{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.05.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-25T16:17:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-06-12", "title": "Ground Vegetation Exceeds Tree Seedlings In Early Biomass Production And Carbon Stock On An Ash-Fertilized Cut-Away Peatland", "description": "Afforestation is one of the most popular after-use options of cut-away peatlands in Scandinavia since it has both economic and aesthetic values and therefore the interest concerning the carbon stock often focuses on tree stands. Consequently, ground vegetation is readily disregarded in the present calculations of the climatic impact of afforestation. However, at the early stages of afforestation vigorous ground vegetation may have a major role in carbon sequestration. The biomass and C stock of ground vegetation and young tree seedlings were examined on an ash-fertilized and afforested cut-away peatland. Six treatments of different mixtures and quantities of wood-ash, peat-ash, biotite or Forest PK-fertilizer were replicated in three plots. Betula pubescens Ehrh. seeds were sown on randomized halves of split plots while the other halves were left unsown. The plant biomass was harvested four growing seasons after the treatments. The live above-ground biomass of ground vegetation on a cut-away peatland was up to two times that of tree seedlings. Furthermore, the below-ground biomass of ground vegetation and tree seedlings was equal to the above-ground biomass, or even greater. In particular, the biomass of mosses multiplied on ash-based fertilized areas compared to the Forest PK-fertilized areas. Our study proved that at the early stages of afforestation ground vegetation was even more important in biomass production and C stock than tree seedlings. Consequently, our results suggest that ground vegetation biomass should also be considered when the climatic impact of afforestation of cut-away peatlands is being calculated.", "keywords": ["580", "0106 biological sciences", "turvetuhka", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "Betula pubescens Ehrh", "maanalainen biomassa", "13. 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Ash may change the activities of soil microbes, including those producing or consuming greenhouse gases, such as methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). We studied the effects of wood ash (loose wood ash originating from pulp mill or power plants) on the fluxes of CH4, N2O and CO2 in forests with mineral or peat soils in northern Finland. The ash doses were from 3 to 8\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121. Gas fluxes were measured with a closed chamber method from five recently fertilized experiments for 1 year after application of ash and from five long-term trials 14\u201350 years after application. Wood ash did not affect N2O gas fluxes. In the long-term experiments, wood ash increased the soil CO2 production and the CH4 uptake and lowered the CH4 emissions.", "keywords": ["hiilidioksidi", "kasvihuonekaasut", "13. Climate action", "tuhkalannoitus", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "typpidioksidi", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Ecological restoration fights degradation aiming at the recovery of ecosystem functions such as carbon (C) sequestration and ecosystem structures like plant communities responsible for the C sequestration function. We selected 38 pristine, drained and restored boreal peatland sites in Finland and asked i) what is the long-term effect of drainage on the peatland surface layer C storage, ii) can restoration recover ecosystem functioning (surface layer growth) and structure (plant community composition) and iii) is the recovery of the original structure needed for the recovery of ecosystem functions? We found that drainage had resulted in a substantial net loss of C from surface layer of drained sites. Restoration was successful in regaining natural growth rate in the peatland surface layer already within 5 years after restoration. However, the regenerated surface layer sequestered C at a mean rate of 116.3 g m(-2) yr(-1) (SE 12.7), when a comparable short-term rate was 178.2 g m(-2) yr(-1) (SE 13.3) at the pristine sites. The plant community compositions of the restored sites were considerably dissimilar to those of pristine sites still 10 years after restoration. We conclude that ecological restoration can be used to jump-start some key peatland ecosystem functions even without the recovery of original ecosystem structure (plant community composition). However, the re-establishment of other functions like C sequestration may require more profound recovery of conditions and ecosystem structure. We discuss the potential economic value of restored peatland ecosystems from the perspective of their C sequestration function.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "ecosystem structure\u2013function relationship", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "ta1172", "Museo", "plant community composition", "turve", "03 medical and health sciences", "Museum", "ecosystem recovery", "Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia", "ta116", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Restoration and Remediation", "Finland", "0303 health sciences", "hiilensidonta", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "16. Peace & justice", "carbon sequestration", "Carbon", "13. 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However, the related plant-microbe interactions are still poorly understood. We aimed to link the recovery of the organisms responsible for CH4 turnover, the methanogens and the methanotrophs, to the re-vegetation related compositional changes of three functional plant types (Sphagna, sedges and shrubs). In peat layers, the Sphagnum coverage was the most influential factor for the activity, abundance and community structures of both these microbial groups, demonstrating a succession pattern towards a pristine stage. Analysis of mcrA and pmoA genes revealed Methanoregulaceae and Methylocystis as the most dominant methanogens and methanotrophs, respectively. The relatively fast recovery of both CH4 production and oxidation in the peat layers supports earlier flux based results from these same fen-type peatland sites. In contrast to peat, CH4 oxidation in living Sphagnum mosses appeared to be independent of vegetation succession as CH4 oxidation potential was similar throughout the succession stages. This indicated that Sphagnum may be a valuable CH4 biofilter especially in the early re-vegetation stages when the oxidation in the peat has not yet recovered. Therefore, we recommend Sphagnum transplantation as a tool for climate friendly peatland restoration with faster recovery of the carbon sink function and altered CH4 emissions.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "0303 health sciences", "Aitoneva", "peat extraction", "ta1172", "ta1183", "Methanogenic archaea", "plant functional types", "15. Life on land", "Methanotrophic bacteria", "ecosystem restoration", "ekosysteemit", "Kihni\u00f6", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. 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Plastic contaminants range in size from micro- (5 mm to 1 \u03bcm) to nanoplastics (<1 \u03bcm). Microfluidics provides many tools for particle manipulation at the microscale, particularly in diagnostics and biomedicine, but has in general a limited capacity to process large volumes. Drinking water and environmental samples with low-level contamination of microplastics require processing of deciliter to liter sample volumes to achieve statistically relevant particle counts. Here, we introduce the EchoGrid, an acoustofluidics device for high throughput continuous flow particle enrichment into a robust array of particle clusters. The EchoGrid takes advantage of highly efficient particle capture through the integration of a micropatterned transducer for surface displacement-based acoustic trapping in a glass and polymer microchannel. Silica seed particles were used as anchor particles to improve capture performance at low particle concentrations and high flow rates. The device was able to maintain the silica grids at a flow rate of 50 mL/min. In terms of enrichment, the device is able to double the final pellet's microplastic concentration every 78 s for 23 \u03bcm particles and every 51 s for 10 \u03bcm particles at a flow rate of 5 mL/min. In conclusion, we demonstrate the usefulness of the EchoGrid by capturing microplastics in challenging conditions, such as large sample volumes with low microparticle concentrations, without sacrificing the potential of integration with downstream analysis for environmental monitoring.", "keywords": ["Nanoteknik", "Environmental Biotechnology", "Naturvetenskap", "Nano Technology", "Milj\u00f6bioteknik", "Natural Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00933"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Analytical%20Chemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00933", "name": "item", "description": "10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00933", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00933"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-05-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-25T16:20:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-21", "title": "Hydraulic and Physical Properties of Managed and Intact Peatlands: Application of the Van Genuchten\u2010Mualem Models to Peat Soils", "description": "Abstract<p>Undisturbed peatlands are effective carbon sinks and provide a variety of ecosystem services. However, anthropogenic disturbances, especially land drainage, strongly alter peat soil properties and jeopardize the benefits of peatlands. The effects of disturbances should therefore be assessed and predicted. To support accurate modeling, this study determined the physical and hydraulic properties of intact and disturbed peat samples collected from 59 sites (in total 3,073 samples) in Finland and Norway. The bulk density (BD), porosity, and specific yield (Sy) values obtained indicated that the top layer (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm depth) at agricultural and peat extraction sites was most affected by land use change. The BD in the top layer at agricultural, peat extraction, and forestry sites was 441%, 140%, and 92% higher, respectively, than that of intact peatlands. Porosity decreased with increased BD, but not linearly. Agricultural and peat extraction sites had the lowest saturated hydraulic conductivity, Sy, and porosity, and the highest BD of the land use options studied. The van Genuchten\uffe2\uff80\uff90Mualem (vGM) soil water retention curve (SWRC) and hydraulic conductivity (K) models proved to be applicable for the peat soils tested, providing values of SWRC, K, and vGM\uffe2\uff80\uff90parameters (\uffce\uffb1 and n) for peat layers (top, middle and bottom) under different land uses. A decrease in peat soil water content of \uffe2\uff89\uffa510% reduced the unsaturated K values by two orders of magnitude. This unique data set can be used to improve hydrological modeling in peat\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated catchments and for fuller integration of peat soils into large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale hydrological models.</p>", "keywords": ["hydrologia", "bogs", "porosity", "peat extraction", "soil water retention curve", "hydraulics", "ta1171", "hydrology", "maank\u00e4ytt\u00f6", "soil", "mets\u00e4talous", "huokoisuus", "Norja", "maatalous", "groundwater", "Suomi", "turpeennosto", "suot", "soils", "turvemaat", "peatlands", "Finland", "turvetuotanto", "hydrauliikka", "agriculture", "maaper\u00e4", "pohjavesi", "Norway", "forestry", "land use", "15. Life on land", "peat soil", "maatalousmaa", "peat production", "6. Clean water", "maalajit", "agricultural land", "ominaisuudet", "13. Climate action", "soil properties", "peatland", "van Genuchten"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2020wr028624"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water%20Resources%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2020wr028624", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2020wr028624"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-06-25T16:20:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-01", "title": "Retention And Uptake By Plants Of Added Selenium In Peat Soils", "description": "In soil, adsorption of selenium (Se) onto mineral surfaces is accompanied by poorly known retention via organic matter. The effects of these components on the availability of Se were examined in two pot experiments. Spring wheat was grown with increasing amounts of selenate (SeO4 2\u2013) in one sand and three peat soils, and ryegrass with selenate and selenite (SeO3 2\u2013) in sphagnum peat manipulated by iron (Fe) hydroxide. Selenate persisted in soluble form, whereas selenite was fixed in the soil. In wheat, 5\u201350% of the selenate addition was recovered in the plant, the proportion increasing with increasing Se. In ryegrass, 30\u201340% of the added selenate but less than 2% of the selenite was found within the leaves. The Fe hydroxide enrichment enhanced the selenite uptake. Phosphate buffer desorbed a minor proportion of the added selenite, except in peat amply enriched with Fe hydroxide. The results suggest that the retention mechanism of selenite was changed due to the hydroxide amendment.", "keywords": ["peat soils", "2. Zero hunger", "maaper\u00e4", "plants", "nutrient uptake", "selenaatti", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "lannoitus", "6. Clean water", "kasvinviljely", "absorptio", "seleniitti", "seleeni", "ravinteiden otto", "kasvit", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Kasvintuotanto", "selenium", "turvemaat", "absorption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2013.847955"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Communications%20in%20Soil%20Science%20and%20Plant%20Analysis", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/00103624.2013.847955", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/00103624.2013.847955"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-12-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1128/aem.02218-17", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-25T16:22:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-11-27", "title": "Impact of Peat Mining and Restoration on Methane Turnover Potential and Methane-Cycling Microorganisms in a Northern Bog", "description": "ABSTRACT           <p>             Ombrotrophic peatlands are a recognized global carbon reservoir. Without restoration and peat regrowth, harvested peatlands are dramatically altered, impairing their carbon sink function, with consequences for methane turnover. Previous studies determined the impact of commercial mining on the physicochemical properties of peat and the effects on methane turnover. However, the response of the underlying microbial communities catalyzing methane production and oxidation have so far received little attention. We hypothesize that with the return of             Sphagnum             spp. postharvest, methane turnover potential and the corresponding microbial communities will converge in a natural and restored peatland. To address our hypothesis, we determined the potential methane production and oxidation rates in natural (as a reference), actively mined, abandoned, and restored peatlands over two consecutive years. In all sites, the methanogenic and methanotrophic population sizes were enumerated using quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays targeting the             mcrA             and             pmoA             genes, respectively. Shifts in the community composition were determined using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the             mcrA             gene and a             pmoA             -based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (t-RFLP) analysis, complemented by cloning and sequence analysis of the             mmoX             gene. Peat mining adversely affected methane turnover potential, but the rates recovered in the restored site. The recovery in potential activity was reflected in the methanogenic and methanotrophic abundances. However, the microbial community composition was altered, being more pronounced for the methanotrophs. Overall, we observed a lag between the recovery of the methanogenic/methanotrophic activity and the return of the corresponding microbial communities, suggesting that a longer duration (&gt;15 years) is needed to reverse mining-induced effects on the methane-cycling microbial communities.           </p>           <p>             IMPORTANCE             Ombrotrophic peatlands are a crucial carbon sink, but this environment is also a source of methane, an important greenhouse gas. Methane emission in peatlands is regulated by methane production and oxidation catalyzed by methanogens and methanotrophs, respectively. Methane-cycling microbial communities have been documented in natural peatlands. However, less is known of their response to peat mining and of the recovery of the community after restoration. Mining exerts an adverse impact on potential methane production and oxidation rates and on methanogenic and methanotrophic population abundances. Peat mining also induced a shift in the methane-cycling microbial community composition. Nevertheless, with the return of             Sphagnum             spp. in the restored site after 15 years, methanogenic and methanotrophic activity and population abundance recovered well. The recovery, however, was not fully reflected in the community composition, suggesting that &gt;15 years are needed to reverse mining-induced effects.           </p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "oxidation", "hiili", "ta1172", "Euryarchaeota", "630", "Mining", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Sphagnum", "Bacterial Proteins", "Nitrogen Fixation", "Sphagnopsida", "14. Life underwater", "ennallistaminen", "turvemaat", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology", "0303 health sciences", "nifH", "methane", "Microbiota", "ta1182", "land use", "methanogenesis", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "kasvihuonekaasup\u00e4\u00e4st\u00f6t", "nitrogen fixation", "13. Climate action", "international", "Wetlands", "Oxygenases", "ta1181", "Methane", "Oxidation-Reduction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02218-17"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02218-17"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20and%20Environmental%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1128/aem.02218-17", "name": "item", "description": "10.1128/aem.02218-17", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1128/aem.02218-17"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.14214/sf.503", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-25T16:23:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-09-30", "title": "Effects Of Wood, Peat And Coal Ash Fertilization On Scots Pine Foliar Nutrient Concentrations And Growth On Afforested Former Agricultural Peat Soils", "description": "<ja:p>The effects of ash and commercial fertilizers on the foliar nutrient concentrations and stand growth of Scots pine were studied in four field experiments established on former cultivated peat soils. The aims were to compare ash types (wood, peat and coal ash), study the effects of ash treatment (pelletization), compare ash fertilization with commercial fertilizers, and to study the interaction between ash fertilization and weed control. Foliar samples were collected 1\u00e2\u0080\u00933 years and 7\u00e2\u0080\u00938 years after fertilization. In the unfertilized plots, the foliar nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were fairly high, while those of potassium were low in all the experiments. The boron levels were low in three out of the four experiments. Application of either loose or pelletized wood ash, as well as of commercial fertilizers, increased foliar potassium and boron concentrations, and thus successfully remedied the existing nutrient imbalances and deficiencies. Since phosphorus deficiencies are rarely encountered on field afforestation sites, poor-quality wood ash with low phosphorus concentration could be used. Peat ash containing phosphorus, but only small amounts of potassium and boron, was not found to be very suitable for soil amelioration in connection with field afforestation. Coal ash, containing only small amounts of potassium, was a good source of boron for pine even when used in small amounts, and thus it can be used in cases where boron deficiencies alone are encountered. Wood ash significantly increased the height growth of Scots pines in two of the experiments, but peat ash and coal ash had no statistically significant effect. Wood ash increased the number of healthy seedlings. Vegetation control decreased seedling mortality by 24%, increased the growth of pine and decreased the proportion of trees damaged by elk and by deciduous trees.</ja:p>", "keywords": ["peat soils", "m\u00e4nty", "peat ash", "herbisidit", "puun tuhka", "630*2", "01 natural sciences", "630", "herbicides", "hiilen tuhka", "afforestation", "coal ash", "vegetation control", "turvemaat", "kasvillisuuden torjunta", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "580", "2. Zero hunger", "wood ash", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "SD1-669.5", "15. 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