Saija Saarni
Ph.D.
saija.saarni@utu.fi +358 29 450 2973 +358 50 567 7568 |
Areas of expertise
paleoclimatology; paleolimnology; environmental change; lacustrine sediments; sedimentary processes of microplastic litter
paleoclimatology; paleolimnology; environmental change; lacustrine sediments; sedimentary processes of microplastic litter
Research
My research interests are to study 1) climatic and anthropogenic forcing on sedimentation in lacustrine and coastal systems, and 2) sedimentary processes of micro plastic litter in aquatic environments. My current focus is to understand climate-catchment dynamics as well as sediment transportation and accumulation in various geological environments in detail.
Publications 
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- Properties and Stability of Mining-Induced Meromixis in Two Small Boreal Lakes in Eastern Finland (2023)
- Mine Water and the Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seasonal variation observed in microplastic deposition rates in boreal lake sediments (2023)
- Journal of Soils and Sediments
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sensitivity of varve biogenic component to climate in eastern and central Finland (2023)
- Journal of Paleolimnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of cold season sedimentation dynamics in the non-tidal estuary of the Northern Baltic Sea (2022)
- Marine Geology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Launching a study of nanoplastics in the Baltic Sea, SW Finland - Picking up small debris (2022) Hiltunen Arto, Hänninen Jari, Saarni Saija
(Other publication) - What we talk about when we talk about seasonality – A transdisciplinary review (2022)
- Earth-Science Reviews
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Cyanobacterial Akinete Distribution, Viability, and Cyanotoxin Records in Sediment Archives from the Northern Baltic Sea (2021)
- Frontiers in microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Human actions were responsible for both initiation and termination of varve preservation in Lake Vesijärvi, southern Finland (2021)
- Journal of Paleolimnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sediment trapping – An attempt to monitor temporal variation of microplastic flux rates in aquatic systems (2021)
- Environmental Pollution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impacts of a deep reactive layer on sedimentary phosphorus dynamics in a boreal lake recovering from eutrophication (2020)
- Hydrobiologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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