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Mari Pihlatie is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland, focusing on research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics related to atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, soil and plant interactions, and ecosystem processes. Major topics include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Pihlatie has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Phytologist
  • Biogeosciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Pihlatie include:

  • Soil greenhouse gas emissions from afforested organic soil croplands and cutaway peatlands, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Global Research Alliance N2O chamber methodology guidelines: Design considerations, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • New insight to the role of microbes in the methane exchange in trees: evidence from metagenomic sequencing, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Potential of Biochar to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Boreal Arable Soils in the Long-Term, 2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling, 2020, Biogeosciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues including:

  • Markku Koskinen
  • Lukas Kohl
  • Anuliina Putkinen
  • Salla Tenhovirta
  • Annalea Lohila

Best Publications

  • Comparison of different chamber techniques for measuring soil CO2 efflux

    Jukka Pumpanen;Pasi Kolari;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Kari Minkkinen

  • Nitrous oxide emissions following application of residues and fertiliser under zero and conventional tillage

    Elizabeth Baggs;M. Stevenson;M. Pihlatie;A. Regar

  • Annual cycle of methane emission from a boreal fen measured by the eddy covariance technique

    Janne Rinne;Terhi Riutta;Mari Pihlatie;Mika Aurela

  • Comparison of static chambers to measure CH4 emissions from soils

    Mari K. Pihlatie;Jesper Riis Christiansen;Jesper Riis Christiansen;Hermanni Aaltonen;Hermanni Aaltonen;Janne F.J. Korhonen

  • Factors controlling regional differences in forest soil emission of nitrogen oxides (NO and N 2 O)

    K. Pilegaard;U. Skiba;P. Ambus;C. Beier

  • Inventories of N2O and NO Emissions from European Forest Soils

    M. Kesik;P. Ambus;R. Baritz;N. Brüggemann

  • Sulphuric acid closure and contribution to nucleation mode particle growth

    M. Boy;M. Kulmala;T. M. Ruuskanen;M. Pihlatie

  • Plant roots increase both decomposition and stable organic matter formation in boreal forest soil.

    Bartosz Adamczyk;Outi-Maaria Sietiö;Petra Straková;Judith Prommer

  • Contribution of nitrification and denitrification to N2O production in peat, clay and loamy sand soils under different soil moisture conditions

    Mari Pihlatie;Eija Syväsalo;Asko Simojoki;Martti Esala

  • Boreal pine forest floor biogenic volatile organic compound emissions peak in early summer and autumn

    Hermanni Aaltonen;Jukka Pumpanen;Mari Pihlatie;Hannele Hakola

  • Spatial variation in plant community functions regulates carbon gas dynamics in a boreal fen ecosystem

    T. Riutta;J. Laine;M. Aurela;J. Rinne

  • Methane emissions from tree stems: a new frontier in the global carbon cycle.

    Josep Barba;Mark A Bradford;Paul E Brewer;Dan Bruhn

  • Assessing the effects of chamber placement, manual sampling and headspace mixing on CH4 fluxes in a laboratory experiment

    Jesper Riis Christiansen;Janne F. J. Korhonen;Radoslaw Juszczak;Michael Giebels

  • Standardisation of chamber technique for CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes measurements from terrestrial ecosystems

    Marian Pavelka;Manuel Acosta;Ralf Kiese;Núria Altimir

  • Pinus sylvestris as a missing source of nitrous oxide and methane in boreal forest

    Katerina Machacova;Jaana Bäck;Anni Vanhatalo;Elisa Halmeenmäki

  • Temporal Variation of Ecosystem Scale Methane Emission From a Boreal Fen in Relation to Temperature, Water Table Position, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes

    Janne Rinne;Eeva Stiina Tuittila;Olli Peltola;Xuefei Li

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from a municipal landfill.

    Janne Rinne;Mari Pihlatie;Annalea Lohila;Tea Thum

  • Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen and greenhouse gases at the NitroEurope core flux measurement sites: measurement strategy and first data sets

    U. Skiba;J. Drewer;Y.S. Tang;N. Van Dijk

  • Gas concentration driven fluxes of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide in boreal forest soil

    M. Pihlatie;J. Pumpanen;J. Rinne;H. Ilvesniemi;H. Ilvesniemi

  • Soil greenhouse gas emissions from afforested organic soil croplands and cutaway peatlands

    Päivi Mäkiranta;Jyrki Hytönen;Lasse Aro;Marja Maljanen

  • Micrometeorological measurements of methane and carbon dioxide fluxes at a municipal landfill.

    Annalea Lohila;Tuomas Laurila;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen;Mika Aurela

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Jukka Pumpanen
Jukka Pumpanen University of Eastern Finland
Janne Rinne
Janne Rinne Lund University
Ivan Mammarella
Ivan Mammarella University of Helsinki
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Jaana Bäck
Jaana Bäck University of Helsinki
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki

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