Publications

• Choudhury M. I; Espenberg, M; Hauber, M. M; Kasak, K; Hylander, S. (2024) Application of Floating Beds Constructed with Woodchips for Nitrate Removal and Plant Growth in Wetlands. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 235. doi: 10.1007/s11270-024-07275-2
• Okiti, I; Kull, A; Soosaar, K; Pindus, M.; Kasak, K. (2024) Assessing short-term gaseous carbon losses in wetland ecosystems: The influence of winter harvesting of plants. Ecological Engineering, 204. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107278
• Mander, Ü; Maddison, M; Valach, A. C; Soosaar, K; Kill, K; Kasak, K (2024) High methane emissions as trade-off for phosphorus removal in surface flow treatment wetlands. Aquatic Botany, 190, 103719. doi: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103719
• Dias, A; Van Houdt, S; Meschin, K; Von Stackelberg, K; Bago, M.-L; Baldarelli, L; Gonzalez, K; Luuk, M; Delubac, T; Bottagisio, E; Kasak, K; Kebabci, A; Levers, O; Miilvee, I; Paju-Hamburg, J; Poncet, R. Sanfilippo, M; Sildam, J; Stepanov, D; Karnauskaite, D (2023) Using essential biodiversity variables to assess forest ecosystem integrity. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1098901. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1098901
• Graf, A; Wohlfahrt, G; Aranda-Barranco, S; Arriga, N; Brümmer, C; Ceschia, E; Ciais, P; Desai, A. R.; Di Lonardo, S; Gharun, M; Grünwald, T; Hörtnagl, L; Kasak, K; Klosterhalfen, A; Knohl, A; Kowalska, N; Leuchner, M; Lindroth, A; Mauder, M; Migliavacca, M; Morel, A. C.; Pfennig, A; Poorter, H; Terán, C. P; Reitz, O; Rebmann, C; Sanchez-Azofeifa, A; Schmidt, M; Šigut, L; Tomelleri, E; Yu, K; Varlagin, A; Vereecken, H (2023) Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects. Communications Earth & Environment, 4 (1). doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00958-4
• Masta, M; Espenberg, M; Kuusemets, L; Pärn, J; Thayamkottu, S; Sepp,H; Kirsimäe, K; Sgouridis, F; Kasak, K; Soosaar, K; Mander, Ü (In Press) ¹⁵N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N₂O sources in contrasting water regimes on drained peatland forest.Pedosphere. doi: 10.1016/j.pedsph.2023.06.006
• Kõiv-Vainik, M; Kill, K; Espenberg, M; Uuemaa, E; Teemusk, A; Maddison, M; Palta, M. M; Török, L; Mander, Ü; Scholz, M; Kasak, K (2022) Urban stormwater retention capacity of nature-based solutions at different climatic conditions. Nature-Based Solutions. Nature-Based Solutions, 2, 100038. doi: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100038
• Rey‐Sanchez, C; Arias‐Ortiz, A; Kasak, K; Chu, H; Szutu, D; Verfailie, J; Baldocchi, D (2022) Detecting Hot Spots of Methane Flux using Footprint-Weighted Flux Maps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. doi: 10.1019/2022JG006977
• Lust, R., Nerut, J., Gadegaonkar, S.S., Kasak, K., Espenberg, M., Visnapuu, T., Mander, Ü. 2022. Single-chamber microbial electrosynthesis reactor for nitrate reduction from waters with a low-electron donors’ concentration: from design and set-up to the optimal operating potential. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.938631
• Truu, M; Ligi, T; Nõlvak, H; Peeb, A; Tiirik, K; Devarajan, A. K; Oopkaup, K; Kasemets, K; Kõiv-Vainik, M; Kasak, K, Truu, J (2022). Impact of synthetic silver nanoparticles on the biofilm microbial communities and wastewater treatment efficiency in experimental hybrid filter system treating municipal wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 440, 129721. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129721
• Bahram, M; Espenberg, M; Pärn, J; Lehtovirta-Morley, L; Anslan, S; Kasak, K; Kõljalg, U; Liira, J; Maddison, M; Moora, M; Niinemets, Ü; Öpik, M; Pärtel, M; Soosaar, K; Zobel, M; Hildebrand, F; Tedersoo, L; Mander, Ü (2022). Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands. Nature Communications, 13, 1430. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29161-3.
• Mander, Ü; Krasnova, A; Schindler, T; Megonigal, J. P; Escuer-Gatius, J; Espenberg, M; Machacova, K; Maddison, Ma; Pärn, J; Ranniku, R; Pihlatie, M; Kasak, K; Niinemets, Ü; Soosaar, K (2022). Long-term dynamics of soil, tree stem and ecosystem methane fluxes in a riparian forest. Science of the Total Environment, 151723. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151723.
• Kasak, K; Kill, K; Uuemaa, E; Maddison, M; Aunap, R; Riibak, K; Okiti, I; Teemusk, A; Mander, Ü (2022). Low water level drives high nitrous oxide emissions from treatment wetland. Journal of Environmental Management, 312, 114914. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114914.
• Kill, K; Grinberga, L; Koskiaho, J; Mander, Ü; Wahlroos, O; Lauva, D; Pärn, J; Kasak, K (2022). Phosphorus removal efficiency by in-stream constructed wetlands treating agricultural runoff: Influence of vegetation and design. Ecological Engineering, 180, 106664. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106664.
• Dronova, I; Taddeo, S; Hemes, K. S.; Knox, S H.; Valach, A; Oikawa, P. Y.; Kasak, K; Baldocchi, D D. (2021). Remotely sensed phenological heterogeneity of restored wetlands: linking vegetation structure and function. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 296, 108215. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108215.
• Valach, A. C.; Kasak, K; Hemes, K. S.; Anthony, T. L.; Dronova, I; Taddeo, S; Silver, W. L.; Szutu, D; Verfaillie, J; Baldocchi, D. D. (2021). Productive wetlands restored for carbon sequestration quickly become net CO2 sinks with site-level factors driving uptake variability. PLoS ONE, 16 (3), 1−22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248398.
• Irvin, J; Zhou, S; McNicol, G; Lu, F; Liu, V; Fluet-Chouinard, E; Ouyang, Z; Knox, S. H; Lucas-Moffat, A; Trotta, C; Papale, D; Vitale, D; Mammarella, I; Alekseychik, P; Aurela, M; Avati, A; Baldocchi, D; Bansal, S; Bohrer, G; Campbell, D, I … Jackson, R. B. (2021). Gap-filling eddy covariance methane fluxes: Comparison of machine learning model predictions and uncertainties at FLUXNET-CH4 wetlands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 308, ARTN 108528. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108528.
• Delwiche, K. B.; Knox, S. H; Malhotra, A; Fluet-Chouinard, E; McNicol, G; Feron, S; Ouyang, Z; Papale, D; Trotta, C; Canfora, E; Cheah, Y-W; Christianson, D; Alberto, M. C. R.; Alekseychik, P; Aurela, M; Baldocchi, D; Bansal, S; Billesbach, D. P.; Bohrer, G; Bracho, R … Jackson, R. B. (2021). FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands. Earth System Science Data, 13 (7), 3607−3689. doi: 10.5194/essd-13-3607-2021.
• Kasak, K; Espenberg, M; Anthony, T. L.; Tringe, S, G.; Valach, A, C.; Hemes, K. S.; Silver, W. L.; Mander, Ü; Kill, K; McNicol, G; Szutu, D; Verfaillie, J; Baldocchi, D. D. (2021). Restoring wetlands on intensive agricultural lands modifies nitrogen cycling microbial communities and reduces N2O production potential. Journal of Environmental Management, 299, ARTN 113562. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113562.
• Kasak, K.; Valach, A.C.; Rey-Sanchez, C.; Kill, K.; Shortt, R.; Liu, J.; Dronova, I.; Mander, Ü.; Szutu, D.; Verfaillie, J.; Baldocchi, D.D.; (2020). Experimental harvesting of wetland plants to evaluate trade-offs between reducing methane emissions and removing nutrients accumulated to the biomass in constructed wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment, 715, 136960. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136960.
• Lust, R; Nerut, J; Kasak, K; Mander, Ü (2020). Enhancing Nitrate Removal from Waters with Low Organic Carbon Concentration Using a Bioelectrochemical System-A Pilot-scale Study. Water, 12 (516), 1−16. doi: 10.3390/w12020516.
• Liu, J; Zhou, Y; Valach, A; Shortt, R; Kasak, K; Rey-Sanchez, C; Hemes, K. S.; Baldocchi, D; Lai, D. Y. F. (2020). Methane emissions reduce the radiative cooling effect of a subtropical estuarine mangrove wetland by half. Global Change Biology, 26 (9), 4998−5016. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15247.
• Rannap, R; Kaart, M. M.; Kaart, T; Kill, K; Uuemaa, E; Mander, Ü; Kasak, K (2020). Constructed wetlands as potential breeding sites for amphibians in agricultural landscapes: A case study. Ecological Engineering, 158, 106077. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106077.
• Gadegaonkar, S S.; Philippon, T; Rogińska, J. M.; Mander, Ü; Maddison, M; Etienne, M; Barrière, F; Kasak, K; Lust, R; Espenberg, M (2020). Effect of Cathode Material and Its Size on the Abundance of Nitrogen Removal Functional Genes in Microcosms of Integrated Bioelectrochemical-Wetland Systems. Soil Systems, 4. doi: 10.3390/soilsystems4030047.
• Hemes, K. S.; Chamberlain, S. D.; Eichelmann, E; Anthony, T; Valach, A; Kasak, K; Szutu, D; Verfaillie, J; Silver, W L.; Baldocchi, D. D. (2019). Assessing the carbon and climate benefit of restoring degraded agricultural peat soils to managed wetlands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 268, 202−214. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.01.017.
• Pärn, J; Verhoeven, J. T. A.; Butterbach-Bahl, K; Dise, N. B.; Ullah, ; Aasa, A; Egorov, S; Espenberg, M; Järveoja, J; Jauhiainen, J; Kasak, K; Klemedtsson, L; Kull, A; Laggoun-Défarge, F; Lapshina, E. D.; Lohila, A; Lõhmus, K; Maddison, M; Mitsch, W. J.; Müller, C … Mander, Ü (2018). Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots. Nature Communications, 9, Article number: 1135. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03540-1.
• Espenberg, M; Truu, M; Mander, Ü; Kasak, K; Nõlvak, H; Ligi, T; Oopkaup, K; Maddison, M; Truu, J (2018). Differences in microbial community structure and nitrogen cycling in natural and drained tropical peatland soils. Scientific Reports, 8, ARTN 4742. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23032-y.
• Kasak, K; Truu, J; Ostonen, I; Sarjas, J; Oopkaup, K; Paiste, P; Kõiv-Vainik, M; Mander, Ü; Truu, M; (2018). Biochar enhances plant growth and nutrient removal in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment, 639, 67−74. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.146.
• Pärn, J; Henine, H; Kasak, K; Kauer, K; Sohar, K; Tournebize, J; Uuemaa, E; Välik, K; Mander, Ü (2018). Nitrogen and phosphorus discharge from small agricultural catchments predicted from land use and hydroclimate. Land Use Policy, 75, 260−268. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.048.
• Kasak, K; Kill, K; Pärn, J; Mander, Ü; (2018). Efficiency of a newly established in-stream constructed wetland treating diffuse agricultural pollution. Ecological Engineering, 119, 1−7. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.05.015.
• Kill, K; Parn, J; Lust, R; Mander, Ü; Kasak, K (2018). Treatment Efficiency of Diffuse Agricultural Pollution in a Constructed Wetland Impacted by Groundwater Seepage. Water, 10 (11), ARTN 1601. doi: 10.3390/w10111601.
• Kasak, K; Mõtlep, R; Truu, M; Truu, J; Kõiv-Vainik, M; Espenberg, M; Paiste, P; Kirsimäe, K; Mander, Ü (2016). Hydrated Oil Shale Ash Mitigates Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Horizontal Subsurface Flow Filters for Wastewater Treatment. Water Air & Soil Pollution, 227 (320), 1−12. doi: 10.1007/s11270-016-3007-8.
• Kasak, K; Mander, Ü; Truu, J; Truu, M; Järveoja, J; Maddison, M; Teemusk, A (2015). Alternative filter material removes phosphorus and mitigates greenhouse gas emission in horizontal subsurface flow filters for wastewater treatment. Ecological Engineering, 77, 242−249. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.01.038.
• Mander, Ü; Dotro, G; Ebie, Y; Towprayoon, S; Chiemchaisri, C; Nogueira, S.F; Jamsranjav, B; Kasak, K; Truu, J.; Tournebize, J; Mitsch, W.J. (2014). Greenhouse gas emission in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: a review. Ecological Engineering, 66, 19−35. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.12.006.
• Mander, Ü; Tournebize, J; Kasak, K; Mitsch, W. J. (2014). Climate regulation by free water surface constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and created riverine wetlands. Ecological Engineering, 72, 103−115. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.05.004.
• Karabelnik, K.; Kõiv, M.; Kasak, K.; Jenssen, P.D.; Mander, Ü. (2012). High-strength greywater treatment in compact hybrid filter systems with alternative substrates. Ecological Engineering, 49, 84−92. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.035.