Katja Mäkinen
PhD
Biodiversiteettiyksikkö kamaki@utu.fi +358 29 450 3705 +358 50 353 6509 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku : 318 |
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
Baltic herring research project
Biodiversity Unit, Archipelago Research Institute:
- Senior researcher (8.1.2023-)
- Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2023)
- PhD (2019)
- Preparator/Research technician (2013-2023)
Research interests include Baltic herring reproductive biology, long-term changes in Baltic Sea zooplankton communities, Climate change impacts on the Baltic Sea pelagic ecosystem
- 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
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- The forgotten element: Why do we ignore calcium in otolith studies? (2025)
- Fisheries ResearchMemoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
- (2023)
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesMemoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
- Large-scale long-term passive-acoustic monitoring reveals spatio-temporal activity patterns of boreal bats2023
- EcographyTurun Sanomat
- Silakkakantojen säilyminen elinvoimaisena riippuu ennen muuta lisääntymisen onnistumisesta2023
- Turun Sanomat
- The prevalence of Corynosoma parasite worms in the great cormorants and the Baltic herring in the northern Baltic Sea, Finland (2023)
- International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeLinnut-vuosikirja
- Mesozooplankton trends and distributions in pelagic and littoral habitats of the Archipelago Sea, the northern Baltic
Sea, SW Finland (2022)- Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
- Saaristomeren tutkimuslaitoksen kesä oli täynnä tiedettä ja taidetta (2022)
- Biodivari - Biodiversiteettiyksikön uutiset
- Silakan rasvapitoisuuden ja rasvojen laadun ajallinen ja alueellinen vaihtelu Saaristomerellä. Tutkimusraportti Hankeno: 93977. [Temporal and regional variation of the Baltic herring fat content and quality in the Archipelago Sea]. Final research report no 93977] (2022) Rajasilta Marjut, Hänninen Jari, Karpela Tiia, Mäkinen Katja, Ollennu-Chuasam Priscilla, Sahlstén Johannes, Suomela Jukka-Pekka
- The “Seili‑index” for the Prediction of Chlorophyll‑α Levels in the Archipelago Sea of the northern Baltic Sea, southwest Finland (2022)
- Environmental Modeling and Assessment
- Varying frequency of vateritic otoliths in the Baltic herring (2022)
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Diazotrophic cyanobacteria in planktonic food webs (2021)
- Food Webs
- 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
- The Baltic Sea and the adjacent North Sea silicate concentrations (2021)
- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- The blue mussel color polymorphisms and growth rates in the Archipelago Sea, northern Baltic Sea (2021)
- Biodiversity decline detected in bird observations 1981–2018 around the islands of Seili, the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland (2020)
- Ilmaston muuttuessa meriekosysteemien keskinäinen vuorovaikutus Euroopassa muuttuu (2020)
- Itämeri Suomen luonnossa (2020) Arponen Heidi, Brander Nina, Mäkinen Katja
- Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland (2020)
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
- Seilin lintuhavaintojen muutokset 1981–2018 (2020)
- Climate-induced variability in northern Baltic Sea zooplankton - Assessing driving forces and effects on higher trophic levels (2019) Mäkinen Katja
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