The Lammi LTER area is located 130 km north of Helsinki, 35 km east of the city of Hämeenlinna and 40 km west of the city of Lahti in uplands between two major river basins, i.e. rivers Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki. The Lammi LTER area consists of several core sites/areas from which the Evo Forest and Lake Area (EVO) is the largest one and has a special value in terms of long term ecological studies. Another important study area is Lake Pääjärvi and its surroundings. The EVO area is among the largest coniferous forest areas in southern Finland. Lake Pääjärvi and its surroundings have been studied since early 1960s as a result of the establishment of the Lammi Biological Station in 1953 by the University of Helsinki.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1953

Size :

350 000.00ha

Purpose of Site :

The aim of the Lammi LTER site is to enhance and deepen our understanding on the key biogeochemical and physical processes and their interaction and coupling with organisms, populations and ecosystems along space and time in the context of global change and multiple environmental stressors in the southern Boreal Zone. Thus, the Lammi LTER site will provide reliable multi-variable information on the ecosystems and their compartments in relation to unstable environment both in terms of time and space, and in particularly due to the gradual changes in our physical, chemical and biological environment caused by the human society. The research themes involved in the Lammi LTER site are: i) meteorology and lake physics, ii) biogeochemical processes, iii) climate change impacts and greenhouse gases fluxes, iv) biodiversity studies, v) ecosystem and landscape studies, vi) human-ecosystem interactions and forecasting long term changes, vii) demographic structure of fish populations in small forest lakes, and viii) natural long-term changes in food webs of small forest lakes.

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Measuring platform on Lake Valkea-Kotinen

Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 61.053687000000
Longitude: 25.041429000000

Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

75.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

190.00msl

Elevation - Average:

78.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-10.90°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

21.30°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

3.90°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

0.90mm

Precipitation Annual :

631.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

192.00mm

Biome :

Fresh Water Lakes

GEO-BON Biome:

Fresh water lakes

Fresh water rivers

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Agricultural
Forest
Lakes
Rivers
Urban

Biogeographic Region:

Boreal

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

LTER
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
GLEON
ICP Forests (Level II)
UNECE ICP Integrated Monitoring

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_FI_004

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Accreditation Status by LTER Member Network:

Accredited formal LTER facility

Protection Status and Resource Management

Nature reserve

0 - 25%

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

0 - 25%

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Complex Site

Scale of Observation:

entire catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

catchment scale

Design of Experiments:

partly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

More than 5000 k

Infrastructure notes:

The Lammi Biological Station (LBS) belongs to the University of Helsinki, Finland, and is the primary facility of the Lammi LTER site. The station is situated in the middle of the LTER site. The laboratories and experimental facilities of LBS are excellent, and the station owns several cars, boats and snowmobiles as well as a nice set of sampling devices and on-line sensors for field measurements. In addition, the dormitory buildings (>120 people) were recently renovated and has excellent cafeteria services. Besides the facilities of the LBS, the Finnish Meteorological Institute has had its met station next to the station since 1963, and Finnish Environment Institute its network for hydrological measurements since the beginning of 1970s. All these facilities are situated within the drainage basin of Lake Pääjärvi. In the Evo Forest and Lake Area, some 20 km north of LBS, the station owns a field camp and a simple field lab in the drainage basin of Valkea-Kotinen, which belongs to the Integrated Monitoring Network.

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

paved road

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing equipment
Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing frequency › Daily
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Telephone line
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Satellite
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › GMS/UMTS
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Telephone line
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › GMS/UMTS
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Supply Location › Central station(s)
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Produced › 10-100 kW
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › > 10 beds
Supporting infrastructure › Staff room at site › > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Snow mobile
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Boat
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 4WD
Observation device › Temperature Controlled Container
Data infrastructure › Metadata standards › EML (Ecological MD Language)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Structured file
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data services › Data portal
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Map Service (WMS)

Operation

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Site Visit Interval:

Every 1 days

Data Management

General Data Policy:

The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset

Data Storage Location :

Distributed over multiple institutions

Data Storage Format :

Paper

Spatial database (GIS)

Structured file or spreadsheet

Data Request Format :

Online (Reference for access)

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