Fritze, Hannu
Ph.D., Senior Researcher
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Expertise
- soil microbiology
- prescribed burning
- ash fertilization
- acidic deposition
- heavy metals
- methane production and oxidation
Research Projects
Current
- Coniferous forest soil microbial activity and community structure
- Impact of climate change on C and N transformations in organic soils
- Mire diversity and function - successional change during primary paludification
Former
- Bioenergy from forests -research program co-ordination
- Environmental Impacts of Wood Ash and its Heavy Metals
- Forest management and biodiversity
- Maintenance of nutrient status on mineral soils
- Participatory planning in state and private owned forests
- Recovery of boreal forest ecosystem from long-term heavy-metal pollution
- The effect of air pollutants on the function of forest ecosystem
Contacts
On leave until 03.09.2010
Keywords: acid fall, ash fertilisation, heavy metals, methane production and oxidation, prescribed burning, soil microbiology