AnaEE PLATFORMS

The station has been operational since 1958. Its situated 100 km from the coast of the Arctic Ocean and about 60 km north of the continuous coniferous forest line and close to both the local pine tree line as well as the birch tree line at the forest-tundra ecotone. The station has the capacity to accommodate about 50 guests. It is open year-round and provides laboratories, a workshop, a lecture hall, and accommodation buildings.

In addition to the host university’s operations Finnish Meteorological Institute, Seismological Institute, Geodetic Institute, Environmental Institute and Natural Resources Institute have got their own monitoring and instrumentation at the station. Kevo is/has been part of SCANNET, LAPBIAT and INTERACT EU FP-financed infrastructure programs and it is a part of the FinLTSER network. Kevo Station has got a long tradition in manipulative experiments addressing cause-effect relationships of anthropogenic environmental changes. It is known for the research on plant herbivore interactions and research on palsa mires. There are long-term manipulative field experiments studying the effects of aerial pollutants and reindeer grazing. The station has got arboreta with different provenances of arctic tree line species. There is monitoring data available on population dynamics of moths, rodents, birds, plant phenology, pollen deposits, hydrological and meteorological data.

Climate

Years measured: 57

Soil Types

• Histosol
• Leptosols
• Podzol