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Pertti J. Martikainen

Pertti J. Martikainen

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Environmental Sciences
Finland
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
101
Citations
30806
World Ranking
366
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Pertti J. Martikainen is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research contributions span several fields related to environmental sciences and earth system processes, with a focus on biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gas dynamics.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of specialization are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Soil Science

Key research topics covered in their work comprise:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

They have authored or co-authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties" (2021), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Heterotrophic nitrification - An eternal mystery in the nitrogen cycle" (2022), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Emission factors and their uncertainty for the exchange of CO2, CH4 and N2O in Finnish managed peatlands" (2024), published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated and abandoned organic croplands in Finland" (2024), published in Helda (University of Helsinki)

Frequent co-authorship has been established with:

  • Christina Biasi
  • Maija E. Marushchak
  • Carolina Voigt
  • Marja Maljanen
  • Narasinha Shurpali

Major publication venues where their research frequently appears include:

  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke))

Best Publications

  • CO2 fluxes from peat in boreal mires under varying temperature and moisture conditions.

    Jouko Silvola;Jukka Alm;Urpo Ahlholm;Hannu Nykanen

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from farmed organic soils: a review

    Å. Kasimir-Klemedtsson;L. Klemedtsson;K. Berglund;P. Martikainen

  • Fluxes of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in boreal lakes and potential anthropogenic effects on the aquatic greenhouse gas emissions

    Jari T. Huttunen;Jukka Alm;Anu Liikanen;Sari Juutinen

  • Factors controlling large scale variations in methane emissions from wetlands

    Torben R. Christensen;Anna Ekberg;Lena Ström;Mihail Mastepanov

  • Effect of a lowered water table on nitrous oxide fluxes from northern peatlands

    Pertti J. Martikainen;Hannu Nykänen;Patrick Crill;Jouko Silvola

  • CARBON BALANCE OF A BOREAL BOG DURING A YEAR WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY SUMMER

    Jukka Alm;Leif Schulman;Jari Walden;Hannu Nykänen

  • Emissions of CH4, N2O and CO2 from a virgin fen and a fen drained for grassland in Finland

    Hannu Nykanen;Jukka Alm;Kristiina Lang;Jouko Silvola

  • Winter CO2 CH4 and N2O fluxes on some natural and drained boreal peatlands

    Jukka Alm;Sanna Saarnio;Hannu Nykänen;Jouko Silvola

  • Microbiology, chemistry and biofilm development in a pilot drinking water distribution system with copper and plastic pipes

    Markku J. Lehtola;Ilkka T. Miettinen;Minna M. Keinänen;Tomi K. Kekki

  • Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils

    Christina Schädel;Martin K.-F. Bader;Edward A.G. Schuur;Christina Biasi

  • CO 2 flux determination by closed-chamber methods can be seriously biased by inappropriate application of linear regression

    L. Kutzbach;Judit Schneider;Torsten Sachs;M. Giebels

  • Phosphorus and bacterial growth in drinking water.

    Ilkka T. Miettinen;Terttu Vartiainen;Pertti J. Martikainen

  • Methane fluxes on boreal peatlands of different fertility and the effect of long-term experimental lowering of the water table on flux rates

    Hannu Nykänen;Jukka Alm;Jouko Silvola;Kimmo Tolonen

  • Greenhouse gas balances of managed peatlands in the Nordic countries – present knowledge and gaps

    M. E. Maljanen;M. E. Maljanen;B. D. Sigurdsson;J. Guðmundsson;H. Óskarsson

  • Carbon fluxes from a tropical peat swamp forest floor

    Jyrki Jauhiainen;Hidenori Takahashi;Juha E. P. Heikkinen;Pertti J. Martikainen

  • Sediment respiration and lake trophic state are important predictors of large CO2 evasion from small boreal lakes

    Pirkko Kortelainen;Miitta Rantakari;Jari T. Huttunen;Tuija Mattsson

  • Fluxes of nitrous oxide from boreal peatlands as affected by peatland type, water table level and nitrification capacity

    Kristiina Regina;Hannu Nykänen;Jouko Silvola;Pertti J. Martikainen

  • Reconstruction of the carbon balance for microsites in a boreal oligotrophic pine fen, Finland

    J. Alm;Alexander Talanov;Sanna Saarnio;Jouko Silvola

  • Change in fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide due to forest drainage of mire sites of different trophy

    Pertti J. Martikainen;Hannu Nykänen;Jukka Alm;Jouko Silvola

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jouko Silvola
Jouko Silvola University of Eastern Finland
Christina Biasi
Christina Biasi University of Innsbruck
Hannu Nykänen
Hannu Nykänen University of Eastern Finland
Terttu Vartiainen
Terttu Vartiainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jukka Laine
Jukka Laine Natural Resources Institute Finland
Kai-Yun Wang
Kai-Yun Wang East China Normal University
Sari Juutinen
Sari Juutinen University of Helsinki
Seppo Kellomäki
Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland
Tarmo Virtanen
Tarmo Virtanen University of Helsinki
Pirkko Kortelainen
Pirkko Kortelainen Finnish Environment Institute

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