Katja Mäkinen
PhD
Biodiversiteettiyksikkö kamaki@utu.fi +358 29 450 3705 +358 50 353 6509 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 318 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-1528 |
Areas of expertise
marine ecology, reproductive biology of the Baltic herring, zooplankton, biological time series, time-series analyses, lipids and fatty acids in the Baltic Sea food web
marine ecology, reproductive biology of the Baltic herring, zooplankton, biological time series, time-series analyses, lipids and fatty acids in the Baltic Sea food web
Research community or research topic
Baltic herring research project
Baltic herring research project
Biography
Biodiversity Unit, Archipelago Research Institute:
- Senior researcher (8.1.2023-)
- Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2023)
- PhD (2019)
- Preparator/Research technician (2013-2023)
Research
Research interests include Baltic herring reproductive biology, long-term changes in Baltic Sea zooplankton communities, Climate change impacts on the Baltic Sea pelagic ecosystem
Teaching
- Field course on brackish water ecology EKOL2308 since 2016
- Individual lectures in courses at UTU: BIOL2091 Eliökunta, EKOL3139 Eliökunnan monimuotoisuus: kasvit, sienet ja levät, ÅA__3093 Baltic Sea Ecosystems
- Individual lectures in courses 'Certi_07 Vesiympäristön biologinen näytteenotto' (Turku University of Applied Sciences & Finnish Environment Institute), Baltic University Programme (BUP) MOOC-course "The Baltic Sea Environment - Challenges and Solutions"
- Groups visiting the Archipelago Research Institute
Publications
- Indications of garfish Belone belone reproducing in Southern Finland (2019)
- Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Influence of environmental conditions, population density, and prey type on the lipid content in Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) from the northern Baltic Sea (2019)
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Silakka kertoo muutoksesta (2019)
- Suomen Kalastuslehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Vad har strömmingen at berätta? (2019)
- Fiskeritidskrift för Finland
(E1 Popularised article) - Environmental conditions, population density, and prey type influence the lipid reserves of Baltic herring in the northern Baltic Sea (2018) Marjut Rajasilta, Jari Hänninen, Lea Laaksonen, Päivi Laine, Jukka-Pekka Suomela, Ilppo Vuorinen, Katja Mäkinen
(Other publication) - Seili-index for the prediction of chlorophyll in the Turku archipelago (2018) Jari Hänninen, Tommy Löwendahl, Katja Mäkinen, Klaus Nordhausen, Joni Virta
(Other publication) - Biologian kenttäopetus yliopistoissa: yhteistyöllä uuteen nousuun (2017)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Climate-induced hydrography change favours small-bodied zooplankton in a coastal ecosystem (2017)
- Hydrobiologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fatty acid composition and lipid content in the copepod Limnocalanus macrurus during summer in the southern Bothnian Sea (2017)
- Helgoland Marine Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Formation of lipid reserves, fatty acid composition and reproduction of Limnocalanus macrurus (Copepoda, Calanoida) during summer in the Bothnian Sea, northern Baltic Sea (2016) Mäkinen Katja, Elfving Mikael, Hänninen Jari, Laaksonen Lea, Rajasilta Marjut, Vuorinen Ilppo, Suomela Jukka-Pekka
(Other publication) - Spatial and temporal variability of zooplankton in a temperate semi-enclosed sea: implications for monitoring design and long-term studies (2016)
- Journal of Plankton Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Örön satama-alueen ruoppauksen ympäristöselvitys – jatkotutkimus (2014) Hänninen J, Jokinen S, Mäkinen K
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Örön satama-alueen ruoppauksen ympäristöselvitys (2013) Hänninen J, Jokinen S, Manninen I, Mäkinen K
(D4 Published development or research report or study )