Research projects 2008
Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation 1.11.2007
Landfill emissions and concentrations of hydrogen in urban air
FT, Docent Tuula Aalto & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 16 550 €
Role of atmospheric organic compounds in new particle and cloud droplet formation - development and application of numerical models
Ph.D Tatu Anttila & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 19 050 €
Towards solar-powered, environmentally clean biohydrogen production by cyanobacteria
Ph.D Eva-Mari Aro & research group
Turku University
Total 46 875 €
EU emission trading scheme in Finland - decision-making and implementation
MSc Terhi Aro-Heinilä & research group
Helsinki University
Total 15 750 €
Air quality remote sensing using satellite data
Ph.D Antti Arola & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 17 050 €
Risk assessment on the environmental impact of using the saprotrophic fungus (Phlebiopsis gigantea) for the biocontrol of the conifer pathogen Heterobasidion spp.
Ph.D Fred Asiegbu & research group
Helsinki University Department of Forest Ecology
Total 21 950 €
Development of specific identification method for environmental microbes.
Ph.D. Petri Auvinen & research group
Helsinki University Institute of Biotechnology
Total 26 550 €
Microbial and carbon dynamics in cut-away peatlands cultivated with a bioenergy crop (Reed Canary Grass)
PhD Christina Biasi & research group
Kuopio University Department of Env. Science
Total 10 856 €
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under environmental stress: role of biological insurance in aquatic plant communities
Docent Christoffer Boström & research group
Åbo Akademi Miljö- och marinbiologi
Total 36 596 €
MALTE - model to predict new aerosol formation in the lower troposphere
Dr. Michael Boy & research group
Helsinki University Department of Physical Science
Total 18 050 €
Conservation Biology of Finnish House Sparrows
Doc., PhD Jon Brommer & research group
Helsinki University Dept Biological and Environmen
Total 22 750 €
Predictive benthic species and habitat distribution modeling – applications in the sublittoral Northern Baltic Sea
Profes. Saara Bäck & research group
SYKE
Total 20 050 €
Spatial conservation planning and climate change
PhD Mar Cabeza & research group
Helsinki University
Total 20 225 €
Workshop on adaption of effect of the climate change in the Baltic Sea
Docent Jari Haapala & research group
Finnish Institute of Marine Research
Total 6 893 €
Emissions of volatile organic compounds from forest clear cutting areas in Finland
MSc Sami Haapanala & research group
Helsinki University Division of Atmospheric Sciences
Total 23 050 €
The New Fisheries Management Science: The potential of interdisciplinary Bayesian modelling to develop sustainability within fisheries management
MSc Päivi Haapasaari & research group
Oulu University
Total 8 568 €
Effects of stump harvesting on forest decomposers and vegetation
Docent Jari Haimi & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 29 015 €
Global warming and ice-breeding seals
MSc Antti Halkka & research group
Helsinki University Integrative Ecology Unit
Total 6 600 €
Emission and dynamics of naturally occuring volatile halogenated carbon compounds on coastal regions.
PhD Helinä Hartikainen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 18 050 €
Removal of endocrine disrupters from waste waters using fungal oxidative enzymes
PhD Annele Hatakka & research group
Helsinki University
Total 23 550 €
Boreal forest vegetation - structure and dynamics after human-induced and natural disturbances
MSc Harri Hautala & research group
FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE Vantaa
Total 6 432 €
Biodiversity in stream and riparian ecosystems: Comparing protected areas and managed boreal forests
PhD Jani Heino & research group
SYKE Research Programme for Biodiversity
Total 18 500 €
Clarification and securing of prerequisites on natural life cycle in endangered river spawning densely-rakered whitefish
Docent Hannu Huuskonen & research group
Joensuu University
Total 12 541 €
Ex situ conservation of the genetic diversity of rare seashore plants in the Bothnian Bay
PhD Marko Hyvärinen & research group
Oulu University Dep of Biology/Bot. Gardens
Total 20 800 €
Impacts of invasive signal crayfish (Pasifastacus leniusculus) on the littoral communities of large boreal lakes
PhD Heikki Hämäläinen & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 22 460 €
Effects of biomanipulation in a boreal lake ecosystem
MSc Pia Högmander & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 17 330 €
Bioavailability of key environmental pollutants in different environmental matrices: from quantification to mechanism
PhD Angela Ivask & research group
NICPB, Estonia
Total 15 641 €
Quality and Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment
MSc Kimmo Jalava & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 11 079 €
INTERARC: Environmental threats and solutions - interdisciplinary support for sustainable regional development of coastal and archipelago systems.
Docent Marko Joas & research group
Åbo Akademi Offentlig Förvaltning
Total 57 569 €
The Ethics of Global Warming
MSc Sanna Joronen & research group
Turku University
Total 15 050 €
The mobility of natural uranium in biosphere and ecological risk assessment
prof. Jukka Juutilainen & research group
Kuopio University
Total 28 300 €
The micrometeorology and air quality of urban environment
MSc Leena Järvi & research group
Helsinki University
Total 16 550 €
Effects of land-use and climate on discharge and nutrient leaching in rural and urban catchments
PhD, Doc. Marko Järvinen & research group
SYKE
Total 18 698 €
Environmental policy at the end-of-the-field - a study on the politics of agri-environmental policy implementation
MSc Minna Kaljonen & research group
SYKE
Total 4 284 €
Water: a Matter of life. Long term strategic thinking in water services.
Docent, TkT Tapio Katko & research group
TTY Tampere
Total 6 693 €
Methanol and carbon dioxide refining, recovery and utilization in a pulp and paper mills
Profes. Riitta Keiski & research group
Oulu University
Total 23 100 €
Global warming threatens birch forests in Lapland: invasion of new outbreaking moth species
PhD Tero Klemola & research group
Turku University
Total 19 363 €
Erosion and Transport of Sediments in Forestry Dredged Small Headwater Streams: Hydraulic Criteria for Restoration
Profes. Björn Klöve & research group
Oulu University
Total 19 650 €
Microbial remediation of groundwater contaminated with atrazine or 2,6-dichlorobentsamide
PhD Merja Kontro & research group
Helsinki University
Total 26 435 €
Interactions between Land Use and Climate Change: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Local Land Use to Global Climate
PhD Kaisa Korhonen- Kurki & research group
HelsinkiUniversity HERC
Total 3 000 €
Diversity of bryophytes in urban ecosystems
PhD, Doc. Helena Korpelainen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 22 000 €
The size and density fluctuations of flying squirrel populations in Finland, Karelian Isthmus and Russian Karelia, and immigration history to Finland
MSc Mari Koskela & research group
Helsinki University
Total 24 595 €
Participation and Environmental Citizenship in School
MSc Sanna Koskinen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 16 775 €
Effect of Restoration on the Structure and Function of Mire Ecosystems Drained for Forestry
PhD Janne Kotiaho & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 21 890 €
A field comparison of the action spectra used in UV-B research with plants
MSc Titta Kotilainen & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 13 704 €
Impact of point polluters on terrestrial biota: Comparative analysis of 18 contaminated areas
PhD, Doc. Mikhail Kozlov & research group
Turku University
Total 5 904 €
Decline and recovery of mountain birch populations in contaminated areas: Relative importance of abiotic and biotic stressors
PhD, Doc. Mikhail Kozlov & research group
Turku University
Total 23 365 €
The toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii in the Baltic Sea: Causes and mechanisms of expansion
PhD Anke Kremp & research group
Helsinki University Tvärminne Zoological Station
Total 22 550 €
Fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment - Identification of transformation products and their environmental significance
Docent Leif Kronberg & research group
Åbo Akademi Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Total 23 700 €
Factors influencing young people's environmental attitudes and the long-term changes in them
Prof. Markku Kuitunen & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 18 760 €
Towards a comprehensive modelling system for aerosol creation, dispersion, and transformation in Northern Europe
Professor Jaakko Kukkonen & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute Air Quality Research
Total 19 750 €
History of water pollution and protection of cities in Eastern Baltic Europe, 1945-2000
Docent Simo Laakkonen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 38 050 €
The interaction between air pollution and snowfall in Arctic regions
Docent Lauri Laakso & research group
Helsinki University
Total 19 050 €
Sustainable management of endangered salmonids: maintenance of genetic variation, viability and antipredator skills
MSc. Tiina Lautala & research group
Helsinki University
Total 6 271 €
Microbiological processes regulate binding iron, manganese and phosphorus in iron-manganese concretions (MICON)
PhD Jouni Lehtoranta & research group
SYKE
Total 25 150 €
Trophic transfer and toxicity of biodegradable organic contaminants in aquatic environment
PhD Matti Leppänen & research group
Joensuu University
Total 19 250 €
The impact of fuel contamination on microbial communities at the sea surface microlayer
PhD Piia Leskinen & research group
Turku University
Total 24 250 €
Interaction between atmospheric aerosols and clouds at northern latitudes
Docent Heikki Lihavainen & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 18 050 €
The effects of organotin compounds on daubentons bats (Myotis daubentoni) feeding in archipelagic area of south-west Finland
MSc Thomas Lilley & research group
Turku University
Total 19 385 €
Economic interaction and valuation in multi-species models - A case study of Baltic salmon and grey seal
Doc., KTT Marko Lindroos & research group
Helsinki University
Total 20 800 €
Soil carbon cycling in Earth System Models
PhD Jari Liski & research group
SYKE
Total 37 099 €
Anaerobic treatment of biodegradable wastes from meat processing industry
PhD Sari Luostarinen & research group
Kuopio University
Total 22 470 €
Effects of iron, sulphur and manganese as well as reducing and oxidicing bacteria on sediment processes of P on low oxygen bottom areas of the Baltic Sea
Docent Christina Lyra & research group
Helsinki University
Total 20 090 €
Indicator species and biodiversity conservation in changing forest landscapes: do woodland key habitats provide protection for terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity?
PhD Timo Muotka & research group
Oulu University
Total 25 975 €
Capacity of riparian buffer zones to reduce nitrogen transport from forested catchment areas
PhD Mika Nieminen & research group
FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Total 24 050 €
New methods in utilisation of pulp and paper industry sludges
TkT Jouko Niinimäki & research group
Oulu University
Total 20 000 €
The role of urban trees in the storm water management
PhD, Dos Eero Nikinmaa & research group
Helsinki University
Total 16 950 €
Water treatment island for birds and the island workshop
Tuula Nikulainen & research group
City of Salo
Total 11 191 €
Cost efficiency of regional waste management policies
Profes. Markku Ollikainen & research group
HelsinkiUniversity MMTDK
Total 15 050 €
Population dynamics and conservation of large raptors in Finland
PhD Markku Orell & research group
Oulu University
Total 17 550 €
Nordic Meeting on Remediation of Contaminated Sites, NORDROCS 2008
DI Reetta Piskonen & research group
TKK Mutku ry
Total 2 000 €
Greening the chemical industry – Resources use optimization by the use of membrane technologies
TkT Eva Pongracz & research group
Oulu University
Total 25 000 €
Vistula River sand banks – organic matter utilization and its importance for the water quality.
MSc Magdalena Puczko & research group
PAS/Centre for Ecological Research, Poland
Total 2 500 €
URBAN CONTAMINANTS IN SURFACE RUNOFF AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT
PhD Anna-Lea Rantalainen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 23 675 €
4th ESA, 4th European Symposium on Aerobiology, 12.-16.8.2008
PhD, dos Auli Rantio-Lehtimäki & research group
Turku University
Total 2 000 €
Optimization of biogas upgrading method and treatment of process rejects
MSc Saija Rasi & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 20 750 €
Particulate formation in combustion engines: Control of particulate formation and their health effects
LKT, Docent Arja Rautio & research group
Oulu University
Total 20 225 €
The role of ionising radiation and air pollution in atmospheric particle formation
MSc Ilona Riipinen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 18 050 €
Invasive insects of wooden plants in Europe and affect of climatic change on habitat range of potential invasive insect species
PhD Heikki Roininen & research group
Joensuu University Faculty of Biosciences
Total 18 550 €
Use of electrolytic oxygenation of contaminated maritime sediment for in situ bioremediation; TBT as the target
PhD Martin Romantschuk & research group
Helsinki University Dept Ecol. and Environ. Sci
Total 28 275 €
Activity and diversity of methane oxidizing bacteria in a littoral meadow
PhD Anne Saari & research group
Kuopio University
Total 23 477 €
Dynamics of vegetation, carbon and nitrogen as indicators for peatland buffer operation
MSc Päivi Saari & research group
FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE Joensuu
Total 11 424 €
Study of suitable methods for juvenile culture of endangered freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera
PhD Mari Saarinen & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 18 470 €
Spread of alien predators and return of top predators alter predator-prey relationships
MSc Pälvi Salo & research group
Turku University
Total 7 525 €
Significance of the microbial food web for fish production in a waste-water loaded lake - a natural stable isotope study
PhD Jouko Sarvala & research group
Turku University
Total 13 570 €
Improving biosphere description in global climate models
PhD Sanna Sevanto & research group
Helsinki University
Total 20 179 €
Combined ultrasound and electro-treatment of organic contaminants
profes., TkT Mika Sillanpää & research group
Kuopio University
Total 21 940 €
Climate change favors deciduous tree species: How changes in plant secondary compounds affect soil processes and environment
PhD, Docent Aino Smolander & research group
FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE Vantaa
Total 21 800 €
Seal Blubber - the source of ecotoxicological information
MSc Ursula Strandberg & research group
Joensuu University
Total 17 350 €
Genomics of antibiotic resistance in microbes in aquaculture areas
MSc Manu Tamminen & research group
Helsinki University
Total 21 198 €
Conservation genetics and conservation ecology of the endangered freswater pearl mussel, Margariritera margaritifera L.
PhD, Doc. Jouni Taskinen & research group
Joensuu University
Total 21 867 €
Effect of climate change and conventional agriculture on farmland bird populations
Ph.D Juha Tiainen & research group
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Total 33 273 €
Endophytic fungi in grasses: natural frequency, more tolerant grass populations to aerial pollution, and the adaption rate of grass-endophyte combination to heavy metals
PhD Eija Toivonen & research group
Turku University
Total 19 750 €
Mapping whitefish and pikeperch nursery areas and developing GIS based charting methods
PhD Lauri Urho & research group
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Total 19 050 €
Laser scanning based identification and interpretation of ecologically important forest habitats in natural conservation areas
MSc Mikko Vehmas & research group
Joensuu University
Total 16 737 €
Aerobic thermophilic treatment of sewage sludge - process optimization and energy production efficiency and product quality
MSc Anna-Maria Veijalainen & research group
Kuopio University
Total 18 795 €
Pyhäjärvi time travel - ecological, geological and archeological analysis of the relation between lake and human
PhD Anne-Mari Ventelä & research group
Pyhäjärvi-institute
Total 20 050 €
Ecosystem services as a new tool for landuse planning: Case Forest Lapland
MSc Petteri Vihervaara & research group
Turku University
Total 18 550 €
Effect of TBT contaminated water and sediment on reproduction of exposed fish
Doc Tom Wiklund & research group
Åbo Akademi
Total 27 125 €
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
PhD, Docent Markku Viljanen & research group
Joensuu University
Total 21 210 €
Volatility and optical properties of atmospheric fine particles
PhD, Docent Aki Virkkula & research group
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Total 20 550 €
Biodegradation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and functionalized CNTs
PhD Jorma Virtanen & research group
Jyväskylä University
Total 21 776 €
Endophytic bacteria in woody plants for phytotechnology
PhD Kim Yrjälä & research group
Helsinki University
Total 28 800 €
Effects of climatic warming on winter active plants in the boreal zone
PhD Helena Åström & research group
Helsinki University
Total 18 050 €