?...... 36 Maiju 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...... 41 Stephan 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)...... 94 Cecilia Palmborg
The effect of wood ash on soil CO2 emissions and carbon stock of tree stand on a drained peatland – case study…………………...... 98 Mikko Moilanen, Jyrki Hytönen, Mirva Leppälä
Winter greenhouse gas emissions of a minerotrophic fen under nature conservation management in north-east Germany...... 146 Vytas Huth, Gerald Jurasinski, Stephan Glatzel
GHG fluxes in restored young fens (Short abstract)...... 153 Anne Tolvanen, Anna Laine, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
37 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Prime real estate for climate change mitigation: rewetted industrial cutaway peatlands in North West Ireland...... 160 David 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 ...... 170 Gong Pan, Jörg Kaduk, Heiko Balzter, Susan Page, Mike Acreman, Richard J. Harding
Methane emissions from peat soils under grassland: impact of rewetting ...... 204 Florence Renou-Wilson, David Wilson, Christoph Mueller
Greenhouse gas emissions from two rewetted peatlands in Sweden...... 206 Sabine 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...... 209 Jaclyn Hatala, Dennis Baldocchi, Matteo Detto
Impact of drainage and restoration on vegetation and carbon gas dynamics in Central European peatlands……………...... 214 Zuzana 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...... 217 Thomas Leppelt, Rene Dechow, Sören Gebbert
CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes from a drained bog grassland along soil carbon and moisture gradients...... 219 Katharina Leiber-Sauheitl, Carolina Voigt, Roland Fuss, Annette Freibauer
The carbon balance under different agricultural regimes of drained peatland in Ukraine...... 234 A. Mykytiuk, R. Truskavetsky, S. Truskavetsky
Greenhouse gas balance of forestry-drained boreal peatlands: Sinks or sources?…………………...... 239 Paavo 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)...... 255 David Wilson, Ronan Connolly, Catherine Farrell
38 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at semi-natural and regenerating temperate fens…………………...... 272 Ross 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)...... 274 Tanka 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)...... 285 Tanka Kandel, Poul Erik Lærke, Lars Elsgaard
Decomposition rates of coarse root systems on forestry-drained peatlands (Short abstract)...... 302 Tiina Badorek, Soili Kojola, Raija Laiho, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Penttilä
Generating carbon credits from peatland rewetting (Short abstract)...... 304 Hans Joosten
An automatic chamber system capable of year-round, hourly gas exchange measurements, using two drained mires as an example (Short abstract)...... 328 Markku Koskinen, Kari Minkkinen, Paavo Ojanen, Juha Hatakka, Tuomas Laurila, Annalea Lohila
Methane dynamics of pristine, drained and restored spruce mires: preliminary results...... 329 Markku Koskinen, Liisa Maanavilja, Kari Minkkinen, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Methane turnover before and after restoration of forestry-drained peatlands...... 336 Anuliina 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...... 343 Bernd Hofer
Effects of short term warming and long-term water table alterations on vegetation and carbon cycling in a great lakes peatland...... 354 Rod Chimner, John Hribljan, Tom Pypker, Evan Kane
39 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 Abstract Abstract no Preliminary synthesis of carbon balance and GHG fluxes in managed German peatlands (Short abstract)...... 362 Annette Freibauer, Matthias Droesler, Partners
Considering methane emissions from abandoned drained peatlands reduce negative effect of their potential rise after rewetting (Short abstract)...... 409 Andrey 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)...... 424 Leif Klemedtsson, Astrid Meyer, Lasse Tarvainen, Azad Nousratpour, Per Weslien, Robert G. Björk, Tobias Rütting, Göran Wallin, Anders Lindroth
40 14th International Peat congress, Sweden 2012 SPRM-session – Strategy for Responsible Peatland Management
Abstract Abstract no Review of the Strategy for Responsible Peatland Management...... 283 Donal Clarke, Jaakko Silpola, Susann Warnecke
Proposal for a national strategy for the sustainable and responsible use of mires and peatlands...... 441 Riitta Korhonen
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