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 
4 of 4
- 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 )
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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