%0 Research Notes %T %A Lindholm, Tapio %A Vasander, Harri %D 1983 %J Suo - Mires and peat %V 34 %N 4-5 %U http://suo.fi/article/9574 %X The utilization of mires and some recent research results carried out in Soviet Karelia (ASSR), USSR are reviewed. Information concerning the utilization of mires for forestry and agricultural purposes, their value as a natural plant resource, and mire concervation are presented. The aims and results or the sturdies mostly carried out at the Kidasovo Field Station, are rewieved. Included are studies on medical plants, berry plants, primary production, peat microbiology, decomposition and forestry.