Katja Mäkinen
Docent, PhD
Biodiversiteettiyksikkö kamaki@utu.fi +358 29 450 3705 +358 50 353 6509 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 041.1 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:
- Title of docent (brackish water ecology) 27.10.2025
- 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 
2 of 4
- Diazotrophic cyanobacteria in planktonic food webs (2021)
- Food Webs
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-term data reveal the associations of the egg quality with abiotic factors and female traits in the Baltic Herring under variable environmental conditions (2021)
- Frontiers in Marine Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Baltic Sea and the adjacent North Sea silicate concentrations (2021)
- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The blue mussel color polymorphisms and growth rates in the Archipelago Sea, northern Baltic Sea (2021)
- Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Biodiversity decline detected in bird observations 1981–2018 around the islands of Seili, the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland (2020)
- Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ilmaston muuttuessa meriekosysteemien keskinäinen vuorovaikutus Euroopassa muuttuu (2020)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Itämeri Suomen luonnossa (2020) Arponen Heidi, Brander Nina, Mäkinen Katja
(E2 Popularised book ) - Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland (2020)
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seilin lintuhavaintojen muutokset 1981–2018 (2020)
- Linnut-vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Climate-induced variability in northern Baltic Sea zooplankton - Assessing driving forces and effects on higher trophic levels (2019) Mäkinen Katja
(G5 Article dissertation )
Principal investigator
- Saaristomeren ympäristöseuranta301.05.2026 - 30.04.2027
- Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- RR_Huuhtoutumisprojekti01.04.2026 - 31.12.2027
- Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- Silakan elinpiiriprojekti01.04.2026 - 31.12.2027
- Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
- Laihat silakat01.02.2023 - 31.12.2024
- Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
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