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Open AccessAssessment of agricultural water protection strategies at a catchment scale: case of Finland
For decades, water quality monitoring programmes, agri-environment schemes and environmental permits for animal farms have targeted a decrease in agricultural loads. These have been supplemented with more rece...
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Open AccessElimination of cyanobacteria and microcystins in irrigation water—effects of hydrogen peroxide treatment
Cyanobacterial blooms pose a risk to wild and domestic animals as well as humans due to the toxins they may produce. Humans may be subjected to cyanobacterial toxins through many routes, e.g., by consuming con...
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Open AccessEcosystem change in the large and shallow Lake Säkylän Pyhäjärvi, Finland, during the past ~400 years: implications for management
Lake Säkylän Pyhäjärvi has been an important fishing site and drinking water source for the local population for centuries. The lake has undergone significant changes: (1) the water level was lowered in the 16...
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Multiscale Landscape Pattern Affecting on Stream Water Quality in Agricultural Watershed, SW Finland
Finnish arable land is typically located on flat areas, where the fields are mostly drained and sub-drained to control the water tables. These areas are highly susceptible to nutrient loss, which affects the w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Interactive Website for the River Eurajoki
The project “Our Common River Eurajoki” aims for a long-term sustainable and collaborative platform for improving and managing the river water quality. We describe a website that supports the project by linkin...
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Climate-related challenges in long-term management of Säkylän Pyhäjärvi (SW Finland)
Säkylän Pyhäjärvi (SW Finland) is an example of a large and shallow lake suffering from eutrophication. During the last 20 years, the quality and general usability of water in Pyhäjärvi have shown considerable...
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Internal and external loading as regulators of nutrient concentrations in the agriculturally loaded Lake Pyhäjärvi (southwest Finland)
This study assesses the effects of external and internalloading on the nutrient concentrations in an agriculturallyloaded shallow lake. Using 13 years of observations of thelake's input and outflow, we calcula...
