Sarkkola, Sakari

D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Researcher

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Expertise

• hydrology of peatland forests
• forest stand structure and succession on peatlands
• research of long environmental time-series
• environmental changes of forestry

Research Projects

Current

• Forests and Water- transfer of knowledge and expertise
  
• Need for ditch network maintenance in drained peatlands and the effects on water courses and timber production at forest owner and regional scale
  

Former

• Effects of tree stand and climate on the water balance of drained peatland forests
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• Prediction and mitigation of nutrient and sediment load from forested catchments: Development of FEMMA-computation tool
  

Contacts

Keywords: Peatland forestry, environmental changes, environmental time series, forest hydrology, small water-sheds, stand structural dynamics