Sirpa Piirainen

Group Manager, Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295323188
  • Email address sirpa.piirainen@luke.fi
  • Address Yliopistokatu 6 B 80100 JOENSUU

Family forest owner’s perspectives on headwater streams in boreal forests : Motivations, values, and conservation actions

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2025

Evaluation of RUSLE and spatial assessment of agricultural soil erosion in Finland

Refereed scientific publications
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2023

GIS-based planning of buffer zones for protection of boreal streams and their riparian forests

Refereed scientific publications
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2023

Separating the effects of air and soil temperature on silver birch. Part II. The relation of physiology and leaf anatomy to growth dynamics

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2022

Separating the effects of air and soil temperature on silver birch. Part I. Does soil temperature or resource competition determine the timing of root growth?

Refereed scientific publications
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2022

Controls of Organic Carbon and Nutrient Export from Unmanaged and Managed Boreal Forested Catchments

Refereed scientific publications
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2021

Dynamics of above- and belowground responses of silver birch saplings and soil gases to soil freezing and waterlogging during dormancy

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2021

Drainage for forestry increases N, P and TOC export to boreal surface waters

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2021

Dynamics of fine-root production and mortality of Scots pine in waterlogged peat soil during the growing season

Refereed scientific publications
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2020

Here comes the flood! Stress effects of continuous and interval waterlogging periods during the growing season on Scots pine saplings

Refereed scientific publications
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2020

Good practices for forest buffers to improve surface water quality in the Baltic Sea region

Other publications
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2018

Release of Carbon in Different Molecule Size Fractions from Decomposing Boreal Mor and Peat as Affected by Enchytraeid Worms

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2018

Increasing and Decreasing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Trends in Runoff from Drained Peatland Forests—Is There a Legacy Effect of Drainage or Not?

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2018

Ditch network maintenance in peat-dominated boreal forests: Review and analysis of water quality management options

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2018

Forest drainage and water protection in the Baltic Sea Region countries – current knowledge, methods and areas for development

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2017

Management of riparian forests for good water quality in the Baltic Sea Region countries – current knowledge, methods and areas for development

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2017

Spatial variations in the molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter in water moving through a boreal forest in eastern Finland

Refereed scientific publications
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2017

Spatial variability of mercury and polyunsaturated fatty acids in the European perch (Perca fluviatilis) - Implications for risk-benefit analyses of fish consumption

Refereed scientific publications
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2016

Does clear-cut harvesting accelerate initial wood decomposition? A five-year study with standard wood material

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2016

Evaluation of erosion and surface roughness in peatland forest ditches using pin meter measurements and terrestrial laser scanning

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2016

Predicting the export and concentrations of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in boreal lakes by catchment characteristics and land use: A practical approach

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2016

Erosion mechanisms and sediment sources in a peatland forest after ditch cleaning

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2016

Ditch erosion processes and sediment transport in a drained peatland forest.

Refereed scientific publications
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2015

Changes in forest floor and mineral soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in a boreal forest after clear-cutting and mechanical site preparation

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2015