Ukonmaanaho, Liisa

Ph.D., Researcher

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Expertise

• bioenergy
• deposition
• forest health
• forest nutrient cycling
• heavy metals
• mercury
• carbon cycling

Research Projects

Current

• Forests and Water- transfer of knowledge and expertise
  
• Hydro- and biogeochemical consequences after whole-tree harvesting in drained peatland forests
  
• Hydro-biogeochemistry of drained peatlands: impacts of bioenergy harvesting on trace metal transport under different hydrogeological settings (HYPE)
  
• Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems
  
• The effect of soil preparation and fertilisation on forest soil and tree stand
  

Former

• Action D2 Nutrient cycling and critical loads 2009 - 2011
  
• Action IM1 Selection of core plots for intensive monitoring 2009 - 2011
  
• Application of DGT-methods for determination of nutrient and trace element bioavailability in soil
  
• Effects of harvesting drained peatland forests on the leaching of mercury and other heavy metals to surface waters
  
• Integrated Monitoring: stand and soil properties on permanent plots
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Modelling forest carbon cycles
  
• Nutrient balances on forested mineral soils
  
• Nutrient dynamics and management of forested mineral soils
  
• Pools and fluxes of carbon in Finnish forests and their economic and social implications - stage 1
  
• Pools and fluxes of carbon on mineral soils and peatlands
  
• Processes controlling DOC-fluxes in boreal catchments (PRO-DOC)
  
• The effects of stemwood and wholetree harvesting in drained peatlands on leaching of nutrients and heavy metals to water courses and nutrient sufficiency for sustainable treeproduction
  

Contacts

Keywords: bioenergy, carbon cycling, forest health, forest nutrient cycling, heavy metals, mercury