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. Introduction

There is increasing interest in developing better predictive toolsnd a broader conceptual framework to guide the restorationf degraded lands, and biogeochemistry plays a key role in re-stablishing historical disturbance regimes or abiotic conditionsnd relies on successional processes to guide the recovery of bioticommunities (Suding et al., 2004). Knowledge of biogeochemi-al fluxes is especially important in scaling up from the ad hoc,ite- and situation-specific approach to the restoration of entireandscapes for production and/or conservation reasons (Hobbs andorton, 1996). In addition to numerous examples of the restora-

ion of mined areas (Bradshaw, 1997; Parrotta and Knowles, 1999;michev et al., 2008), the restoration of wetlands provides spe-ial challenges due to the complexity of biogeochemical processesZedler and Callaway, 1999; Waddington and Warner, 2001; Finknd Mitsch, 2007; Kimmel and Mander, 2010). The biogeochem-stry of heavy metals (Brown et al., 2003; Richards et al., 2010)nd radionuclides (Mudd, 2001) is also among the core interests ofcosystem restoration.

This special issue presents studies on biogeochemical prob-ems and opportunities in the restoration of mined areas, wetlands,nd streams and highlights the biogeochemical aspects of selectedeavy metals and radionuclides in the restoration of contaminatedreas.

. The 6th International Symposium on Ecosystemehaviour BIOGEOMON 2009

The 6th international Symposium on Ecosytem Behaviour, BIO-EOMON 2009, was held in Helsinki, Finland (Fig. 1), from June9 to July 3, 2009. BIOGEOMON’s primary goals are to provide aorum for the dissemination and discussion of recent research find-ngs, to explore future directions for biogeochemical research, ando foster interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers of allges and countries. There were over 400 registered participantsepresenting 32 different countries, including both internation-lly renowned scientists and postgraduate students. The meetingas hosted by The Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla),

he University of Helsinki, and the Finnish Environment Insti-ute (SYKE) in association with the Czech Geological Survey (CR),

illanova University (USA), the University of Reading (UK), theeological Survey of Finland (GTK), and the Finnish Meteorolog-

cal Institute (FMI). The information presented by the speakersuring the meeting sessions and by the numerous posters is col-

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ected into this publication in the form of abstracts. BIOGEOMON’smphasis is on biogeochemistry as an evolving and integratediscipline, including research at the watershed, landscape, andlobal scales. In addition to traditionally emphasized themes, top-cal issues are raised at each BIOGEOMON symposium. In Helsinkihese issues were peatland biogeochemistry, the environmentalmpacts of bioenergy production, atmosphere–forest interactions,nd the biogeochemistry of trace metals (Ukonmaanaho and Starr,009).

At 14 sessions of this meeting, 128 oral papers (including 6eynote speeches) and 339 posters by representatives from 32ountries were presented. The following thematic sessions wereeld:

Integrated monitoring and modellingForest–atmosphere interactions and exchange: gases andaerosolsHydrological drivers of ecosystem functioningLinkages between biogeochemical cyclesNew insights into nitrogen cyclingBiogeochemistry of peatlandsCarbon cycling in upland (well drained) soilsExperimental manipulations of ecosystemsTrace element biogeochemistry and ecosystem impactMicrobial/rhizosphere dynamicsInnovative uses of isotopes and tracersImpacts of bioenergy production on biogeochemistryArchives of past environmental changeBiogeochemical aspects of ecosystem restoration and rehabilita-tion

Based on the papers presented at the symposium, two spe-ial issues were planned—one for the journal Biogeochemistrynd one for Ecological Engineering (this special issue). The firstas published in December 2010, and this one is published in

011.Five alternative field trips introduced the scientific and cultural

spects of a variety of Finnish sites (Fig. 2).

.1. Lake Valkea-Kotinen catchment and Häme Castle

The Lake Valkea-Kotinen catchment is an old-growth forest andature reserve area located about 140 km north of Helsinki. Therea is of special value in terms of long-term ecological research.uring the International Cooperative Programme (ICP) Integrated

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onitoring Program that was implemented since the end of the980s, the monitoring of air quality, deposition, surface waters,oil and ground water, soil, trees, and understory vegetation wasonducted here. In addition, one of the ICP forest Level II sites isocated there, and since the late 1970s a lake monitoring programas been carried out there. The area belongs to the EU and FinL-ER Natura 2000 network. This excursion also took participantso one of the most famous historical monuments in Finland – the

edieval royal castle of Häme, built at the end of the 13th cen-ury following the crusade by Swedish Earl Birger to the Hämeegion.

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and, the host city for the 6th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour

.2. Lake Vesijärvi and Sibelius Hall, Lahti

This excursion introduced the history and restoration of Lakeesijärvi, which is situated about 100 km north of Helsinki. Lakeesijärvi is surrounded by the city of Lahti and the munic-

palities of Hollola and Asikkala, with a total population of50,000 inhabitants. An overview is offered of the success-ul biomanipulation and the ongoing research and management

f the lake. The Jean Sibelius Hall concert and congress cen-re is located next to Vesijärvi Passenger Harbor in Lahti.ibelius Hall is a model of new technology and skilful wooden

trip for BIOGEOMON 2009 symposium (photo by W.J. Mitsch).

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.3. Liesjärvi National Park and Jokioinen Meteorologicalbservatory

This excursion took the participants to Liesjärvi National Park,hich is a diverse outdoor recreation destination. The Korteniemieritage Farm, where guests had the opportunity to try their handt farm chores, the fairytale Ahonnokka old-growth forest, and thereat Kyynäränharju Ridge were visited during this part of the trip.he Jokioinen observatory is part of the worldwide network oftations that perform simultaneous measurements with weatheralloons. Participants were able to follow how the radiosondesonnected to the balloon reveal important information about tem-erature, air pressure, and humidity from the upper levels of theroposphere. This information is vital for both forecast models and

eteorologists.

.4. The mire of Torronsuo and Agrifood Research Finland (MTT)

The mire of Torronsuo is situated in Torronsuo National Parkestablished in 1990, total area ca 30 km2) in southwest Finland,40 km northwest of Helsinki. Torronsuo Mire is one of the

argest and most impressive mires in southern Finland. Theilderness-like scenery of the eastern part of the park is particu-

arly noteworthy. Despite its location in the midst of old agriculturalreas and big towns, the mire nevertheless remains almost in itsatural state. A brief visit to Agrifood Research Finland, which ishe leading Finnish research institute in the agriculture and foodector, was also organised.

.5. A cruise through the Helsinki Archipelago

Helsinki is surrounded by the sea on three sides: from the South,he East, and the West. The shoreline is about 100 km long, andhere are more than 300 green islands in the archipelago of Helsinki.

any of the nearby islands are used for recreation and can beeached within minutes by ferry or private boat. An excursion alonghe city’s shores and through its beautiful archipelago was offered.he route showed the Finnish capital’s oldest districts, famous his-orical buildings, monuments, exquisite seaside villas, the historicalsland fortress of Suomenlinna and the spectacular nature of therchipelago.

. This special issue

This special issue consists of 9 selected papers presented athe thematic session on the Biogeochemical Aspects of Ecosystemestoration and rehabilitation and other sessions held during theth International Symposium BIOGEOMON 2009, from June 29 touly 3, 2009, in Helsinki, Finland. The main topics of this specialssue are: (1) the biogeochemistry of the restoration of wetlands,treams, and mining areas and (2) heavy metal cycling in restoredcosystems.

The first topic is represented with five papers. The restorationf drained peatland forests is an important tool in maintaining andmproving biodiversity in the boreal region. It has been showno cause leaching of nutrients from the restoration area to lowerodies of water. Koskinen et al. (2011) have studied the leach-

ng of total organic carbon (TOC), nitrogen, and phosphorus from

wo drained peatland systems of different ecohydrological typesn Finland in the 6 years after restoration. The richer site leached

ore nitrogen and less total organic carbon and phosphorus thanhe poor site, although the per-treatment-area excess leaching

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f organic carbon caused by restoration was higher in the richerite. The pattern of excess leaching was more stable in the poorite.

Many peatlands were affected by drainage in the past, and theestoration of their water regime aims to return their original func-ions. Urbanová et al. (2011) simulated the re-wetting of soils ofifferent types of drained peatlands (bogs and minerotrophic mires

ocated in the Sumava Mountains in the Czech Republic) under lab-ratory conditions (incubation for 15 weeks) in order to assess theossible risks of peatland water regime restoration – especiallyutrient leaching and the potential for CO2 and CH4 production.fter the re-wetting of soils sampled from drained peatlands (sim-lated by anaerobic incubation), phosphorus concentration (SRP)id not change in any soil; the concentration of ammonium and dis-olved organic nitrogen (DON) increased only in the drained fen;OC increased significantly in the drained fen and the degradedrained bog; CO2 production decreased and CH4 production andhe number of methanogens increased in all soils. The archaeal

ethanogenic community composition was also affected by re-etting: it differed significantly between drained and pristine fens,

howing no significant differences between drained and pristineogs. Overall, the soils from fens reacted more dynamically to re-etting than the bogs, and therefore leaching of some nutrients

especially N) and DOC may be expected from drained fens afterhe restoration of their water regime. However, in comparisonith their state before restoration, NH4 and P leaching should not

ncrease, and the leaching of nitrates and DON should even decreasefter restoration, especially during the vegetation season. Further,O2 production in the soils of fens and bogs should decrease afterhe restoration of their water regime, whereas CH4 productionn soils should increase. The authors of this study cannot, how-ver, draw any clear conclusions about CH4 emissions from thecosystems based on this study, as these depend greatly on envi-onmental factors and on the actual activity of methanotrophs initu.

Rosenvald et al., 2011 studied a chronosequence of silver birchBetula pendula) stands (1, 2, 3, 5, 29 and 40 years old) in a reclaimedil shale post-mining area in Estonia in order to reveal changes inulk soil (S) and rhizosphere (R) properties, in the rhizosphere’sffect on bacterial activity and diversity, and in fine-root morpho-ogical adaptations in relation to stand development. In this study,oil pH and available P concentration decreased logarithmically,nd N% and organic matter concentration increased linearly withncreasing stand age. During the first 30 years of stand develop-

ent, substrate-induced respiration (SIR) increased by one order ofagnitude, from 0.18 to 1.90 mg C g−1. Bulk soil bacterial diversity

ncreased logarithmically with stand age. Bacterial diversity wasigher in the rhizosphere than in bulk soil. The rhizosphere’s effectn bacterial activity was low one year after planting, increasedore than twofold in the next 2 years, and rapidly decreasedith stand age thereafter. All short-root morphological parameters

howed certain trends with age. The authors demonstrated that theost rapid changes in short-root morphology, rhizosphere effect,

nd soil pH occurred during the early development of silver birchtands, i.e. in the first 5 years, whereas P nutrition and N use effi-iency improved simultaneously. Conclusively, the authors pointut that the rhizosphere’s effect and short-root morphologicaldaptation have an important role in soil and stand development,nd that silver birch is a promising tree species for the reclamationf alkaline mining soil.

Straightened channels and altered and drained adjacent riparian

etlands have adversely impacted streams and rivers through-

ut the world. Huang et al. (2011) investigated the biologicalonnection and water quality of a 0.07 ha diversion wetland anddjacent created stream at the Olentangy River Wetland Research

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ark in central Ohio, USA. Before the flow-through conditionsere established, the authors demonstrated with mark and recap-

ure techniques that the wetland already was a biorefuge forsh under extreme conditions. The water quality of the lowerection of the stream, downstream of the wetland outlet, gen-rally improved with hydrological pulsing in spring after theow-through reconnection due to the trapping of nutrients inhe wetland. Mean removal per flood pulse for nitrate–nitrite,otal nitrogen (TN), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), total phos-horus (TP) was 1.81 g N m−2 per pulse, 1.02 g N m−2 per pulse,.014 g P m−2 per pulse, and 0.004 g P m−2 per pulse, respec-ively. The wetland exported 2.8 g C m−2 per pulse of organicarbon. A greater attenuation of NO3

− and TP occurred inhe marshy outlet channel section of the wetland than in thepen water section. The diversion wetland successfully removeditrate and phosphorus during storm pulses in spring. Simi-

ar designs should be applied to other locations to examineheir function under different climatic and hydrological condi-ions.

Zaytsev et al. (2011) studied the effect of bioaugmentation on restored constructed wetland (CW) for wastewater treatmentWWT). Low concentrations of a sediment/microbial communityuspension were added to speed up the development of the denitri-cation capacity in the restored horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF)lter of a hybrid CW for WWT during a one-year period after the fill-

ng of the HSSF filter with new lightweight aggregates (LWA). TwoSSF filters with the same LWA substrate but different wastewaterow regimes were used as donor systems for the bioaugmenta-ion. Nitrate concentrations in the outflows of all variants of studied

icrocosms (MC) were significantly influenced by the time factorp < 0.001, repeated measures ANOVA). Posthoc comparison indi-ated that MCs bioaugmented with the sediment suspension from

similar HSSF had significantly lower NO3–N concentrations thanhe control MCs (p < 0.05, Fisher LSD test), whereas MCs bioaug-

ented with the sediment suspension from a less similar HSSF didot show significant differences compared to the control MCs. Thisnding emphasizes the importance of the similarity of flow regimend water parameters in choosing a donor system for bioaugmen-ation. The high variability of the effect of bioaugmentation showshat its importance for full-scale operation may be overshadowedy the effect of other factors determining denitrification inten-ity.

Four papers considered the behaviour of heavy metals andadionuclides in different restored ecosystems. Carvalho et al.2011) studied the chemical treatment of uranium mine acidrainage and found that spontaneous vegetation, such as grassPolygonum sp.), reeds (Phragmites australis), and bulrush (Typhaatifolia) growing in sludge dewatering ponds (concentrationsf 238U and 226Ra in sludge were 18 and 9 kBq kg−1 dryeight, respectively), concentrated uranium and uranium daugh-

er radionuclides. However, bulrush growing in natural wetlandsy the stream receiving treated mine water discharges contained1 Bq kg−1 dry weight of 238U, about four times higher than bulrushrowing on sludge, probably because the uranium in the water isore bioavailable to Typha than uranium in the chemical sludge.

he authors suggest that wetlands with plant species could be useds a secondary treatment to further reduce radioactivity in chem-cally treated uranium mine water and to improve water qualityn streams receiving treated water discharges. They also concludehat vegetation, both from sludge drying ponds and from streamseceiving treated water discharges, due to the high radionuclide

oncentrations in the vegetation, is not suitable for use as cattleeed.

Mühlbachová (2011) carried out a 40-day incubation experi-ent to evaluate microbial activities and heavy metal availability

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n long-term contaminated arable and grassland soils after additionf EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid) or EDDS ([S,S]-thylene diamine disuccinic acid). Soils with similar contaminationf heavy metal from the vicinity of a lead smelter were usedn the experiment. The soil microbial carbon (Cmic) decreasedignificantly after addition of EDTA in the arable soil; lesserffects were observed in the grassland soil. Addition of EDDSaused a decrease in Cmic during the first 10 days of incuba-ion. In the later phases of the experiment, Cmic increased, andven exceeded the amounts found in the control soils. Respi-atory activities and metabolic quotients (qCO2) increased afterhe addition of the chelating agents into the soils. Readily mobi-izable heavy metal fractions of Cd, Pb, Zn, and (in part) Cuncreased during the first 3–10 days of incubation in the pres-nce of EDTA. The addition of EDDS in particular increasedoncentrations of available Cu. Significant correlations betweenH4NO3-extractable metals, soil respiratory activities, and qCO2ere found in both soil treatments with EDTA and EDDS. This

ndicates that enhanced metal mobility seriously affects the micro-ial processes in experimental soils. In addition, the relationshipsetween NH4NO3-extractable Cd, Cu and microbial biomass wereound in the arable soil amended with EDTA. All of this muste taken into account when reclaiming soils polluted by heavyetals.The phytostabilization of metals using trees is often promoted,

lthough the influence of different tree species on the mobilizationf metals is not yet clear. Van Nevel et al. (2011) examined effectsf six tree species on the soil characteristics pH, organic carbonOC) content and cation exchange capacity (CEC) and on the redis-ribution of Cd and Zn on a polluted sandy soil. Soil and biomassere sampled in 10-year-old stands growing on former agricultural

and. The tree species included were silver birch, two oak speciesQuercus robur and Quercus petraea), black locust, aspen, Scots pinend Douglas fir. In the brief period of 10 years, only aspen causedignificant changes in the soil characteristics. Due to the accumu-ation of Cd and Zn in its leaf litter, aspen also increased the totals the NH4O Ac–EDTA-extractable Cd and Zn concentrations in theop soil compared to deeper soil layers and to other tree species. Inddition, top soil pH, OC content and CEC were significantly higherhan under most of the other species. This caused relatively lowbioavailable’ CaCl2-extractable concentrations under aspen. Nev-rtheless, given the risks of above-ground metal dispersion and topoil accumulation, it is recommended that aspen should be avoidedhen afforesting Cd and Zn contaminated lands. This fact must be

aken into consideration when planning the reclamation of minedreas.

Waterlot et al. (2011) evaluated the mobility of Cd, Pb and Znn two highly contaminated soils chosen in the area affected by theast atmospheric emissions of two smelters located in northernrance. In addition, agricultural topsoil was sampled in a non-ontaminated area and this was therefore chosen as the controloil. In the first experiment, unamended soil and soil amendedith a mixture of hydroxyapatite (HA) and diammonium phos-hate (DAP) and ryegrass received distilled water (pH = 7). In theecond, osmosed water (pH = 5.5) was used to evaluate the effects ofhe acid water–phosphate amendment system on the mobility andhytoavailability of Cd, Pb, and Zn. Six months after the beginning ofhe experiments, reductions of metal eluted from the contaminatedoils were 1.5–37.9% for Cd and 9.1–80.9% for Pb. The applicationf P amendment to the combination of osmosed water was gener-lly most effective for the immobilisation of Cd and Pb elution. Inontrast, the mixture of HA and DAP was ineffective in reducing Znlution. The addition of P amendment generally reduced Pb uptake

n ryegrass shoots (1–47%), while both Cd and Zn were increasedy 17.9–79% and 0.45–100%, respectively.

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Ülo Mander ∗

Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology &Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 46 Vanemuise St.,

Tartu 51014, Estonia

William J. MitschWilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland

Research Park, The Ohio State University,352 W. Dodridge St., Columbus, OH 43202, USA

∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +372 7 375816;fax: +372 7 375825.

E-mail address: ulo.mander@ut.ee (Ü. Mander)

18 February 2011Available online 2 April 2011