Peatland Restoration and Reclamation Duluth 1998

Editors: Thomas Malterer, Kurt Johnson, J. Stewart

Duluth 1998

274 pages ISBN 951-97744-1-6

List of authors

Foreword by J.D. Becker-Platen and T.J. Malterer

Preface by T.J. Malterer

ORAL PAPERS

Restoration and reclamation perspectives

Perspectives on peatland restoration and reclamation in the United States, T.J. Malterer and K.W. Johnson

Managing Canadian peatlands: status of the resource and restoration approaches, C. Rubec and J.J. Thibault

The use of cut-away areas in Finland, P. Selin and T. Nyrönen

Assessing priorities and approaches to the restoration of damaged lowland bogs in Northwest Europe, B.D. Wheeler, R.P. Money, S.C. Shaw and R. Meade

Degraded fens in Northeastern Germany: goals for cultivation and restoration, W. Wichtmann and D. Koppisch

Revegetation, renaturation, and biodiversity

Restoration of post-mined peatlands: effect of vascular pioneer species on Sphagnum establishment, S. Boudreau and L. Rochefort

Peat accomulation perspectives in rewetted fens: the role of plant species and rewetting techniques, M. Hartmann

Greenhouse studies of Sphagnum papillosum for commercial harvest and peatland restoration in Minnesota, K.W. Johnson and C.C. Maly

Peat as a renewable resource: the road to paludiculture, H. Joosten

Vegetation development after peat extraction in fens of North-Eastern Germany, M. Knapp

Peat bog restoration: industrial scale application, D. LeQuéré and C. Samson

Palaeoecology and the challenge of restoration: the example of percolating mires, D. Michaelis

Peatland restoration guide, F. Quinty and G. Hood

Regeneration of milled peat bog: a large scale approach in Kollerfilze (Bavaria, Southern Germany), J. Sliva

Restoration of peatlands drained for forestry in Finland, H. Vasander, E.-S. Tuittila, V.-M. Komulainen, J. Laine and T. Sallantaus

Vascular plant colonization of post-harvest peatlands in Manitoba, D. Walker and J. Stewart

Forestry and agriculture

Nutrition and development of 7-17-year-old scots pine and silver birch plantations on cutaway peatlands, L.J. Aro and S.J.J. Kaunisto

Genetic peculiarities and basics of reclamation of cutover peatlands in Central Russia, N. Kreshtapova and R.A. Krupnov

Cultivation and production of reed canary grass for mixed fuel as a method for reclamation of a peat production area, A. Leinonen, T. Lindh, T. Paappanen, E. Kallio, M. Flyktman, J. Hakkarainen, V. Käyhkö, P. Peronius, M. Puuronen and T. Mikkonen

Research on agricultural exploitation technology in the Sanjiang Plain, China, X. Ma, X. Liu and J. Hu

The use of volcanic ash in the reclamation of tropical peatlands, B. Setiadi

Hydrology and water quality

Rewetting of peat cutting areas: field experiments in Northwest Germany since 1976, J. Blankenburg

Hydrochemistry of natural, cut-over and rewetted peatland sites, L. Lundin

The assessment of optimal ground water levels for revitalization of a degraded fen by 3-dimensional finite element modeling, O. Nalenz

Methods for restoration of a cutover peatland, Quebec, Canada, J.S. Price

Development of design standards for sedimentation basins, J.J. Thibault, C.G. Keats and D.P. DeMerchant

Self regulation of acrotelm transmissivity and discharge in two Irish midland raised bogs, S. van der Schaaf

Case studies

Environmental monitoring to assess the restoration needs of fen communities located in the Maskepetoon natural area of the city of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, J. Gareau and C. Duane

Peatland utilisation and conservation: a South African perspective, P. Grundling

Potential factors which allow the preservation of mammalian soft tissue in peat bogs, H. Gill-Robinson

Re-use of cut-off peatland areas: methods and cases in Northern Finland, P. Åman, H. Uosukainen and H.-K. Vertainen

Modeling, simulation and theoretical applications

Restoration peatland carbon sequestration model: an aid in carbon cycling research, A.J. Gilmer, S.M. Ward, N. Holden, A. Brereton and E.P. Farrell

The organic transformations of peat in cutover peatlands, L.I. Inisheva, O.V. Demetjeva, I.G. Savicheva, A.F. Birivkova, V.Ye. Aristarkhiva and D.V. Nechaev

Carbon dynamics and bog restoration: key roles for dissolved carbon dioxide and bicarbonate, L.P.M. Lamers, J.M. van Groenendael and J.G.M. Roelofs

Life cycle analyses of peat use in Finland, T. Nyrönen and P. Selin

POSTER PAPERS

Hydrology and water quality

Groundwater lysimeter investigations into evapotranspiration and nutrient dynamics for rewetted fenlands, A. Behrendt, G. Schalitz, D. Hölzel and R. Dannowski

Solutions of water supply for rewetting of degraded fen sites in Northeastern Germany, O. Dietrich, R. Dannowski and J. Quast

Case studies

Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - abiotic aspects, A. Gensior, J. Zeitz, O. Dietrich, R. Dannowski and W. Wichtmann

Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - biotic aspects, H. Koppitz, H. Kühl, T. Timmermann and W. Wichtmann

Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - economic aspects, A. Schäfer and W. Wichtmann

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Revegetation, renaturation and biodiversity

Renaturation of a peatland affected by mining activities in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, P. Beckett, S. Pappin-Willianen and B. Tisch

Assessing the the role of natural bog fragments left by peat harvest as representative refuges for plands and wildlife, V. Delage, B. Drolet, A. Desrochers and M. Poulin

Restoration of the rich fen Löytösensuo, Middle Eastern Finland, H. Heikkilä and T. Lindholm

Current status of peatland restoration in Manitoba, Canada, Q. Holtslag and J. Steward

Restoration of peatlands in a city: opportunities and expediency, T. Koukhartchik, S. Kakareka and V. Khomich

Introduction of companion plant species that favor Sphagnum establishement, F. Quinty and L. Rochefort

Hydrology and Water Quality

Management impacts of the sink function for water and soluble chemicals in a large shallow fen site, D. Balla and J. Quast

Water balance calculations of a raised bog with modflow, J. Blankenburg

Water consumption of rewetted degraded fen areas in North-Eastern Germany, R. Dannowski, O. Dietrich, A. Behrendt, D. Hölzel and R. Tauschke

Surface assessment of drained peatlands, N.V. Kislov and B.M. Khrustalyov

Case Studies

The Mfabeni peatland: a wetland with a history, A.C. Blackmore, P. Grundling and H. Mazus

Rewetting strategies based on 200 soil pits from naturally restored peat cutting sites, E. Lode

Peatland rehabilitation: a minimalistic approach: a case study from Central South Africa, W.J. Smuts and P.J. Theron

Modeling, Simulation and Theoretical Applications

Carbon dynamics in restoration peatlands: an analysis of its role in the "full fuel cycle" of peat, A.J. Gilmer, S.M. Ward, N. Holden, A. Brereton and E.P. Farrell

Ecosystem modelling for conservation and resource functions of mires, V.I. Kosov

Principles of artificial mire structure creation, V.I. Kosov and V.V. Panov

Carbon balance in a restored cut-away peatland, E.-S. Tuittila, V.-M. Komulainen, H. Vasander, J. Laine, H. Nykänen and P.J. Martikainen

Permitting and Regulations

Minnesota's peat inventory database, G. Johnson, D. Martin, M. Oberhelman

Minnesota's rules relating to the reclamation of mined peatlands, J.E. Jordan

Geological applications in planning the post-production use of cut-away peatlands in Finland, R. Korhonen