Can reed harvest be used as a management strategy for improving invertebrate biomass and diversity?

Andersen, Lone B.; Nummi, Petri; Rafn, Jeppe; Frederiksen, Cecilie Majgaard Skak; Kristjansen, Mads Prengel; Lauridsen, Torben L.; Trøjelsgaard, Kristian; Pertoldi, Cino; Bruhn, Dan; Bahrndorff, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113637

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“…Additionally, management supported higher vegetation diversity then a wild wet state. However, birds, arthropods, and plants all varied in their biodiversity between sites and management intensity, thus supporting the need for variation of land use intensity in the landscape, as also suggested by other studies 34 .…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Studies on spiders in fens have found that mowing reduces litter and vertical vegetation, and thus may reduce structure-dependent species like rare wetland spiders and some widespread species 45,46 . Research on other invertebrate groups also found lowest species richness in recently mown reedbeds 34 . These factors may be contributing to high diversity values in the site without management.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Further research over multiple years is needed to understand the conservation and biodiversity value of paludiculture as sites change. For example, a study by Valkama et al 39 showed that after several years, mowing significantly decreased invertebrate abundance, but in the short-term (1-2 years) the sites appeared unaffected 34 . A study by Muster et al on a Sphagnum paludiculture site noted that each successional stage had different species, and even at early stages sites had high conservation value species, but not mire-typical species 47 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands

Tanneberger

Martens²,

Laage³

et al. 2023

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Paludiculture, the productive use of wet or rewetted peatlands, offers an option for continued land use by farmers after rewetting formerly drained peatlands, while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from peat soils. Biodiversity conservation may benefit, but research on how biodiversity responds to paludiculture is scarce. We conducted a multi-taxon study investigating vegetation, breeding bird and arthropod diversity at six rewetted fen sites dominated by sedges (Carex species) or cattail (Typha species). Sites were either wild, low- or high-intensity managed. Biodiversity was estimated across the range of Hill numbers using the iNEXT package, and species were checked for Red List status. Here we show that paludiculture sites can provide biodiversity value even while not reflecting historic fen conditions; managed sites had high plant diversity and had Red Listed arthropods and breeding birds. Our study demonstrates that paludiculture has the potential to provide valuable habitat for species even while productive management of the land continues.

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Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands

Tanneberger

Martens²,

Laage³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Additionally, the plants' biomass can be used to produce energy [97,98]. CWs play a positive role in sustaining biomass, managing water storage, and refilling groundwater [99,100]. Additionally, CWs incorporate beautiful plants offer a certain emotional value to hospital patients, thereby rendering them more acceptable than other conventional techniques [65].…”

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Towards Effective, Sustainable Solution for Hospital Wastewater Treatment to Cope with the Post-Pandemic Era

Liu

Zhao

Cai

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread across the globe since the end of 2019, posing significant challenges for global medical facilities and human health. Treatment of hospital wastewater is vitally important under this special circumstance. However, there is a shortage of studies on the sustainable wastewater treatment processes utilized by hospitals. Based on a review of the research trends regarding hospital wastewater treatment in the past three years of the COVID-19 outbreak, this review overviews the existing hospital wastewater treatment processes. It is clear that activated sludge processes (ASPs) and the use of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are the major and effective treatment techniques applied to hospital wastewater. Advanced technology (such as Fenton oxidation, electrocoagulation, etc.) has also achieved good results, but the use of such technology remains small scale for the moment and poses some side effects, including increased cost. More interestingly, this review reveals the increased use of constructed wetlands (CWs) as an eco-solution for hospital wastewater treatment and then focuses in slightly more detail on examining the roles and mechanisms of CWs’ components with respect to purifying hospital wastewater and compares their removal efficiency with other treatment processes. It is believed that a multi-stage CW system with various intensifications or CWs incorporated with other treatment processes constitute an effective, sustainable solution for hospital wastewater treatment in order to cope with the post-pandemic era.

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“…Harvested amount of reed varies yearly due to growth conditions, summer and autumn storms that flatten reed stands, moving ice and other floating objects can cut the reed stems causing a rapid decrease in harvested amounts of reed biomass. In several countries, including Sweden and Denmark, this resource is then used to produce paper or cardboard, but the main applications for reed biomass remain energy sector and construction purposes [10]- [13].…”

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When Reed Application is Sustainable

Stipniece-Jekimova

Teirumnieka

Blumberga

2022

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Reed biomass is a widespread resource available in large quantities all over the world, it is fast growing, there is no need for cultivation, harvesting and use des not compete with any other industries. Despite all this, reed is still not widely used and many potential use alternatives have not been researched. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate reed biomass use alternatives for sustainable resource management. A combination of multicriteria analysis methods was used to achieve the goal, which includes assessment of different, mutually incomparable factors, also considering the importance of each of them. Sensitivity analysis was carried out to verify the results. Complex index was developed to evaluate the commercialization potential of each alternative. The best alternatives for reed biomass use are in energy and construction sector, however some innovative products also have promising results. Biorefinery concept is most promising for commercialization of reed biomass in Latvia, however further studies should be carried out to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of reed biomass as a resource for bioeconomy and sustainable development in Latvia.

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Can reed harvest be used as a management strategy for improving invertebrate biomass and diversity?

Cited by 14 publications

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Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands

Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands

Towards Effective, Sustainable Solution for Hospital Wastewater Treatment to Cope with the Post-Pandemic Era

When Reed Application is Sustainable

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