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Overview

Matti Verta is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland and focuses research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, particularly Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The researcher's core topics of study include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Marine animal studies overview

Matti Verta has contributed to several scholarly articles, with notable recent papers including:

  • High Mercury Concentrations of European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) in Boreal Headwater Lakes with Variable History of Acidification and Recovery, 2021, published in Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Pike Mercury Concentration in Small Boreal Headwater Lakes During Four Decades of Regional and Local Changes, 2024, published in Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Temporal trends (1972-2017) and spatial differences of persistent halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in osprey eggs in Finland, 2024, published in PLoS ONE
  • The Effects of Forest Harvesting on Total and Methylmercury Concentrations in Surface Waters Depend on Harvest Practices and Physical Site Characteristics, 2025, published in Environmental Science & Technology

The most frequent publication venues for this researcher comprise:

  • Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • PLoS ONE
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Collaborations have involved multiple frequent co-authors including Martti Rask, Tommi Malinen, Mikko Olin, Kari Nyberg, and Jukka Ruuhijärvi, each appearing on at least two joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Dioxin- and POP-contaminated sites—contemporary and future relevance and challenges

    Roland Weber;Caroline Gaus;Mats Tysklind;Paul Johnston

  • Forestry practices increase mercury and methyl mercury output from boreal forest catchments.

    Petri Porvari;Matti Verta;John Munthe;Merja Haapanen

  • Hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea: An integrated thematic assessment of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea

    Samuli Korpinen;Maria Laamanen;Jesper H. Andersen;Lillemor Asplund

  • Trophodynamics of mercury and other trace elements in a pelagic food chain from the Baltic Sea.

    Erick Nfon;Ian T. Cousins;Olli Järvinen;Arun B. Mukherjee

  • Using lake sediment mercury flux ratios to evaluate the regional and continental dimensions of mercury deposition in arctic and boreal ecosystems

    D.H. Landers;C. Gubala;M. Verta;M. Lucotte

  • History of heavy metal pollution in Finland as recorded by lake sediments

    Matti Verta;Kimmo Tolonen;Heikki Simola

  • Changes in Fish Mercury Concentrations in an Intensively Fished Lake

    Matti Verta

  • Dioxin concentrations in sediments of the Baltic Sea--a survey of existing data.

    Matti Verta;Simo Salo;Markku Korhonen;Timo Assmuth

  • Methylmercury Production in Flooded Soils: A Laboratory Study

    P. Porvari;M. Verta

  • Mercury methylation and demethylation in aerobic surface waters

    Tuula Matilainen;Matti Verta

  • Causes of increased fish mercury levels in Finnish reservoirs

    Matti Verta;Seppo Rekolainen;Kari Kinnunen

  • An examination of current Hg deposition and export in Fenno-Scandian catchments

    Y. H. Lee;K. H. Bishop;J. Munthe;A. Iverfeldt

  • Trace Metals in Finnish Headwater Lakes — Effects of Acidification and Airborne Load

    Matti Verta;Jaakko Mannio;Pasi Iivonen;Juha-Pekka Hirvi

  • Mercury in Finnish forest lakes and reservoirs : anthropogenic contribution to the load and accumulation in fish

    Matti Verta

  • Spatial distribution and temporal accumulation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in the Gulf of Finland

    Pirjo Isosaari;Harri Kankaanpää;Jukka Mattila;Hannu Kiviranta

  • Finnish lake survey: the role of organic and anthropogenic acidity

    P. Kortelainen;J. Mannio;M. Forsius;J. Kamari

  • Statistical Lake Survey in Finland: Regional Estimates of Lake Acidification

    Martin Forsius;Juha Kämäri;Pirkko Kortelainen;Jaakko Mannio

  • Total and methyl mercury concentrations and fluxes from small boreal forest catchments in Finland.

    Petri Porvari;Matti Verta

  • Organic and inorganic mercury in the food chain of some lakes and reservoirs in Finland

    Kari Surma-Aho;Jaakko Paasivirta;Seppo Rekolainen;Matti Verta

  • Organohalogen pollutants in herring from the northern Baltic Sea: concentrations, congener profiles and explanatory factors.

    Jaana Koistinen;Hannu Kiviranta;Päivi Ruokojärvi;Raimo Parmanne

Frequent Co-Authors

Hannu Kiviranta
Hannu Kiviranta Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Terttu Vartiainen
Terttu Vartiainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
John Munthe
John Munthe IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Martin Forsius
Martin Forsius Finnish Environment Institute
Pirkko Kortelainen
Pirkko Kortelainen Finnish Environment Institute
Hannele Hakola
Hannele Hakola Finnish Meteorological Institute
Lauri Arvola
Lauri Arvola University of Helsinki
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Klára Hilscherová
Klára Hilscherová Masaryk University
Jaakko Paasivirta
Jaakko Paasivirta University of Jyväskylä

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