Koskela, Merja-Leena

Researcher

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Research Projects

Current

• Prediction and mitigation of nutrient and sediment load from forested catchments: Development of FEMMA-computation tool
  
• The ecological constraints of sustaineable use of forest bioenergy and the feasibility of the present sustaineability criteria used in forestry
  
• 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
  

Former

• Artificial recharge of groundwater: infiltration techniques, soil processes and water quality
  
• BioSoil, Soil, Level I, Part II
  
• Bioenergy from logging residues - effects on soil and tree stand
  
• Characterisation of Soil Organic Matter (SOM)
  
• Ecological Monitoring of Karelian Forests
  
• Effects of forestry on Water courses
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• Integrated Monitoring: stand and soil properties on permanent plots
  
• Maintainance of sustainable nutrient status in peatland stands
  
• Nitrogen dynamics in peat and the effect of nitrogen on tree growth
  
• Nitrogen tolerance of forest ecosystems
  
• Nutrient amounts and nutrient dynamics in drained peatland
  
• Nutrient dynamics and biomass allocation in different tree species: effects of nitrogen deposition and drought
  
• The water and nutrient cycle of drained peatlands as affected by ditch maintenance and fertilization
  
• Tree production and water protection after maintenance of ditch networks
  

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