Leading Researcher
Docent in Aquatic Sciences, University of Helsinki
E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Phone: +358 295 251 306
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Nature solutions
Ecosystems
Address: Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Research activities
The current research tasks are mainly related to ecosystem processes, climate change and land use, with the central topic being the carbon cycle of ecosystems.
Streams, lakes, rivers
Carbon, nutrients, greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O)
Biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem processes, ecosystem services, climate change, land use
Finland, boreal zone, global reviews
Recent reseach projects
Biogeochemistry of the Baltic Sea in a Changing Climate: From Catchment to Open Sea (2009-2013, FiDiPro-project, Suomen Akatemia) / Riitta Autio
TEAQUILA (Fluxes of Terminal Electron Acceptors: Linking Human Disturbance to the Health of Aquatic Systems) (2012-2016, Suomen Akatemia) / Pirkko Kortelainen
DOMQUA (Drinking water treatment adaptation to increasing levels of DOM and changing DOM quality under climate change) (2014-2018, NordForsk), NIVA, SLU, UU, Syke, HSY, Norsk Vann / Heleen de Wit
BIOWATER (An Integrating Nexus of Land and Water Management for a Sustainable Nordic Bioeconomy) (2017-2021 / Eva Skarbøvik (Seppo Hellsten)
MetsäVesi (Metsistä ja soilta tuleva vesistökuormitus 2020) (VN-TEAS) Luke, Syke, Tapio / Leena Finer
KOKASU (Kohti kattavaa suojelualueverkostoa), 2021,Ympäristöministeriö / Saija Kuusela
TurVI (Työkaluja ja menetelmiä turvemaiden metsien käytön vesistö- ja ilmastovaikutusten torjuntaan) (2020-2023, Euroopan aluekehitysrahasto) (Tapio, Luke, Syke, Metsäkeskus) / Samuli Joensuu
FEO (Finnish Ecosystem Observatory) (2020-2024, Ympäristöministeriö) / Petteri Vihervaara
Comprehensive assessment of climate measures in catchments - with system analysis towards carbon-neutral land use (SysteemiHiili) (2021-2023) / Mika Marttunen
Global change depletes pelagic food webs in northern lakes (Web4Food) (2021-2024) (Ann-Kristin Bergström, Umeå university, Sweden)
Blue Lakes: Digitizing the carbon sink potential of boreal lakes, (2023-2025) (GTK, HY, Syke) / Karoliina Koho
Working group "Integrating the aquatic with the terrestrial component of the global carbon budget", National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Santa Barbara, CA, USA (2003-2005).
Working group “Global patterns in stream energy and nutrient cycling”, NCEAS, CA, USA (2016-2017).
Working group “LTER: From poles to tropics: A multi-biome synthesis investigating the controls on river Si exports”, NCEAS, CA, USA (2023-2025).
Special tasks
Inland Waters, Associate Editor since August 2010.
Aquatic Sciences, Associate Editor 2015-2023.
Member of the Management Committee COST Action FP0601: Forest Management and the Water Cycle.
Evaluator of project proposals and/or Strategic Network Grants to Canada, Estonia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom, and opponent in a public defence of doctoral dissertation in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
Publications
Pirkko Kortelainen in Google Scholar
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-0688