Taija Saarela
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
[email protected] | +358 50 512 9387
My research focuses on carbon cycling and greenhouse gas dynamics (carbon dioxide and methane) in Arctic and boreal freshwater ecosystems.
Research groups
Publications
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Contrasting methanotrophic communities between upland and polygonal tundra and their link to nitrogen metabolism and methane uptake in the Western Canadian Arctic
Voigt, Carolina; Siljanen, Henri MP; Palacin-Lizarbe, Carlos; Bennett, Kathryn A; Chevrier-Dion, Charles; Fiencke, Claudia; Knoblauch, Christian; Marquis, Charlotte; Marushchak, Maija E; Saarela, Taija; Wilcox, Evan J; Sonnentag, Oliver, 2025, Soil biology and biochemistry, 213, 110038. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The influence of dissolved organic matter composition on microbial degradation and carbon dioxide production in pristine subarctic rivers
Saarela, Taija; Zhu, Xudan; Jäntti, Helena; Ohashi, Mizue; Ide, Jun'ichiro; Siljanen Henri; Pesonen, Aake; Aaltonen, Heidi; Ojala, Anne; Nishimura, Hiroshi; Kekäläinen, Timo; Jänis, Janne; Berninger, Frank; Pumpanen, Jukka, 2024, Boreal environment research, 29, 131-148. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Arctic soil methane sink increases with drier conditions and higher ecosystem respiration
Voigt, Carolina; Virkkala, Anna-Maria; Hould Gosselin, Gabriel; Bennett, Kathryn A; Black, T Andrew; Detto, Matteo; Chevrier-Dion, Charles; Guggenberger, Georg; Hashmi, Wasi; Kohl, Lukas; Kou, Dan; Marquis, Charlotte; Marsh, Philip; Marushchak, Maija E; Nesic, Zoran; Nykänen, Hannu; Saarela, Taija; Sauheitl, Leopold; Walker, Branden; Weiss, Niels; Wilcox, Evan J; Sonnentag, Oliver, 2023, Nature climate change, 13, 10, 1095-1104. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The effect of catchment characteristics on the dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and greenhouse gases in northern freshwater ecosystems
Saarela, Taija, 2023, Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Science, Forestry and Technology. G5 Doctoral dissertation (article)