{"id":21,"date":"2024-04-04T05:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/technical-tour-3\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T05:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:10:24","slug":"technical-tour-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/technical-tour-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical tour 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">Excursion to Centre for Limnology, Lake Museum and Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv.<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">The excursion is taking participants to Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv and its surroundings. On the way to and from the Centre for Limnology (50 km from Tartu) we will visit the Lullisoo bog with Lake Mustj\u00e4rv and The berry-growing Farm Marjasoo and Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv Visitor Centre at the mouth of the River Emaj\u00f5gi (ca 3km walking, including boardwalk).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73\" style=\"float: right;margin: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1280px-suur-emajogi.jpg\" title=\"Emaj\u00f5gi River\" alt=\"Emaj\u00f5gi River\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1280px-suur-emajogi.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1280px-suur-emajogi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1280px-suur-emajogi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1280px-suur-emajogi-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"> <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">Centre for Limnology (CL) at Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv is hosting the Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery (CHF) of Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU). The history of CL goes back to year 1954 when a small field station of the Estonian Academy of Sciences was established in an abandoned farmhouse on the eastern shore of V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv. Today the Chair constitutes a separate part of the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at EMU and its activities are:<\/span><\/span>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:circle\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">fundamental research in Estonian waterbodies<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">teaching of students and post-graduates<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">applied research as state environmental monitoring, fish management, environment impact assessment, lake restoration, nature protection.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">The Lake Museum displays many fish species that inhabit the lake. The museum contains large aquariums with numerous fishes, aquatic plant and animal plankton species found in Estonian rivers and lakes. The museum also contains materials and exhibitions dedicated to the lake`s nature, its management and research activities. <\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv Visitor Centre at the outflow, the River Emaj\u00f5gi, is constructed of ecological materials \u2013 clay, wood, chipboard and straw\u2019s. The Visitor Centre provides information about tourism opportunities in Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv region. <\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">The 15 m high wooden observation tower, located near the Visitor Center, offers a great view of Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv and the Emaj\u00f5gi River Meadows.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">The Farm Marjasoo specialized in wild berry growing on exploited peatland of Lullisoo bog. The farm started in 1988 with cranberry cultivation. Since then there were added blueberry fields, experiments have been made with cowberries. <\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tV\u00e4nda free surface water constructed wetland\u00a0is located in the southeastern part of Estonia that consists of two, 0.5 ha wetlands and large sedimentation pond, which were constructed in 2015. Wetlands were created with varied bathymetry with shallow water areas that were planted with\u00a0<i>Typha latifolia<\/i>\u00a0and deep water areas for active sedimentation.<i>\u00a0<\/i>The aim of the wetland system is to increase the local biodiversity and to reduce the impact of agricultural diffuse pollution to the nearby river Porij\u00f5gi.\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"table table-hover\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/vanda.jpg\" title=\"V\u00e4nda constructed wetland\" alt=\"V\u00e4nda constructed wetland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/vanda.jpg 978w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/vanda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/vanda-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\">\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-74\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/paikese_tous_vortsjarvel.jpg\" title=\"V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv Lake\" alt=\"V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv Lake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/paikese_tous_vortsjarvel.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/paikese_tous_vortsjarvel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/paikese_tous_vortsjarvel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/paikese_tous_vortsjarvel-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1386428572.jpg\" title=\"Lake museum\" alt=\"Lake museum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1386428572.jpg 567w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/1386428572-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\">\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv is a large (270 km<sup>2<\/sup>) and shallow (mean depth 2.8 m, maximum depth 6 m) polymictic eutrophic lake in Central Estonia. Major part (53%) of the 3374 km<sup>2<\/sup> catchment area is covered by forest, agricultural lands make up 33%, water bodies 9% (mainly the lake itself), and wetlands 3% of its total area. The outflowing 100 km long River Emaj\u00f5gi connects V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv to Lake Peipsi. The large surface to volume ratio makes V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv highly sensitive to meteorological conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excursion to Centre for Limnology, Lake Museum and Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv. The excursion is taking participants to Lake V\u00f5rtsj\u00e4rv and its surroundings. On the way to and from the Centre for Limnology (50 km from Tartu) we will visit the Lullisoo &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/biogeomon2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}