Research projects 2007
MAJ AND TOR NESSLING FOUNDATION 1.11.2006
Atmospheric hydrogen, methane and ozone - new challenges to air pollution control in changing society
FT, dos. Tuula Aalto & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 050 €
Ordinary consumption and environmental policy of everyday life
MMM Sanna Ahonen
UH, Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos
Total 3 400 €
11th Symposium of Nordic-Baltic Chapter of International Humic Substances Society: Functioning of NOM in the Environment
FT Jarkko Akkanen & Research group
University of Joensuu, Biotieteiden tiedekunta
Total 3 200 €
Contaminated sediments: From sink to source
FT Jarkko Akkanen & Research group
University of Joensuu, Biotieteiden tiedekunta
Total 19 850 €
Dynamics of vegetation, carbon and nitrogen as indicators for peatland buffer operation
FT Jukka Alm & Research group
METLA/Joensuun yksikkö
Total 21 800 €
Role of atmospheric organic compounds in new particle and cloud droplet formation - development and application of numerical models
FM Saku Anttila & Research group
UH, ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 6 814 €
Representativeness of traditional and remote sensing water quality measurenments in the monitoring of lakes and coastal areas
FT Tatu Anttila & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 550 €
Towards solar-powered, environmentally clean biohydrogen production by cyanobacteria
FT Eva-Mari Aro & Research group
University of Turku, Biologian laitos
Total 44 474 €
EU emission trading scheme in Finland - decision-making and implementation
MMM Terhi Aro-Heinilä
UH, Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos
Total 15 550 €
Fragmentation of Seagrass Habitats: Mechanisms and Effects on Associated Animal Communities
FM Heidi Arponen & Research group
Åbo Akademi, Miljö- och marinbiologi
Total 19 822 €
Effects of climatic warming on winter active plants in the boreal zone
PhD Helena Åström & Research group
UH, Dept. of Biol. and Eng.
Total 18 050 €
Microbial and carbon dynamics in cut-away peatlands cultivated with a bioenergy crop (Reed Canary Grass)
PhD Christina Biasi & Research group
University of Kuopio
Total 22 050 €
MALTE - model to predict new aerosol formation in the lower troposphere
PhD Michael Boy & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 18 049 €
Conservation Biology of Finnish House Sparrows
Doc. Jon Brommer & Research group
UH, Dep. of Biol. & Environ. Sc.
Total 27 700 €
Spatial conservation planning and climate change
Ph.D. Mar Cabeza & Research group
UH, Metapopulation Research Group
Total 19 650 €
Modelling of thermodynanic balance in activated sludge plan
TkT Olli Dahl & Research group
TKK
Total 21 050 €
New particle formation in the boreal forest
FM Miikka Dal Maso & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 17 049 €
Computational design of proton-conducting polyelectrolytes suitable for zero emission electrical vehicles
FT Jaana Ennari & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 15 050 €
Emissions of volatile organic compounds from forest clear cutting areas in Finland
DI Sami Haapanala
University of Helsinki
Total 24 550 €
The New Fisheries Management Science: The potential of interdisciplinary Bayesian modelling to develop sustainability within fisheries management
FM Päivi Haapasaari
University of Oulu
Total 15 050 €
Ecological conditions of suburban planning. Suburban nature as providing potential and as requiring protection
FT Yrjö Haila & Research group
TaY, Yhdyskuntatieteiden laitos
Total 16 890 €
Effects of stump harvesting on forest decomposers and vegetation
FT, Dos. Jari Haimi & Research group
JY, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos
Total 29 352 €
Global warming and ice-breeding seals
FM Antti Halkka & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 17 980 €
Emissions and dynamics of naturally occurring volatile halogenated carbon compounds on coastal regions
MMT Helinä Hartikainen & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 17 050 €
Removal of endocrine disrupters from waste waters using fungal oxidative enzymes
MMT Annele Hatakka & Research group
UH, Sov. kemian ja mikrobiologian laitos
Total 22 400 €
Development of biodiversity conservation capabilities: an institutional analysis of actors and practices
PhD Mikael Hildén & Research group
Finnish Environment Institute
Total 15 464 €
Formation mechanisms of aerosol particles in different environments: measurements on the ground and in the boundary layer
FM Anne Hirsikko & Research group
UH, Fysikaalisten tieteiden laitos
Total 15 050 €
Intensifying reintroduction methods to supplement endangered fish stocks: Why do survival skills degenerate in captive rearing?
FT, dos. Heikki Hirvonen & Research group
UH, Bio- ja ympäristöt. laitos
Total 24 250 €
Clarification and securing of prerequisites of natural life cycle in endangered river spawning densely-rakered whitefish
FT, dos. Hannu Huuskonen & Research group
University of Joensuu, Biotieteiden tiedekunta
Total 19 650 €
Bioavailability of key environmental pollutants in different environmental matrices: from quantification to mechanism
PhD Angela Ivask & Research group
Tallinn Estonia, Nat. Inst. Chem. Phys.
Total 14 625 €
Passive monitoring methods in studying endocrine disrupters in a sewage treatment plant and in the receiving river
FM Heidi Jääskeläinen & Research group
UH, Ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 17 350 €
The micrometeorogy and air quality of urban environment
FM Leena Järvi & Research group
UH, Fysikaalisten tiet. laitos
Total 17 050 €
Effects of land-use and climate change on discharge and nutrient leaching in rural and urban catchments
FT, dos. Marko Järvinen & Research group
UH, Ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 21 430 €
INTERARC: Environmental threats and solutions - interdisciplinary support for sustainable regional development of coastal and archipelago systems
Doc. Marko Joas & Research group
Åbo Akademi, Offentlig Förvaltning
Total 52 969 €
The mobility of natural uranium in biosphere and ecological risk assessment
Prof. Jukka Juutilainen & Research group
University of Kuopio, Ympäristötiet. laitos
Total 33 282 €
Seal blubber - a source of ecotoxicological information
FT, dos. Reijo Tapio Käkelä & Research group
University of Joensuu, biotieteiden tiedekunta
Total 18 830 €
Nitrogen retention processes in river ecosystems
Prof. Tuomo Karvonen & Research group
TKK, Water Resources Engineering
Total 16 550 €
The 5th IWHA (International Water History Association) Conference 13-17 June 2007, Tampere, Finland
Dosentti Tapio Katko & Research group
Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Total 4 000 €
Erosion and Transport of Sediments in Forestry Dredged Small Headwater Streams: Hydraulic Criteria for Restoration
Prof., PhD Björn Klöve & Research group
University of Oulu
Total 23 100 €
Defense chemistry of Fucus vesiculosus and eutrofication - environmental and genetic variation
FM Riitta Koivikko
University of Turku, Ekologian os.
Total 8 800 €
Microbial remediation of groundwater contaminated with atrazine or 2,6-dichlorobentsamide
TkT, dos. Merja Kontro & Research group
UH, Ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 25 940 €
Diversity of bryophytes in urban ecosystems
FT, dos. Helena Korpelainen & Research group
UH, Soveltavan biologian laitos
Total 21 500 €
Effect of Restoration on the Structure and Function of Mire Ecosystems Drained for Forestry
FT Janne Kotiaho & Research group
University of Jyväskylä
Total 28 525 €
A field comparison of the action spectra used in UV-B research with plants
FM Titta Kotilainen & Research group
University of Jyväskylä, Bio- ja ymp. laitos
Total 21 890 €
Decline and recovery of mountain birch populations in contaminated areas: Relative importance of abiotic and biotic stressors
PhD., Doc. Mikhail Kozlov & Research group
University of Turku
Total 21 640 €
Factors influencing young people's environmental attitudes and the long-term changes in them
Prof. Markku Kuitunen & Research group
University of Jyväskylä, Bio- ja ymp. laitos
Total 17 900 €
The formation, atmospheric dispersion and transformation of aerosols in Northern Europe: the development of a modelling system and its applications
Tutkimusprof. Jaakko Kukkonen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 19 750 €
Toxicity of Dinophysis in the Baltic Sea
Doc. Pirjo Kuuppo & Research group
Finnish Environment Institute
Total 16 550 €
History of water protection in cities in Eastern Baltic Europe, 1945-2000
VTT, dos. Simo Laakkonen & Research group
UH, Yhteiskuntahistorian laitos
Total 27 550 €
The interaction between air pollution and snowfall in Arctic regions
FT Lauri Laakso & Research group
UH, Fysikaalisten tieteiden laitos
Total 19 050 €
Phosphorus utilization of bloom-forming cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea
FT Maria Laamanen & Research group
Ympäristöministeriö
Total 17 093 €
Life under human influence - boreal forest bird populations as an example
FM Petri Lampila
University of Oulu, Biologian laitos
Total 11 424 €
Phototoxicity of resin acid-derived compounds and heavy metals in benthic macroinvertebrates of running waters
FM Heli Lassila
University of Jyväskylä, Bio- ja ymp. laitos
Total 21 785 €
Description of aerosol size distributions in climate change models
TkT, tutkimusprof. Kari Lehtinen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopion yksikkö
Total 19 050 €
Microbiological processes regulate binding iron, manganese and phosphorus in iron-manganese concretions
MMT Jouni Lehtoranta & Research group
Finnish Environment Institute
Total 23 950 €
Novel measuring techniques for dissolved metals, phosphorus and sulfide in the Baltic Sea sediments pore waters
Ph.D. Mirja Leivuori & Research group
Finnish Institute of Marine Reseach
Total 22 925 €
Trophic transfer and toxicity of biodegradable organic contaminants in aquatic environment
Prof., PhD Matti Leppänen & Research group
University of Joensuu, Biotiet. tiedekunta
Total 19 775 €
Oil spill model for winter conditions in the Gulf of Finland
FT Matti Leppäranta & Research group
UH, Geofysiikan osasto
Total 17 760 €
The impact of fuel contamination on microbial communities at the sea surface microlayer (SML)..
PhD Piia Leskinen & Research group
University of Turku
Total 22 410 €
Interaction between atmospheric aerosols and clouds at northern latitudes
FT Heikki Lihavainen & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 20 050 €
The Effects of Organotincompounds on Daubentons bats (Myotis daubentoni) Feeding in Archipelagic Area, South-West Finland
FM Thomas Lilley & Research group
University of Turku
Total 21 346 €
Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil
MMT, dos. Kristina Lindström
UH, Sov. kemian ja mikrobiologian laitos
Total 30 550 €
Soil carbon cycling in Earth System Models
MMT Jari Liski & Research group
Finnish Environment Institute
Total 37 099 €
Anaerobic treatment of biodegradable wastes from meat processing industry
FT Sari Luostarinen & Research group
University of Kuopio
Total 24 060 €
Effects of iron, sulphur and manganese as well as reducing and oxidizing bacteria on sediment processes of P on low oxygen bottom areas of the Baltic Sea
Dos. Christina Lyra & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 17 450 €
Experiencing Urban Nature and the Environment: Green Space and Soundscape in Helsinki during the 20th century
FT Henrik Meinander & Research group
University of Helsinki, Historian laitos
Total 22 848 €
The consequences of forest fragmentation and inbreeding on the vitality of Siberian jay populations in southern Finland.
PhD Juha Merilä & Research group
UH, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos
Total 18 730 €
Capacity of riparian buffer zones to reduce nitrogen transport from forested catchment areas
MMT Mika Nieminen & Research group
METLA/Vantaa
Total 22 050 €
Utilisation of pulp and paper industry sludges
Prof. Jouko Niinimäki & Research group
University of Oulu
Total 19 570 €
The role of autotrophic picoplankton (APP) as a component of microbial loop in food webs of changing lacustrine ecosystems, especially in lakes under restoration
PhD Anne Ojala & Research group
UH, ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 20 550 €
Cost efficiency of regional waste management policies
Prof. Markku Ollikainen & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 13 352 €
Renewing process of nature conservation policy
MMM, stip. Riikka Paloniemi & Research group
UH, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos
Total 11 424 €
Ecotoxicity of metals and organometals in soils and aquatic environments
Dos., FT Olli-Pekka Penttinen & Research group
UH, ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 20 550 €
Soil hydrofobicity and micropedological properties for erosion control
MMT, dos. Liisa Pietola & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 24 250 €
Greening the chemical industry - Resources use optimization by the use of membrane technologies
TkT Eva Pongrácz & Research group
University of Oulu
Total 25 000 €
Temporal and spatial variation in the genetic structure of Atlantic salmon in the river Teno -implications for conservation
Dos. Craig Primmer & Research group
University of Turku, Biologian laitos
Total 9 928 €
Climate change effects on timing of avian migration
FM Kalle Rainio & Research group
University of Turku
Total 11 424 €
Distribution of aluminium and iron in natural waters
TkT Jaakko Rämö & Research group
University of Oulu, Vesi- ja ymp. tekn.
Total 19 986 €
Particulate formation in combustion engines: Control of particulate formation and their health effects
Dos., LKT Arja Rautio & Research group
University of Oulu, Arktisen lääket. keskus
Total 20 031 €
Invasive insects of wooden plants in Europe and affect of climatic change on habitat range of potential invasive insect species
FT Heikki Roininen & Research group
University of Joensuu
Total 18 050 €
Use of electrolytic oxygenation of contaminated maritime sediment for in situ bioremediation; TBT as the target
Prof., FT Martin Romantschuk & Research group
UH, ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 28 275 €
Activity and diversity of methane oxidizing bacteria in a littoral meadow
FT Anne Saari & Research group
University of Kuopio, ymp. tieteiden laitos
Total 22 612 €
Organic carbon in atmospheric aerosol particles: properties and sources
FM Sanna Saarikoski & Research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 050 €
Study of suitable methods for juvenile culture of endangered freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera
FT Mari Saarinen & Research group
University of Jyväskylä, Bio- ja ymp. tiet.
Total 18 256 €
Alien predators and top predators: special cases of predator-prey relationship
FM Pälvi Salo
University of Turku
Total 18 969 €
Dispersal and habitat selection in flying squirrels
FT Vesa Selonen
UH, Bio- ja ymp.tieteiden laitos
Total 16 050 €
Operational detection of cyanobacterial biomass in the Baltic Sea
MMM Jukka Seppälä
FMRI
Total 20 112 €
Combined ultrasound and electro-treatment of organic contaminants
Prof, TkT Mika Sillanpää & Research group
University of Kuopio, Soveltavan ympäristökemian laboratorio
Total 21 728 €
Eighth Finnish Conference of Environmental Sciences 2007
Prof, TkT Mika Sillanpää & Research group
University of Kuopio, Soveltavan ympäristökemian laboratorio
Total 6 000 €
Pollution effects in a foodchain: from plants via insects to birds
FM Saila Sillanpää
University of Turku
Total 15 050 €
Landfilling of Waste Incineration Bottom Ash - Emissions and Their Management.
FM Leena Sivula & Research group
University of Jyväskylä
Total 17 329 €
Climate change favors deciduous tree species: How changes in plant secondary compounds affect soil processes and environment
Dos. Aino Smolander & Research group
METLA, Vantaa
Total 21 800 €
Special characteristic of coniferous forests in vegetation remote sensing models
FM (väit.) Sampo Smolander
UH, Ilmakehätieteiden osasto
Total 16 050 €
New environmental friendly energy production - research challenges -seminar
FT Sanna Sorvari
UH, HERC, Bio- ja ymp.tieteiden laitos
Total 3 000 €
Bioremediation of soils in a shooting range
FT Rauni Strömmer & Research group
UH, ympäristöekologian laitos
Total 22 218 €
Impacts of biomanipulation on lake ecosystem structure
FM Jari Syväranta & Research group
University of Jyväskylä
Total 17 300 €
Genomics of antibiotic resistance in microbes in aquaculture areas
FM Manu Tamminen & Research group
University of Helsinki
Total 22 750 €
Environmental Education: Creating Sustainable Futures. Multidisciplinary Research on Environmental Values, Active Citizenship, and Multiculturalism
FT Sirpa Tani & Research group
UH, Soveltavan kasvatustieteen laitos
Total 17 925 €
Dissolved Natural Organic Matter (DNOM) and micropollutants in groundwater and wells--evaluation of contamination-risks
Prof. Tuula Tuhkanen & Research group
Tampere University of Technology
Total 20 800 €
Mapping whitefish and pikeperch nursery areas and developing GIS based charting methods
FT Lauri Urho & Research group
RKTL
Total 19 250 €
Photolytic decomposition of Flame retardants in environment
FT Anssi Vähätalo & Research group
UH, Biolog. & Enviro
Total 21 850 €
The adaptation of insect life-history and immune defence traits to its host-plant and heavy metal pollution
FM Tapio van Ooik
University of Turku, Biologian laitos
Total 8 568 €
Pelagic food web interactions and dynamics in large lakes - estimation of zooplankton abundance, distribution patterns and patchiness by Optical Plankton Counter and comparison with the traditional microscopic analyses
Dos. Markku Viljanen & Research group
University of Joensuu, Biotieteiden tiedekunta
Total 21 571 €
Density analysis of atmospheric aerosols: new method and its application
TkT Annele Virtanen & Research group
Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Total 17 287 €
Biodegradation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and functionalized CNTs
Prof, FT Jorma Virtanen & Research group
University of Jyväskylä, Nano Science Cente
Total 22 550 €
Values and conservation of urban biodiversity
Dos., FT Timo Vuorisalo & Research group
University of Turku
Total 17 050 €
Biomethanation of crops and crop residues: Molecular approaches to the microbial community structure
Ph.D Hong Wang
University of Jyväskylä
Total 22 460 €
Effect of TBT contaminated water and sediment on reproduction of exposed fish
Doc. Tom Wiklund & Research group
ÅA, Akvaaattisen patobiologian lab.
Total 25 975 €
Restoration succession of cut away peatland
FM Mika Yli-Petäys
METLA, Parkanon toimintayksikkö
Total 15 050 €
Endophytic bacteria for enhancement of phytoremediation
PhD Kim Yrjälä & Research group
UH, Dept. of Biol. and Environ.
Total 26 550 €