Bjørn Kløve
Laboratory Director, Professor
D.Sc.(Tech.)

Tel: 358 (0)8 553 4510
Mobile: +358 (0)40 594 4514
Fax: 358 (0)8 553 4507
Email: bjorn.klove(at)oulu.fi
Office: PR346

Research interests :

• hydrology of boreal systems
• tracer hydroogy
• peatland hydrology
• peat hydraulic properties
• sediment transport
• groundwater hydrology
• groundwater dependent ecosystems
• groundwater directive
• environmental impacts of peat harvesting
• water pollution control
• treatment wetlands
• diffuse loading, land use and water quality
• reactive soil filters in wastewater treatment
• removal processes for nitrogen and phosphoprous
• modelling
• watershed and river restoration
• Integrated watershed management
• peak runoff retention for flood protection and water quality improvement
• environmental impacts of peatland drainage
• mining effluents, treatment and water pollution control

Hobbies :

• sports regularly in moderate portions
• nature, cottage life and travelling

Selected publications:

• Marttila, H. Kløve. B. 2009. Retention of sediment and nutrient loads with peak runoff control. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 135 (2), 210–216.
• Marttila, H. and Kløve. B. Erosion and deposition of peat sediment. Water Resources Research, 44.
• Ronkanen, A.-K. & Kløve, B. Hydraulic and flow modelling of water treatment wetlands constructed on peatlands in Northern Finland. Water Research, 2008, Volume 42, Issue 14, 3826-3836.
• Ronkanen, A.-K. & Kløve, B. Use of stabile isotopes and tracers to detect preferential flow patterns in a peatland treating municipal wastewater.
  Journal of Hydrology, 2007, Volume 347, Issue 3-4, 418-429.
• Kværner, J. and Kløve. B. 2006. Tracing sources of summer streamflow in boreal headwaters using isotopic signatures and water geochemical components. Journal of Hydrology 331, 186-204.
• Søvik, A.K. Augustin, J. Heikkinen, K. Huttunen, J.T. Necki, J.M. Karjalainen, S.M. Kløve, B. Liikanen, A. Mander, Ü. Puustinen, M. Teiter, S. Wachniew, P. 2006. Emission of the Greenhouse Gases N2O and CH4 from Constructed Wetlands in Europe. Journal of Environmental Quality 35, 2360-2373.
• Kløve, B. Xu, S. Lindahl, A. Wörman, A. and Søvik, A. K. 2005. A study of K variability and its effect on solute transport in subsurface-flow sand filters by measurement and modelling. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Vol.40, No.6-7, 1123-1132.
• Kløve, B. Søvik, A. K. and Holtan-Hartwig, L. 2005. Analysis of nitrogen removal processes in a sub-surface flow carbonate sand filter treating municipal wastewater. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Vol.40, No.6-7, 1381-1401.
• Kløve, B. 2001. Characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus loads in peat mining wastewater. Water Research 35 (10): 2353-2362
• Kløve, B. 1998, Erosion and sediment delivery from peat mines. Soil & Tillage Research 45: 199-216. 
• Kløve, B. 1997. Comparison of different water pollution control methods in decreasing sediment load from peat mines. Boreal Environment Research 2:199-207.

Staff

Professors
> Bjørn Kløve,
   lab director
> Kauko Kujala
  
Senior researchers
> Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen,
   university lecturer
> Jarmo Sallanko,
   lab.engineer

PostDoc
> Hannu Marttila
   researcher

Guest researchers
     Ahmet Celebi

PhD candidates
> Pertti Ala-aho
> Ali Torabi Haghighi
> Elisangela Heiderscheidt
> Masoud Irannezhad
> Pirkko Mustamo
> Shähram Mohämmädighävam
> Heini Postila
> Pekka Rossi
> Tuomas Saarinen
> Simo Tammela
>  Tapio Tuukkanen

External PhD candidates
  Hannu Aurinko
  Soile Backnäs
  Satu Maaria Karjalainen
  Minna Koivula

Laboratory technicians
> Tuomo Pitkänen
> Leila Polus
> Tuomo Reinikka
> Paavo Vehkomäki

Docents
   Raimo Ihme
> Jarmo Sallanko