Research projects 2003
Why are forest grouse populations declining in managed forests?
prof. Rauno Alatalo & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 21 259 €
6 th Nordic Conference on Environmental Sosial Sciences (NESS)
prof. Jan Otto Andersson & Research group
Åbo Akademi University Department of Economics and Statistics
Total 5 000 €
Ecological responses of stream habitat and catchment rehabilitation to salmonid rivers
FT, dos. Jaakko Erkinaro & Research group
RKTL
Total 16 799 €
Effects of fragmentation and wear on the vegetation of urban forests and the structure and activity of soil microbial communities
FT, dos. Hannu Fritze & Research group
Forest Research Institute Vantaa
Total 18 259 €
Use of earthworms in soil quality assessment: responses of different species to heavy metal exposure
FT, dos. Jari Haimi & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 26 959 €
Comparative sensitivity of fishes and amphibians to UV-B radiation and UV-induced phototoxicity of PAHs
FM Jani Häkkinen
Jyväskylä university
Total 11 276 €
Reactive halogenated hydrocarbons; concentrations in urban and rural air and their natural sources
FT Hannele Hakola & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 16 759 €
Composting of biowaste and sludges. Phytotoxicity of compost on different stages of maturity
FT Kari Hänninen & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 18 259 €
Microbial companions of introduced species
FT Jarkko Hantula & Research group
Forest Research Institute Vantaa
Total 20 259 €
Improvement of reliability of environmental analysis by combination on efficient extraction methods and multidimensional chromatography
dos. Kari Hartonen & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 22 259 €
Microfungi in compost: ability to degrade lignocellulose and role in humification
MMT Annele Hatakka & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 18 759 €
The effect of Surface Structure on Hydrocarbon Adsorption
FT Mikko Hautala & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 8 808 €
The use of biodegradative bacteria with enhanced biodegradation capacities to reduce the local toxic concentration of phenolic compounds
PhD Ain Heinaru & Research group
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Tartu University
Total 26 090 €
A documentary film on the possibility of an abrubt climate change
Tuottaja Jarkko Hentula & Research group
Talent House
Total 12 000 €
Effectiviness of Waste Legislation
MSc Ilpo Hiltunen
Joensuu university
Total 6 882 €
Effects of mining industry waste waters on lake ecosystem structure and function in the Kostomuksha area, NW Karelia, Russia
prof. Ismo Juhani Holopainen & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 12 492 €
The use of pine oil for wood log and timber protection
prof. Osmo Hormi & Research group
Oulu university
Total 14 759 €
Potential and measured phosphate adsoption capacity on overland flow areas
MMT Hannu Ilvesniemi & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 21 494 €
Integrated treatment of discharges polluted with refractory compounds. Supplementary measures for aerobic biologic treatment
prof. Juha Kallas & Research group
TKK Lappeenranta
Total 23 283 €
Internet based environmental information archive
FT Risto Kalliola & Research group
Turku university
Total 23 259 €
Global Change: Ozone and carbon dioxide impact on nitrogen metabolism of wild herbs and grasses
FM Teri Kanerva & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 21 759 €
Databasing biodiversity information. Applicability of new methods in collecting, arranging and distributing information
FT Kari Karhu & Research group
Turku university
Total 31 497 €
Development of eukaryotic cell-based assays for measuring endocrine disrupters in environment
FT, dos Matti Karp & Research group
Turku university
Total 21 259 €
PhD Thesis: "The effects of elevated CO2 and O3 on rhizosphere, rhizosphere fauna and leaf litter decomposition of forest trees".
FM Anne Kasurinen
Kuopio university
Total 6 898 €
The influence of organic and inorganic aerosol particles on cloud properties
prof. Veli-Matti Kerminen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 259 €
Storage polymers in biological nutrient removal
prof. Heikki Kiuru & Research group
TKK
Total 45 277 €
Environmental changes and dynamics of endangered wader populations
FT Kari Koivula & Research group
Oulu university
Total 14 650 €
Evaluation of maturity of compost by degradation products of alkaline hydrolysis of humic acids
FM Niina Koivula
Jyväskylä university
Total 10 782 €
Triazin pesticides in Finnish environment: occurrence, degradation and remediation
TkT Merja Kontro & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 21 259 €
Polypores and boreal forest naturalness: conservation networks and restoration as tools in species protection
prof. Jari Kouki & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 22 009 €
EIA procedures role and effectiveness in projects and programmes.
prof. Markku Kuitunen & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 17 009 €
The emissions, dispersion and exposure of population of fine particles in urban air
dos. Jaakko Kukkonen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 759 €
Sixth Finnish Conference of Environmental Sciences 2003
FT Jussi Kukkonen & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 4 650 €
Effects of xenobiotics, UV-radiation and water quality on the development of frogs
FT Jussi Kukkonen & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 15 259 €
Optimal management of insect communities in traditional semi-natural grasslands
FT Mikko Kuussaari & Research group
Finnish Environment Institute
Total 13 759 €
Use of Noble Metal Catalysts in Reducing Air Emissions
TkL, DI, FM Ulla Lassi & Research group
Oulu university
Total 18 276 €
Short and long term responses of bird populations and avian annual cycles against environmental and climate changes
dos. Esa Lehikoinen & Research group
Turku university
Total 20 759 €
Formation of aerosol particles in the Baltic Sea
FT Heikki Lihavainen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 18 159 €
The effects of eutrophication on reproduction and sexual selection in sand gobies
FT, dos Kai Lindström & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 23 259 €
Effect of rhixoremediation on the microbial ecology of oil-contaminated soil: monitoring the clean-up process
MMT, dos Kristina Lindström & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 22 759 €
Enhancing on-site treatment of domestic sewage with anaerobic technologies
FM Sari Luostarinen & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 26 259 €
Dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungal community in Scots pine stands exposed to long term N and S deposition - a restoration case
dos. Anna Mari Markkola & Research group
Oulu university
Total 18 600 €
Gaseous nitrogen emissions from pasture
FT Pertti Martikainen & Research group
Kuopio university
Total 25 023 €
The effects of new forest management practices, especially of retention, on tree groups, ground-fwelling spiders and ground beetles
FM Katja Matveinen & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 13 759 €
Kyoto Mechanisms and the Changing Position of Sovereign States
OTK Eriika Melkas
Turku university
Total 6 879 €
Effects of agriculture on amphibian populations
prof. Juha Merilä & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 24 059 €
The importance of diatom cell size in ecological analysis of freshwaters
FM Juha Miettinen
Joensuu university
Total 10 776 €
Effects of phytosterols on the fertility, metabolism, endoocrinology and offspring of the mink (Mustela vison)
FT Petteri Nieminen & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 12 280 €
Introduced predator as a threat to the biodiversity in the Baltic Sea: the effects of experimental mink removal on vertebrate
FM Mikael Nordström
Turku university
Total 6 882 €
Sedimentary zooplankton remains in the search for reference conditions in terms of the Water Framework Directive
FM Mirva Nykänen
Helsinki university
Total 20 259 €
Control of carbon dioxide emissions with energy saving and the use of wood at the three mills of a forest consolidated corporation
prof. Paavo Pelkonen & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 17 759 €
Programme: Man and the Sea
Producer Harri Pulliainen & Research group
Ochre Chronicles Oy
Total 20 000 €
Natural Colorants - Environmental Education Method for the Integration of Biology, Chemistry, Art and Craft Lessons
FT Riikka Räisänen & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 13 101 €
Fuel ethanol from D-galacturonic acid
PhD Peter Richard & Research group
VTT Biotechnology
Total 24 259 €
Application of systematic and population genetic study in the conservation of the Bean goose complex
FT Minna Ruokonen
Oulu university
Total 13 759 €
Butterfly fauna and meadow vegetation in roadside habitats
FT Sanna Saarnio & Research group
Joensuu university
Total 13 759 €
Photobiology of planktonic cyanobacteria
MMM Jukka Seppälä & Research group
FIMR
Total 18 359 €
The Utilisation on End-of-Life Cathode Ray Tube glass in the Ceramic and Glass Industry
Tait. lis. Raija Kaarina Siikamäki
TAIK
Total 7 340 €
Catalytic oxidative degradation of persistent organic compounds
prof. Mika Sillanpää & Research group
Oulu university
Total 23 759 €
Effects of pollution in foodchains from plants via insects to birds
FM Saila Sillanpää
Turku university
Total 15 259 €
Prevention of detrimental impacts of forestry operations on water bodies using buffer zones created from drained peatlands
MMM Niko Silvan & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 7 782 €
Effects of ash fertilization on contents of Cd and DOC in run-off waters and accumulation of Cd in the food web
FT Rauni Strömmer & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 24 578 €
Impacts of environmental changes on the occurrence of species in small scale waters
FT, dos Jukka Suhonen & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 24 559 €
Use of new satellite observations and a 3-d CTM for studying the sources of bromine
prof. Petteri Taalas & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 16 606 €
Fish epidermal papillomatosis as a water quality indicator
FT, dos. Jouni Taskinen & Research group
Jyväskylä university
Total 15 544 €
Management of farmland with agri-environmental measures - does it help the breeding bird community?
FT Juha Tiainen & Research group
RKTL
Total 15 759 €
Archaea in the mycorrhixosphere of boreal forest trees
FT, dos. Sari Timonen & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 25 859 €
Novel methods for control of potato scab and prevention of nutrient leaching
prof. Jari Valkonen & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 21 100 €
Gypsum treatment as a restoration method for eutrophied lakes
FT Eila Varjo & Research group
Turku university
Total 7 331 €
The influence of forest harvesting and reindeer farming on local climate at timberline
FT Ari Venäläinen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 15 259 €
Selective removal fishing stops the internal loading?
FT Anne-Mari Ventelä & Research group
Pyhäjärvi Institute
Total 25 759 €
Ecosystem consequences of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea
dos. Markku Viitasalo & Research group
FIMR
Total 31 518 €
Analysis of bioavailable heavy metals and organic compounds in the Baltic Sea by using sensor bacteria
FT Marko Virta & Research group
Turku university
Total 38 518 €
Effect of climate change on the structure and dynamics of the crown of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
MMM Virva Tuulia Volanen
Joensuu university
Total 13 759 €
Environmental attitudes and environmental decision-making in Finnish cities from 1980 to the present
FT, dos. Timo Vuorisalo & Research group
Turku university
Total 14 609 €
Fire history and forest age structure in natural forests
FM Tuomo Wallenius
Helsinki university
Total 15 259 €
FIBRE closing seminar: "Biodiversity and Society: Future Challenges in Research and Practice"
FT, dos. Mari Walls
Turku university
Total 11 500 €
mRNA transcripton as indicator of gene activation in fish due to exposure to municipal wastewater
doc. Tom Wiklund & Research group
Åbo Akademi BioCity
Total 20 759 €
Development of DNA Macro array for the assay of biodegradation genes of environmental pollutants
FT Kim Yrjälä & Research group
Helsinki university
Total 26 759 €
Water quality monitoring using remote sensing in the gulf of Finland
MSc. Yuanzhi Zhang
TKK Laboratory of Space Technology
Total 7 782 €